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Change (lower) in BP after changing pharmacy?
I recently was forced to change my pharmacy. I had been taking Losartan and Sprironolactone. I am still taking the same medicines at the same doses but my BP has plummeted from 130/80 first thing in AM to 80/50. Could it be that the first pharmacy was not giving me the correct medication?
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Good thinking, and thanks for adding your voice. You may be correct, and I think the asker should carefully consider what you say.
Incidentally, I don't think I inferred that the university chemist would 'go to bat' for this person, only that he/she might be persuaded to perform an analysis. If he's a prof, he might give the project to a grad student, although if it's a simple matter of titration, that could be done by a second year student reliably.
You have only one tablet so why waste it like that. Find out the active ingredient and how to check for that. The old supply was working great. The new stuff was too strong so which one is correct? You have plenty of supply of the new supply. Take the empty bottle to the old pharmacy as they should should have a record of lot # for the bottle that they filled. Talk to new pharmacy and ask why their product seems to be too strong. Could be their stuff is in error.
Go here to enter the "pill" info and get addtional details.
https://www.drugs.com/imprints.php
I would use the pill identifier to check the BP med from the new pharmacy and see if it squares with what your doctor precribed. Then I would take them back and ask for a refill from a new lot or from a new supplier. Regardless of who supplied them they are not suitable for you.
Why not use the only remaining example of the old product to verify its claimed active ingredient content? You have plenty of the new to assay, but only one of the old.
It was working and controlling the OP's BP. Use the info on it and then you would be able to locate more of it at other pharmacies. Also the bankrupt pharmacy should have records of what was issued. I doubt that any sophmore style chem student would have access to the equipment needed to assay it. You have to get the actual procedure that the manufacturers use to certify their product. IMO there is something amiss with what the new pharmacy is providing. Start there and tell them what you found. Take an old empty bottle with you.