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Q: My parents just started taking Aricept. My father told me that my mom has been hollering in her sleep. And he said, he gets bad dreams, and when he’s awake, his head feels swollen and feels tingling. Could these problems be related to the...
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Q: Does a relationship exist between Seroquel and hypertension? Does Seroquel have any noted adverse reaction with the kidneys?
A: Seroquel is an antipsychotic medication. This type of drug can cause neuroleptic malignant syndrome. With this syndrome you can have elevated blood pressure and kidney failure....
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Q: My 86 year old mother had a stroke 1.5 years ago. She has made a good recovery but, within the past 10 days, she has had significantly increased dysarthria and decreased word finding ability. In the past 4 days, she has begun to nod...
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Q: Is it okay to take calcium when drinking coffee with a meal? I have taken fosamax for many years and see no results of improvement in bone density test. My doctor insists I take the drug. Is there anything else I can use?
A: Regular...
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Q: I have kidney failure and have high potassium. I am not on dialysis yet but my function is about 18 to 20%. Is there any way to lower my potassium? Just about everything I eat has potassium and my diet doesn’t seem to help.
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Q: How can a person have hypertension and bradycardia at the same time and what does this mean?
A: High blood pressure and a slow heart beat, bradycardia, are two different problems that may or may not be related. A side effect of certain drugs is...
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Q: What is the connection between high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and high blood pressure and high blood sugar level? Do the drugs for high blood pressure control cause diabetes?
A: Diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure all increase the risk for developing a...
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Q: I have been on high blood pressure meds for about three years. The last couple weeks I have no energy and I get exhausted doing small things. My blood pressure has been really low compared to what it usually has been about 102/52/ Any...
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Q: Has anyone ever given any feedback about the effects of using Resperate for someone with Atrial Fibrillation? I have recently developed it and wondered if use of the Resperate might have a favorable effect. I use it daily, sometimes twice a day.
A: The RESPeRATE...
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Q: I had untreated hypertension that caused swelling in the blood vessels leading to the optic nerve in my right eye. This has caused gray areas in my field of vision. A neuro ophthalmologist put me on steroids 60mg/per day for three weeks. The blood...
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