DIGOXIN vs VALSARTAN

Why on earth was digoxin even stocked in the L&D OR? Yikes…

Hey all, hospital pharmacist here. I work at a large hospital (level 1 trauma center/stroke center etc) that is part of a nationwide health system. We’re the second largest hospital of close to 100 hospitals, and most of the others are small community hospitals. Our health system is transitioning to

Inpatient pharmacist here. Just heard about this story at work today. It doesn’t sound like the error was due to pharmacy, but it still really shook me up, especially as someone who has had 2 c-sections!! It says “The anesthetist did not scan the barcode or read the label aloud to another staff memb

I'm a new pharmacist (and manager) at a critical access hospital. We had a frail 84 year old patient, weighed 48 kg, CrCl 30 (at best!!!). She had CHF and aFib. Dr. ordered digoxin 500 mcg IV push. I recommended giving half the dose as a 30 min infusion, then 25% in 4-8 hours, and remaining 25% in 4

Regardless of how cynical or optimistic you are, I think we can all agree that the profession of pharmacy is definitely in the "valley" portion of the employment cycle right now. Saturation is real, the major employers are abusing their employees, reimbursement is declining - things aren't looking

Is the 30 - 50% dose reduction of digoxin only necessary when the patient has already been on prior therapy/stabilized with digoxin and then initiated amiodarone? An input into Lexi-comp indicated that the "sequence" was important. There was a patient in the pharmacy (~60 years old; male) that was

I think this past year has been the worst year of my life. In January I had a hypertensive crisis and checked into the ER with a BP of 213/110+ I’m pretty sure I was walking around like this for months not knowing it until my body told me something was wrong. Got put on Amlodipine as a first line me

Saw my Dr. on Jan 5 and reviewed my BP trends since October. He agreed to let me stop the drug. I’ll continue to track one because I dropped a load on a smart BP monitor, also to see if I do need to restart down the line. This is really exciting for me, I got more active over the course of 2025 an

I’ve been on a beta blocker since I was 25 (I’m 42 now) and my doc added valsartan about 3 years ago during the pandemic (during which time I was under a lot of stress and drank more alcohol). During the worst of that time I probably drank 10-15 drinks a week. Never been overweight, though, and regu

Started going to a new cardiologist for HBP three years ago. Initially he put me on Valsartan, but switched me to Lorsartan (you know, because of the whole rocket fuel thing). Then put me on a mild dose of HCTZ. Then about three years ago, he put me on carvidelol (the beta blocker). Long story short

Hi all, Writing for support. About 2 months ago I went to an unrelated GP appointment and a routine BP reading was taken. My BP was 180/120, several more were taken and it was still the same. I’m 27 female, 60kg, exercise regularly (mostly weights not cardio). I was quickly seen by a cardiologist an

A while ago I was put on Amlodipin and ended up in the ER after all bowel movements stopped.. according to my Dr, that was a very rare side effect he had personally never heard of. A month ago I was at the Dr office again after a few months without meds and my BP was 160/100. I was put on Valsartan

A few years ago, I went for a checkup during a time of high anxiety, I was even having panic attacks randomly and having insomnia. Obviously the readings were high 145/95 and was prescribed with valsartan. After that I got treatment for anxiety, and feel a lot better but now I am affraid to leave

Hi everybody I have tried all these three Losartan, Valsartan, Amlodipine. They all make me feel dizzy, stressed out, worried and depressed. Have someone had the same issues? Don’t know really what to do. I felt my health has really decreased since started on BP medicines. Thanks to all.God bless e