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Diltiazem Uses - Articles
End of the road for Diltiazem…
by
Ron
Posted
Mon 10 May 2010 12:00am
I wrote, over a year ago, about the problems I was having with Angitil (Diltiazem), a calcium channel blocker. Things have got far worse.
About 20 years ago, during an extremely stressful period in my life, I had a spell of sleepwalking. This has happened sporadically throughout my life – on one stand-out occasion, when I was about ...
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Diltiazem follow-up…
by
Ron
Posted
Tue 11 May 2010 12:00am
Continuing from yesterday’s post on the subject, below are the side-effects of Angitil (Diltiazem). Those in bold are the ones from which I suffered.
Some side effects can be serious; specifically, it can cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome , which can be fatal.
Obviously, because of my COPD and ME/CFS, and the lightning-strike-rela ...
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:41pm
Abdominal Pain, Long-Term
Ongoing or recurrent abdominal pain, also called chronic pain, may be difficult to diagnose, causing frustration for both you and your doctor. Do your symptoms fit one of the diagnoses described in this chart?
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Abdominal Pain, Short-Term
Just about everyone has had a "stomachac ...
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Chronicles of the Heart, Part 38 – Cardiology fubar…
by
Ron
Posted
Sat 14 Jul 2012 5:52pm
Yes, boys and girls, there was a cock-up after all… And my feeling that this was a doctor who really wasn’t paying attention has been born out amply born out.
Example – I wear a fishing vest when using my manual chair – these are cut short, so they don’t snag on the wheels, making them ideal. Mine is made by the Ron Thompson company – the n ...
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Arrowe Park Hospital censorship attempt…
by
Ron
Posted
Thu 02 Aug 2012 10:17am
I’ve had a letter from Arrowe Park Hospital, complaining about my blog posts of April 18, May 16, and July 14,18, and 23, and they invite me to amend or remove them, and not do it again!
But here’s the thing, they just can’t be bothered to tell me what it is they object to, so how can I possibly amend them?
I can only assume, then, that ...
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What is the mechanism of Amlodipine induced edema legs ?
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Mon 23 Jan 2012 10:11am
The mechanism of pedal edema in Amlodipine
It is primarily a local phenomenon . The calcium channels are primarily arteriolar dilators . Since the venules lack much muscle they are not much affected by the Amlodipine . This facilitates flooding of venules and leaks into the peri venular interstitial space. It may be apt to call A ...
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Prasugrel saves Clopidogrel???
by
Dr. Steve Murphy
Posted
Fri 13 Feb 2009 5:22pm
You gotta love it. The other day I was talking to a pharma rep, yes I do speak with them.....and they were allexcited about Effient(generic name Prasugrel).
What are these medications and why was the Pharma Rep excited?
Well, you seePlavix(generic name Clopidogrel)which is one of the top 3 selling medications in the world is given to ...
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Respiratory Failure, Heart Failure, and Narrow Complex Tachycardia
by
Stephen Smith
Posted
Thu 15 Sep 2011 10:09pm
A 60 yo female presented by ambulance in resp distress, requiring noninvasive ventilatory support. She had pulmonary edema and was near respiratory failure.
Here is the prehospital ECG (will not comment on the interpretation until the end of the post, so you can ponder it for yourself)
Computer read: "Sinus tachycardia" at a rate ...
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