Hi,
Can somebody give me an advice: My mother is 78 years old, has heart arrhythmia/coronary artery disease and hyperthyroidism. Since a few months, she has dyspnea and chest pain after smallest load, a few times per week. In the pneumology department of a hospital, they assumed lungs department has determined emphysema and assumed COPD.
At the hospital, she received Ipratropium bromide and Clexane syringes. After that, she felt pretty good, no more chest pain, good breathing feeling. But later, a doctor prescribed her Brimica Genuair (not Ipratropium bromide). I saw in recent publications that both Brimica Genuair and ipratropium can have negative effect on patients with heart problems.
What is your opinion - can she take Brimica Genuair? Or Ipratropium bromide? Or should we rather use other medicines or therapis, like oxygen therapies?
Thank you in advance
Leo
Personnellement, je ne le prendrais pas compte tenu de ce que traverse votre mère, mais je vérifierais certainement auprès de votre médecin pour connaître son avis. Cela m'étonne toujours que les médecins prescrivent des médicaments à des personnes souffrant d'une affection qui pourrait s'aggraver en prenant le médicament qu'ils ont prescrit. Nous devons faire notre devoir de diligence et lire les brochures d'information, rechercher des informations sur le médicament, etc.
Thank you, Terri. But what should she take? If both Brimica Genuair and Ipratropium are bad for heart, and she has dyspnea every time when she enters a shop - what should she do?
Does the doctor who prescribed these medications know about her heart condition? The best thing would be to talk to him or her
Je n'en ai aucune idée, n'étant pas médecin. Parlez à son médecin, c'est le meilleur endroit pour obtenir des conseils sur un problème de ce genre. Bonne chance.