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Have Pneumonia. Prescribed Acetaminophen, Losartan, Warfarin, Digoxin, Carvedilol. No High Blood Pressure
I would like to ask if my husband should take all these medicines he went into hospital with severe pneumonia didn't have aprimary dr just hospital dr. stayed in hospital for two weeks he had diabetes and rhumotoid arthritates did not treat hom fot either one of those sent us home with 24 hr. oxegen and these meds,acetaminophentwo tabs every four hrs. losartan 50mg.1 a day warfarin 5 mg,1aday amiodarone 200mg,1a day digoxin 125mcg 1a day benzonatate200mg 1 a day carvedilol 6.25mg.1aday diltiazen120mg1 cap2 times a day. pantoprazole40mg 1aday.i do not have a primary dr . is this to much meds for him to take .he did nit have high blood pressure or heart problems before his pneumonia
Mon, 11 Nov 2013
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic.
Your husband was admitted for pneumonia.
Sometimes sick patients tend to develop another associated problems while in hospital due to severity of their primary illness.
Your husband has probably developed cardiac trouble that has resulted in poor cardiac function and the medicines of antihypertensive group are given sometimes for betterment of the cardiac function and cordarone and dilzem are antiarrhythmics to control and regulate the heart rate.
I think you should continue the medicines for about 2 weeks and then review to your doctor for de-escalating the treatments.
I think your husband will need these medicines for few months all together.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.
Welcome to health care magic.
Your husband was admitted for pneumonia.
Sometimes sick patients tend to develop another associated problems while in hospital due to severity of their primary illness.
Your husband has probably developed cardiac trouble that has resulted in poor cardiac function and the medicines of antihypertensive group are given sometimes for betterment of the cardiac function and cordarone and dilzem are antiarrhythmics to control and regulate the heart rate.
I think you should continue the medicines for about 2 weeks and then review to your doctor for de-escalating the treatments.
I think your husband will need these medicines for few months all together.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.
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