INDAPAMIDE vs METOPROLOL TARTRATE AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE

I'm thirty six, white, male and currently 375 pounds. For years I've been going to the doctor/NP telling them something is wrong but until my last two NP's (the first ended up quitting) I was not taken seriously. Some abnormalities started showing in blood work and they believed in some of the issue

Did work in pharmacy and never asked but wish I did. But why was this woman just discharged from hospital changed from thiazide to CCB? I assumed she had either heart attack or hypertension related reasons. THe customer wanted to know but I couldnt answer. Thanks

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Last month I discovered that I have hypertension. My readings were 175/113 and the doctor (GP) prescribed 2.5 mg Mylan Indapamide and 5mg Amlodipine. Then last week I went for a follow up and the numbers were still in the same range: 170/110. He then discontinued the Amlodipine and replaced it with

Hello, I can use some advice from others who have been on an assortment of blood pressure meds over time. About a year ago, I tested my blood pressure at a pharmacy and was shocked to see it was 210/115. I went to my doctor, and was prescribed 5mg Ramipril, and that brought it down to 180/110, so

Okay, I'll attempt to keep this short. I have a patient who is a chiropractor (86 years old) and he thinks he knows a lot more than he actually does about medicine. He has a doctor (who is 70+ years old) that will write him ANYTHING he wants. 86 year old man has active pulmonary TB, just picked

I have a patient who takes metoprolol tartrate 50 mg BID for tachycardia and blood pressure and we got another script for propranolol 10-20 mg as needed for public speaking. Per the doctor the patient will only take the propranolol a max of 10 days per month and won’t take the metoprolol on the days

I’m a staff pharmacist at a large hospital on Epic. I’m wanting to know what kinds of “low-hanging fruit” interventions other people make. I try to fix as many things as I know how, when I have the time. We already do IV/PO conversions and CrCl monitoring on protocols, so I’m mostly talking about “m

For example with metoprolol, you have tartrate or succinate. Or with docusate it’s sodium. What’s the term for the second word? I’m a nurse and I feel like I should know this but don’t. Thanks

Can anybody find a list of the ~Top 100 prescriptions in the country. ClinCalc has a good one but it lumps all the ingredients together and I'm looking for one that provides values for unique drugs and forms (eg, metoprolol tartrate & succinate or alprazolam IR & alprazolam ER). Thanks.