Was Lipitor - now anti-hypertensive

[Guest guest]

Yes Gaby isn't it a shame that doctors are still not prepared after all

these centuries to learn from their patients more and more instead of less

and less - this was not the worse case I have experienced, one of my own

very favourite patients of all time was taking anti-hypertensives, I was

called to do dressings on the weeping sores on her legs which I realised was

a direct result of these medications, I had seen this result many times

before - but this had required Hospitalisation. SO I wrote to her doctor

and politely requested that he change her medication as I felt it was

possible that her leg condition was due to her medication. His response?

" Oh this nurse thinks she knows better than me does she! OK we will DOUBLE

the dose and see if you get worse " And he promptly wrote a script for a

double dose. My patient was an extremely intelligent woman of 84 and she

laughed and left the script on top of the fridge and never had it filled. I

wrote to the manufacturing pharmaceutical company but did not have all the

details required to report the drug as unsafe. I left the Dr to his own

devices - many said I should have reported him. The patient died a year

later. I lost a dear friend.

 

So, if any of you or your friends or relatives, take anti-hypertensives, and

observe intolerable itch and redness and blistering on your lower legs

turning eventually to weeping open sores - then either stop your blood

pressure medication or get it changed.

 

Best,

 

Jane

 

" Gail Raby " <amberflame

 

> Nice to read the success story. I smiled as I visualized a woman

> having fun jotting about the European landscape with a jest for

> life and the health to enjoy it. How neat.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Working in nursing homes for many years I noticed that there were patterns

to many illnesses. It seemed to me that there was a strong correlation

between taking lots of pharmaceuticals and later dementia, heart disease,

amputations, skin breakdown, etc. Drugs are drugs whether they are made in a

garage or in a factory: they all have bad short term side effects and long

term disabling ones too. ( Read the disclaimers and labels!)

Michael

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Jane MacRoss

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 4:23 PM

 

Was Lipitor - now anti-