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my husband who WAS chain smoker but has left completelyage 63 years had a heart attack a year back and was treated fairly with medications but due to the allergy he has when using any kind of dye, he hasnt gone through angioplasty, since than he's suffering from anxiety, now he has stopped taking the medications except for asprin , but he walks 1 hour a day n does some breathing exercises and looks after his diet. do you think its enough what he is doing n what measures should be taken for his anxiety
no I think medicine should not be stopped. all heart medicine should be continued in addition to other measures which he is doing. Patient should counselled for anxiety and assured regarding the health . he ll need counseling session and anti anxiety medicine for some time which you should get prescribed from local doctor
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no I think medicine should not be stopped. all heart medicine should be continued in addition to other measures which he is doing. Patient should counselled for anxiety and assured regarding the health . he ll need counseling session and anti anxiety medicine for some time which you should get prescribed from local doctor