I dont know if anyone here can help or not , so I,ll keep it as short as I can . My Wife had what they think might have been a mild heart attack at work a few months back at work . They ran all kinds of tests & said it was stress & high blood preasure related ( Her job ) & there didn,t appear to be any perminent damage .
They put her on Norvasc 5 mg BP medicine & said to check back in a few months for more blood sceening . That happened last week had more blood tests done but never even seen her docter .
He called & said Her Colesteral 243 & Trigricilac 321 were 271 when the problem first occured ( SP , sorry ) were still to high . She has changed her diet , lost 20 pounds or so , cut out anything with sugar & slowed down on the smoking & drinking beer ( She aint going to quit either one ) .
She told the doc that in the last few weeks She has bruises all over from working in the garden & even a skeeter bite makes bigger welts & bruises then ever before . ( He said thats not good ) But without even wanting to look at her he gave her a prescription for Zoloc / Trigriculac 40 mg ( SP ) .
She did some reasearch & find the side effects for that may be worse then the problem & it really concerns her as well as myself . She,s only had this or any docter for the last 2 years or so as She much like me dont beleive in docters & has allways been perty healthy .
Normally I would ask my sister thats been an rn her whole life for advice but I lost her 2 weeks back from a long time illness . So I dont know who else to ask . I dont do docters myself & refuse to . My advice to her was to change docs because it pisses me off He would make a change in scripts without even looking at her in person . She has insurance from work but very few choices for docters in our area .
Any advice would be very appreciated as I told her I,d post this on this forum as there seems to be some people here with experience of this type . Thanks Bob
They put her on Norvasc 5 mg BP medicine & said to check back in a few months for more blood sceening . That happened last week had more blood tests done but never even seen her docter .
He called & said Her Colesteral 243 & Trigricilac 321 were 271 when the problem first occured ( SP , sorry ) were still to high . She has changed her diet , lost 20 pounds or so , cut out anything with sugar & slowed down on the smoking & drinking beer ( She aint going to quit either one ) .
She told the doc that in the last few weeks She has bruises all over from working in the garden & even a skeeter bite makes bigger welts & bruises then ever before . ( He said thats not good ) But without even wanting to look at her he gave her a prescription for Zoloc / Trigriculac 40 mg ( SP ) .
She did some reasearch & find the side effects for that may be worse then the problem & it really concerns her as well as myself . She,s only had this or any docter for the last 2 years or so as She much like me dont beleive in docters & has allways been perty healthy .
Normally I would ask my sister thats been an rn her whole life for advice but I lost her 2 weeks back from a long time illness . So I dont know who else to ask . I dont do docters myself & refuse to . My advice to her was to change docs because it pisses me off He would make a change in scripts without even looking at her in person . She has insurance from work but very few choices for docters in our area .
Any advice would be very appreciated as I told her I,d post this on this forum as there seems to be some people here with experience of this type . Thanks Bob