Medications that May Exacerbate Heart Failure: A Guide for CliniciansCassandra PardiniPharmD
Furthermore, there is a risk of impaired motor skills when this drug is used concomitantly with drugs from the benzodiazepine group [22]. In addition, it can exacerbate the sedative effects of medications with such properties as antipsychotics, alcohol, or benzodiazepines, which can lead to a si...
A common issue, for example, is patients who have both coronary heart disease andchronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Beta blockers are often prescribed to treat the heart disease, but those same drugs can cause airway resistance that worsens the COPD. "There are several types of be...
Sleep problems may develop from physical problems or psychological stressors that induce insomnia and restlessness. Sleep problems lead to fatigue and continual stress that can exacerbate a person's health status and mental state.Answer and Explanation: ...
48 Moreover, topiramate significantly increased the incidence of depression or depressive symptoms and has been reported to potentially exacerbate depression in individuals with bipolar disorder.49 Therefore, the risk of depression must be carefully monitored when using topiramate. Regarding adverse event ...
(beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs that have many indications including hypertension, arrhythmias, heart failure and myocardial infarction). These drug-induced gingival changes are, however, rare but where there are problems, the causative drugs can usually be substituted by an alternative medicine.62...
Even the distinction between intentional and accidental intoxication deaths can be complex in the deaths of people with a history of suicidal behavior (Rahikainen et al., 2018). To exacerbate this scenario, previous research has shown that drug interactions are not uncommon in hospital admissions (...
As a general consider- ation, the working group agreed that supportive psychosocial interventions (even electronically delivered and provided by non-specialist health-care providers) [113–115] should not be neglected in order to mitigate the emotional stress and pressure that can exacerbate both ...
Especially in patients with marked increases in triglycerides, hypertriglyceridemia is often due to a “two hit” phenomenon of genetic predisposition accompanied by secondary causes that exacerbate the triglyceride elevation. Some of the contributors to hypertriglyceridemia include unhealthful dietary intake,...
Purpose The purpose of this Quality Improvement Project was to identify the frequency medications are prescribed that may cause exacerbation of HF among patients presenting to the Heart Failure Disease Management Program and to develop a process for identification, increased awareness and improved ...