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Lisinopril or atenolol

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Mar 10, 2019 | Replies (22)

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Great idea, @lioness. You are right about talking with the pharmacist. They have good knowledge of meds and can often be more easy to talk with than doctors.

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I have never done this. Lol. So I just call my pharmacy and ask wants they think on this?

Actually, good pharmacists are more knowledgeable about drugs than most doctors. Pharmacists used to be RPh, 5 years of college I believe, but they are now, and for a number of years, PharmDs, a Doctorate in Pharmacology, a 6 year program I believe.

I went to school for a Pharmacy Technician, a short 6 months, people that work under a pharmacist filling prescriptions, but I never worked in the field. I was in the hospital recently for afib, started on anticoagulants, but switched to Coumadin due to an interaction between the new anticoagulants and Phenytoin. Tablet computer in hand, I quickly found out that there's an issue with Coumadin and Phenytoin too, but it's a measurable interaction by looking at INR and Phenytoin Levels through blood testing and everything went well.

Pharmacists can often be an excellent source of information on drugs and interactions. One day, asking questions of the pharmacist, I apologized for taking his time. He said he really enjoys answering questions, that's what they're trained for, evaluation of various circumstances.

One question I'd have of @jadillow though is why the resting heart rate is slow? And be sure to clarify with the doctor about the Calcium Channel Blocker and Beta Blocker. It seems that they weren't to be used together, but it's best to ask. That might already be established, but it's not written here, so I wasn't sure. The combination of a Beta Blocker and a certain Calcium Channel Blocker can result in excessive reduction in heart rate, yet other forms of these 2 medications are used together in some treatments.

@hopeful33250 Another type of Art is painting on rocks A friend of mine did paint one for me it is cabin in the woods ,our cabin