ATENOLOL AND CHLORTHALIDONE vs LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND EPINEPHRINE

Hi everyone, I’m a **57-year-old** female, and I’ve been on the **same BP medication for almost 10 years,** a **beta-blocker + diuretic combination**. Specifically: * **Atenolol (beta-blocker)** * **Chlorthalidone (thiazide-type diuretic)** (commonly prescribed together) My BP has been “controlle

My partner is male, age forty, 6'1", 180lbs, caucasian, taking Atenolol 50mg, Amlodipine 10mg, and Chlorthalidone 50mg. Earlier in the week my partner began exhibiting some strange symptoms, looking slightly dazed and confused, nausea, slurred speech, abnormal pupil focusing, which caused me to ques

Hello, I'm a 34 year old, 198lbs, 5'10" Caucasian male in the USA I was on Atenolol 25mg for hypertension mainly, and was also put on a water pill (Chlorthalidone 25mg) and an ace inhibitor (Lisinopril 40mg). I also take Zoloft 50mg (4 weeks in) and Xanax (0.5mg) for anxiety to sleep, as I have awfu

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I need some advice/ guidance. I am a male in my mid 20s and I went to a dentist to have a filling done on my back molar. The dentist applied lidocaine and did an injection into my gums on the upper right side. That was the last thing I remember. The next thing I know I am being pushed out in a gurne

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I was curious if anyone working on the hospital side of things would be willing to share any ideas or solutions for managing the lidocaine/epinephrine drug shortage? Currently playing with the idea of compounding the product from stock epinephrine and lidocaine with the intent of packaging and stor

Basically, it’s compounded as a cream or gel, 6%lidocaine : 0.02% epinephrine: 4% tetracaine The epinephrine is essential in this compound as it leaves a “halo” of “numbing” but also aids in the procedure. Apparently there’s a shortage and there seems to be no conclusive answer, what does the phar