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Have Asthma. Getting Headache. Should Take Aten Or Losar Tablets?
Hi Dr. Prabhakar,
My mother is asthamatic for more than 15 years and she was taking Seroflo 250mg Inhaler and she was not having the Asthama problem for sometime now. since last 6 months, he was getting severe headache and she was suggested to take BP tablets. The doctor priscribed Aten 25mg for her. But I got to know from our family doctor that the prescribed tablet "Aten" will actually worsen her Asthama problems and he suggested to take Losar H 25mg. Now i am actually in a delima for to which tablet she should take. Can you please help?
Regards,
Pradeep.
My mother is asthamatic for more than 15 years and she was taking Seroflo 250mg Inhaler and she was not having the Asthama problem for sometime now. since last 6 months, he was getting severe headache and she was suggested to take BP tablets. The doctor priscribed Aten 25mg for her. But I got to know from our family doctor that the prescribed tablet "Aten" will actually worsen her Asthama problems and he suggested to take Losar H 25mg. Now i am actually in a delima for to which tablet she should take. Can you please help?
Regards,
Pradeep.
Thu, 18 Apr 2013
Hello Pradeep,
Welcome to HCM and thanks for posting your query here.
Bronchial Asthma is due to narrowing of the bronchial airways. As it is more than 15 years it is a chronic disease. What was her BP? That you need to check. BP is not only a single cause for headache. Before starting the therapy her pressure levels should be checked. Aten is a beta-blocker. Definitely it aggravates the asthmatic problem. It lowers the pressure levels and the other action of the drug is constriction of bronchial smooth muscles. This complicates the asthma problem. Hence it is contraindicated in asthmatic patients.
Losar H can be used without any contraindications in asthmatic patients.
Hence please check her BP levels and continue the medicine.
Hope this is helpful to you.
Regards
Welcome to HCM and thanks for posting your query here.
Bronchial Asthma is due to narrowing of the bronchial airways. As it is more than 15 years it is a chronic disease. What was her BP? That you need to check. BP is not only a single cause for headache. Before starting the therapy her pressure levels should be checked. Aten is a beta-blocker. Definitely it aggravates the asthmatic problem. It lowers the pressure levels and the other action of the drug is constriction of bronchial smooth muscles. This complicates the asthma problem. Hence it is contraindicated in asthmatic patients.
Losar H can be used without any contraindications in asthmatic patients.
Hence please check her BP levels and continue the medicine.
Hope this is helpful to you.
Regards
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