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Suggest Medication For POTS Syndrome
I am outside my home country at the moment and I m currently in Egypt. I was diagnosed in NY with POTS syndrome. The heat here is obviously unbearable but I ve been having a really hard time breathing during all of my episodes. Not only is breathing an issue but oxygen isn t getting to my muscles because everything cramps up and I experience loss of vision. Is there any medication that can increase the blood oxygen levels or any recommendation at all to get through this? Would an asthma inhaler help? Or using a oxygen source? I ve lost 66 lbs since my original diagnosis and I am now at a healthy weight for my height, so weight loss is not an option any longer. I desperately need a solution.
Mon, 30 Nov 2015
ASTHAMS INHALERS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE IN POTS.
also oxygen is not much effective, though it can be required transiently if you become unconscious with breathlessness due to POTS.
Effective options include:
1) increased salt intake
2) frequent small meals
3) before standing from lying position, move your feet for little time before standing
4) use of long stockings
Effective few medicines are:
1. Fludrocortisone
2. Pyridostigmine
3. peropranolol is heart rate is excessive
also oxygen is not much effective, though it can be required transiently if you become unconscious with breathlessness due to POTS.
Effective options include:
1) increased salt intake
2) frequent small meals
3) before standing from lying position, move your feet for little time before standing
4) use of long stockings
Effective few medicines are:
1. Fludrocortisone
2. Pyridostigmine
3. peropranolol is heart rate is excessive
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