Had Two Stints. Taking Pantoprazole, Metoprolol. Simvastatin And Clopidogrel. Have Hoarse Voice And Arthritic Finger

Posted on Thu, 8 Aug 2013

Question: just over a year ago I had two stints , I take pantoprazole 40 mg, , , metoprolol 25 mg, altace hct 10/25 in the morning. asa 81 mg , metoprolol 25 mg, simvastatin 40 mg, clopidogrel 75 mg in the evening . I was told after a year I could quit one, it was to coat stints to stop rejection ,not sure what one. but now get horse voice by end of day (am to see specialist on July 19 about that) Also my hands are getting arthritic like one finger each hand is it just age or med related

Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (50 minutes later)

Thanks for query.

From your description I understand you had heart problem for which you have undergone an angioplasty with drug eluting stent. Now on good set of medicines and looks to doing fairly well.

Hoarse voice at end the end of the day generally means voice fatigue and related to some local pathology. It is less likely to be related to heart. Sometime aspirin can worsen acidity and can cause some hoarseness due to regurgitation; but not particularity in evening.

Your arthritic symptoms are unlikely to related to medicines.

About stopping medicines, we can stop clopidogrel after one year, but current recommendations say unless there is side effect or major cost issue it should be taken indefinitely.

As of now I recommend you to continue same set of medicines and modify only after specialist visit. And if your voice problem persists please see ENT doctor.

Hope I answered all your queries. Let me know if you need clarifications.

Regards

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