What Does TOPROL Do For Acute Myocardial Infarction And Congestive Heart Failure?
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Toprol is a beta-blocker.  (there are different receptors and binding of molecules causes different effects--binding at the beta receptors increases the heart rate and eventually the blood pressure)  It controls the heart rate and also decreases the blood pressure.  Controlling the heart rate during a heart attack is important because it decreases the amount of oxygen that the heart needs and during a heart attack, there is less oxygen available in the first place.  If your father has just begun to have these symptoms recently, it sounds like he should go to the emergency department.  there may be something seriously wrong--slurred words may be a sign of stroke, or they could all be signs of a heart attack with decreased blood flow to the brain.
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Atenolol works by competing for receptor sites on, in atenolol's case, cardiac muscle. This slows down the strength of the heart`s contractions and reduces its oxygen requirements and the volume of blood it has to pump. Hypertension (high blood pressure) may be treated with these drugs because of their ability to increase the diameter of the blood vessels thus allowing blood to flow under less pressure. Some of these medicines include a diuretic to help reduce blood pressure by increasing the body`s excretion of excess fluid. Beta blockers are also used to treat Myocardial infarction (heart attack) and Arrhythmias (rhythm disorders), angina (chest pains), and disorders arising from decreased circulation and vascular constriction, including migraine.
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These were hard to track down.  I don't blame you for being confused.\n\n1. Rozavel 10mg: Rozavel is a formulation of rovustatin which is a drug used to decrease cholesterol.\n2. Loprin 75mg: Loprin is a brand of aspirin. \n3. Mignar 25mg:  Mignar is a formulation composed of miglitol which is an anti-diabetic drug produced by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals.  It is primarily aimed at controlling post-prandial hyperglycemia (raised blood glucose after meals) which is a staple of early diabetes and maybe present before other diabetic symptoms occur.\n\nThis combination of medications is usually indicated for people who are at risk of a vascular occlusive disease such as DVT, atherosclerosis, high risk for stroke or heart attacks, etc.  Interestingly, they all seem to be generic formulations that are made in India.
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I am not sure, but I think you mean Topamax.  If not, I am sorry and ignore this.  But Topamax is a drug primarily used for seizure control for individuals with epilepsy.  It has a secondary use for individuals with migraines.  There are a few side effects (every drug has them), but they are typically not too serious, and may go away with time.  There is COMPLETE information on dosage, side effects, interactions at  www.rxlist.com.  My daughter took this for a while to help with her seizures.
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There is an acronym that is used for the treatment of an acute MI, \nMONA- Morphine, oxygen, Nitroglycerin,Asprin.  the order is usually oxygen, asprin sublingual nitroglycerin, and morphine, then if pain remains and BP is high, we will start a nitroglycerin drip.
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No and yes. Metoprolol is a beta blocker, it slows your heart rate helping to control your BP(it also decreases contractility of the heart). Captopril is an ace inhibitor, it helps lower BP by blocking angiotensin effects. The combination often lowers BP greater than either drug alone
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I wouldn't take it without talking to your doctor first.\n\nSmall (81mg) doses of aspirin have some positive affects on heart disease patients.  It has also been used as preventative therapy.  But again, I'd check with the doc first.
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Not all BP meds are created equal. 25mg is a very low dose and I am sure your doctor has you scheduled to reevaluate this. Anxiety can affect blood pressure and heart rate but you should have also discussed this situation at your visit. Toprol is a commonly used drug and should work well for you. Be sure to follow up with your checkups.
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The above answer is correct.  I'll kind of expound a bit.  The oxygen supplement is necessary even if a person having a heart attack is sating in the 90s.  The heart needs the extra oxygen to help keep the injury from expanding.  The pain killer is usually morphine for two reasons.  It helps with pain control and it helps the heart therapuetically to work more efficiently ....a third reason is to help the patient relax their breathing a bit.  Nitro is also given for pain relief by dilating cornary arteries and improving blood flow.  Retavase is the thrombolitic of choice in our hospital.  Most MIs are cause by a blood clot in a heart vessel and thrombolitics act to dissolve a clot quickly, helping to limit serious damage....time is of the essence.  The quicker the clot is dissolved, the less  damage done. Think of the old pacman game...and you have an idea of what is supposed to happen when thrombolitics are used.  Someting I forgot to mention, in the ambulance or the ER aspirn is given if the patient hasn't taken any.\n\nOther meds (depending on BP and arrythmias) may be given.  Often in the next day or two, the patient is taken to cath lab to investigate the problems of clogged heart vessels and then if needed bypass surgery or a stint may be done.
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my wife takes it when she feels chest pain coming on...she puts one small tablet under her tongue,  the nitroglycerine dissolves instantly and expands her arteries to allow more blood flow,,,she feels warmth throughout her body when she takes it and afterwards has a mild headache that dissipates in a little while..my wife has already had a 5 artery bypass, but has restricted arteries in her neck that the doctors are reluctant to try and open up due to the risk of stroke...
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"I have been on Toprol XL (metaprolol succinate), a beta blocker, for almost three years. Like many others I was having trouble maintaining erections, when finally last year I got up the nerve to mention it to one of my Drs. He acted like he had been expecting me to bring it up at some point, and gave me samples of Viagra to take. My only regret is that I did not mention it to him sooner. I feel like I'm thirty again.\nI am very happy now with the results I receive from both of these drugs. Talk to your Dr about it. I'm positive he is aware of problems caused by beta blockers, and should work with you to eliminate those problems.", Mat from NY.\n\nRead about Viagra, Cialis, Levitra - treatment for Erectile Dysfunction Treatment http://www.edpills.net/article_viagra_cialis_levitra.php\n\nA wide variety of options exist for treating erectile dysfunction. They include everything from medications and simple mechanical devices to surgery and psychological counseling. The cause and severity of your condition are important factors in determining the best treatment or combination of treatments for you. You and your doctor may also want to consider how much money you're willing to spend and the personal preferences of you and your partner. If erectile dysfunction is the result of a medical condition, the cost of treatment may be covered by insurance.\n\nOral medications\nThree oral medications are available to treat ED. These include:\n\n* Sildenafil (Viagra)\n* Tadalafil (Cialis)\n* Vardenafil (Levitra)\n\nThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Viagra in 1998, and it became the first oral medication for erectile dysfunction on the market. Since then, doctors have written millions of prescriptions for the blue, diamond-shaped tablets. But Viagra is no longer the only pill that treats this condition. Levitra and Cialis are two other options.\n\nViagra, Levitra and Cialis work in much the same way. Chemically known as phosphodiesterase inhibitors, these drugs enhance the effects of nitric oxide, a chemical messenger that relaxes smooth muscles in the penis. This increases the amount of blood and allows a natural sequence to occur — an erection in response to sexual stimulation. These medications don't automatically produce an erection. Instead they allow an erection to occur after physical and psychological stimulation. Many men experience improvement in erectile function after taking these medications regardless of the cause of their impotence.\n\nThese medications share many similarities, but they have differences as well. They vary in dosage, duration of effectiveness and possible side effects. Other distinctions — for example, which drug is best for certain types of men — aren't yet known. No study has directly compared these three medications.\n\nAlthough these medications can help many people, not all men can or should take them to treat erectile dysfunction. If you've had a heart attack, stroke or life-threatening heart rhythm during the last six months, don't take these medications. If you've been told that sexual activity could trigger a cardiac event, discuss other options with your doctor. In addition, don't take Viagra, Levitra or Cialis with nitrate medications, such as the heart drug nitroglycerin. The combination of these medications, which work to widen (dilate) blood vessels, can cause dizziness, low blood pressure, and circulation and heart problems.\n\nDon't expect these medications to fix your impotence immediately, because that's not always the case. Dosages may need adjusting. Or you may need to alter when you take the medication. Before taking any medication, make sure to discuss with your doctor its potential benefits and side effects.\n\n\nNon-surgical ED Treatment Treatment Sex Therapy\n...
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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhythmias, sometimes causing loss of consciousness. It occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted, causing death and scarring of the local heart tissue. Since the area affected may be large or small, the severity of heart attacks vary, but they are often a life-threatening medical emergency which demand both immediate attention and activation of the emergency medical services.\n\nDiagnosis is by the combination of medical history, ECG findings and blood tests for cardiac enzymes. The most important treatment in myocardial infarction is restoring the blood flow to the heart, by thrombolysis (enzymatically dissolving the clot in the artery) and/or angioplasty (using a balloon to push the artery open). Close monitoring on a coronary care unit is mandatory to observe for various complications. There is emphasis on secondary prevention, the elimination of risk factors that could lead to further heart attacks.\n\nThe medical term myocardial infarction derives from myocardium (the heart muscle) and infarction (tissue death), in this case caused by an obstruction of blood flow. The phrase "heart attack" is occasionally used to refer to heart problems other than a myocardial infarction, such as unstable angina pectoris.\nBefore the development of the electrocardiogram, it was impossible to objectively diagnose myocardial infarction. The term angina pectoris, to describe chest pain, had been coined by William Heberden in 1772 but little was known about the disease mechanism.\n\nAs a disease entity, myocardial infarction was described in full by James Herrick in an 1912 article in JAMA. (Herrick, 1912) He is credited as the originator of the "thrombogenic theory", i.e. the theory that myocardial infarction is due to thrombosis in the coronary artery. Subsequently, atherosclerosis and plaque rupture were discovered as underlying mechanisms.\n\nA major breakthrough in the identification of risk factors was the 1956 British doctors study, which showed an increased risk of myocardial infarction in heavy smokers.\n\nAcute myocardial infarction is usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain, discomfort, sweating, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and arrhythmias, sometimes causing loss of consciousness. Chest pain is the most common symptom of acute myocardial infarction and is often described as a tightness, pressure, or squeezing sensation. Pain may radiate to the jaw, neck, arms, back, and epigastrium, most often to the left arm or neck. Chest pain is more likely caused by myocardial infarction when it lasts for more than 30 minutes. The patient may complain of shortness of breath (dyspnea) especially if the decrease in myocardial contractility due to the infarct is sufficient to cause left ventricular failure with pulmonary congestion or even pulmonary edema.\n\nAccording to some authorities, the symptomatology in women may be somewhat different from that in men. Fatigue, sleep disturbances, and dyspnea have been reported as frequently occurring prodromal symptoms which may manifest as long as one month before the actual clinically manifested ischemic event. The most common acute symptoms of the MI may include dyspnea, weakness, and fatigue. Thus in women, chest pain may be less predictive of coronary ischemia than in men (PMID 14597589).\n\nApproximately one quarter of all myocardial infarctions are silent, without chest pain or other symptoms. This happens more often in elderly patients and patients with diabetes mellitus. They may complain though of atypical symptoms like fatigue, syncope, or weakness. Approximately half of all MI patients have experienced warning symptoms like angina pectoris prior to the infarct.\n\nWHO Criteria - Must have 2 out of 3:\n\nClinical
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Topamax works great on migraines. You just have to find the dosage that is right for you. I was up to 400mg a day, but it does cause a lot of side effects. Need more info e-mail me. lkarr1979@aol.com
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Glyceryl Trinitrate or GTN is available as patch's, sprays, sublingual tablet and ointments.\nIt is used in the treatment of Angina, which in a nutshell, is caused by constriction of the blood vessels and so results in the heart being starved of oxygen and effecively going into cramp. It is unlikely that your mother is having a heart attack probably an ECG has shown that she may need some drug help treat her angina and prevent the heart attack that can occur if it is not treated.\nGTN is related Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and is helpful in circulatory conditions because it causes a rapid expansion of the blood vessels allowing the blood to flow easier. It does this effecting specific enzymatic pathways responsible for controlling the diameter of a blood vessel.\nSide effects include dizziness, weakness and headache due to the rapid drop in blood pressure as the vessels open up. However these pass very quickly and the patient becomes resistant to them over time.\n\nI don't know if you will find this story humerous. But when I worked in hospital ( I was very green then) I had a paramedic recount to me a story about a man they gave an electric shock (Defib) to restart his heart. Unknown to the paramedic the guy had some GTN patchs on his arm which went off like fire crackers when they were subjected to an electrical charge (the electricity from the defib acted like a detonator for the GTN. I did say it was related to TNT! Anyway I don't know if that was true, but the paramedic says the shock having fire creackers going off on his chest certainly brought the bloke round)
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GENERIC NAME: bisoprolol\nBRAND NAME: Zebeta\nDRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Bisoprolol blocks the action of the sympathetic nervous system on the heart by blocking the heart 's beta-adrenergic receptors. Beta-adrenergic blocking agents such as bisoprolol reduce the heart rate and are useful in treating abnormally rapid heart rhythms. Bisoprolol also reduces the force of contraction of the heart and lowers blood pressure. By reducing the heart rate and the force of muscle contraction, beta-adrenergic blocking agents reduce the heart's need for oxygen. Since angina (heart pain) occurs when oxygen need exceeds supply, beta-adrenergic blocking agents are useful in treating angina.\n\nPRESCRIPTION: yes\n\nGENERIC AVAILABLE: no\n\nPREPARATIONS: Tablets: 5mg, 10mg.\n\nSTORAGE: Bisoprolol should be stored at room temperature, 59-86°F (15-30°C) in an air-tight container.\n\nPRESCRIBED FOR: Bisoprolol is used for treating patients with high blood pressure. It may be used alone or together with other medications.\n\nDOSING: The usual dose of bisoprolol is 5 mg or 10 mg once daily although doses up to 20 mg daily have been prescribed. Some patients, for example, those with marked kidney, liver or lung diseases, may be given 2.5 mg daily. Bisoprolol can be taken with or without food.\n\nDRUG INTERACTIONS: Rifampin can increase the metabolism (destruction) of bisoprolol, possibly making bisoprolol less effective. Certain calcium channel blockers, especially verapamil (Calan; Isoptin) and diltiazem (Cardizem; Tiazac), may enhance the effect of bisoprolol on the heart. In some patients, this may cause excessive slowing of the heart rate or reduce the heart's ability to beat. The use of digoxin (Lanoxin) with bisoprolol may also cause excessive reductions in heart rate.\n\nPREGNANCY: There is no information about the effects on the fetus of bisoprolol given to pregnant women. In rats given doses over 100-fold greater (per weight) than those used in humans, there were some damaging effects on the fetus. Physicians may elect to use bisoprolol in pregnancy if its benefits are deemed to outweigh potential risks.\n\nNURSING MOTHERS: It is not known whether bisoprolol is secreted in breast milk, although many drugs are secreted in breast milk. Bisoprolol may be used in lactating women if the physician feels the benefits outweigh the possible risks.\n\nSIDE EFFECTS: Bisoprolol is generally well-tolerated, and side effects are mild and transient. Rare side effects include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, nausea, impotence, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, numbness, tingling, cold extremities, sore throat, and shortness of breath or wheezing.\n\nBisoprolol can aggravate breathing difficulties in patients with asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. In patients with existing slow heart rates (bradycardias) and heart blocks (defects in electrical conduction within the heart), bisoprolol can cause dangerously slow heart rates and even shock. Bisoprolol reduces the force of contraction of heart muscle and can aggravate symptoms of heart failure. In patients with coronary artery disease, abruptly stopping bisoprolol can suddenly worsen angina, and occasionally precipitate heart attacks. If it is necessary to discontinue bisoprolol, its dosage can be reduced gradually over one to two weeks. Bisoprolol can mask the early warning symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), and should be used with caution in patients receiving treatment for diabetes.
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Cardizem is a calcium channel blocker that is used to treat atrial fibrillation and/or supraventricular tachycardia.  Either one of these problems may cause angina, but the main purpose of Cardizem is to treat the heart rhythm.
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I take topamax everyday and then I take the Maxalt right before I feel a migraine coming on...this is what my Doctor gave me and it has been wonderful so far.