Can i cut diovan in half
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I wanted to go back to once a day and I asked my doctor if I can do that. I did, but a few days after I cut Metoprolol to half, suddenly as I was driving my heart started pounding again and was going faster and faster or that's what it felt like. I asked someone to call the ambulance. I was told that my heart rate was around 120. In the hospital, they put me on IV and kept me for 4 hours and gave me a Metoprolol Succ (25 mg) pill.
I walk every day and when in a good routine 8 kms a day, up and down hills through fields etc. Recently I began to experience tingling in my feet and hands which I attributed to the Diovan HCt (160/25) or diabetic peripheral neuropathy since I had a high fasting glucose last year and a definitely high one this year. I've also suspected I had an allergy to gluten and not IBS as was suggested.
I've had some suggestions to cut the pills in half, but I have capsules, not tablets and they cannot be cut in half.
What should I do??
Yes, my pill can be split in half. I don't have a pill spliter, so I am wondering if I can use a knife to cut it. I already cut it actually and it split right in half. My pill has a "divit" like a divider already so it cut very easily.
Many simply split the dose in half and take half in the morning and half at night. Others take the larger dose in the morning and a smaller dose at night so as not to run into night-time hypoglycemic risks. The Lantus insuln lasts for ALMOST 24 hours, but does sort of peter out after about 20 hours. So a slightly elevated morning glucose number may be the result of its giving out a few hours before you awaken if you take your main dose every morning.
Your Cholesterol and BP are great, My Cholesterol was 153 last time it was tested, although I have been taking Lipitor for years, I take 80 mg of Diovan per day also and my BP averages around 120/73, Thats why I am hoping that once my thyroid is stable, I can cut back on the BP and Chol. Medication. I guess we will both find out soon.
I dont think so and just wanted to pose the question to the experts on here. When I get up in the morning, I am bloated pretty much all day when I stand up or walk. I have also noticed internal tremors in my right leg when standing or sitting, they have even come on up to my right arm. At night when I lay down to sleep, my body starts to get these weird strong spasms up my right side to the point that I have to get up and move around until they disappear.
For me 50 mg a day has minimal side effects, but yes, it does cause some fatigue. I am also in permanent atrial fibrillation which may be the real issue for me. I had taken Toprolol when much younger and in normal sinus rhythm (then it too was 50mg SR) and it had no side effects that I can recall, I was still running for exercise.
You might want to discuss using a calcium channel blocker to lower blood pressure.
Metoprolol 25 mg. Does it make a difference in what I'm taking, wether I can cut in half or not? The PA knows what I am taking and he told me just to cut it.
hi all
i have do two hart valve replacement when i was 18 , i was fine now and now i am 35 , in 2013 i checked my EF it was 44% so it still ok for someone with my condition in 2015 i check it agin and it is now 28% , my doctor give my Co-Diovan half pill every day , and ask to check after 6 month but he didn't look good when talking to me.
now i am very stressed , i have 3 kids and i want to improve my EF can any one let me know what i can do ?
appreciate anyone input.
my dad had a triple bypass last apr 21. last saturday, jul 4/2009 he started on diovan 160/12.5 (from corvesy+) and since Sat he's been experiencing chest pains that is not going away. is this a side effect? is he allergic to the this new med he's taking or is this angina? should he get himself to an ER?
I'm a 64 yrs. old woman who used to take Diovan 320 mg. & Toprol 50 mg. for my B.P. My B.P. readings was okay but my Doctor discontinued the Toprol because my heart rate usually on the 40's. I am currently taking Norvasc 5mg. with the Diovan 320 mg. So far, my B.P. readings is very good, 110/70. But eversince I started the Norvasc, my left leg is swelling and it is becoming worst. I'd like to ask my Doctor to discontinue the Norvasc.
I spoke to my doctor today. He said I just need to take the 75mcg synthroid and the 25 mcg of cytomel. in two months he will check my blood. I don't think I will do that! I will still cut my doses of synthroid and cytomel. i cut the 75 in 1/2. and the cytomel, which i might say is almost impossible to cut even, in 1/4. so i am getting 37.5 of synthroid and 6.25 mcg of cytomel. Does that seem about right? with my t4 being 1.
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