t smoke, do exercise, am thin). My doctor put me on a diuretic, Tekturna and Bystolic, and within a week I had completely lost my sense of taste! Anyone else experienced this? I'm wondering if it's a side effect that will wear off if I just stick it out. The combination seems to be working well to lower my bp and hr but I'm losing weight (a bad thing) and really, really miss food!
Anyone here know anything about zetia and its affect on the thyroid and or levo absorption? I have read it may affect absorption and the rx monograph says talk tp your doctor if you have thyroid disorders.
He knows I am on synthroid, but I am curious how this drug affects it.
Lisinpril can cause a chronic cough and you should stop this medication to see how the cough changes. It may be replaced with valsartan or candesartan which do not usually cause this side effect. The verapamil usually does not cause this side effect. This may not be related to your medications, and chronic cough or ' bronchial asthma' may actually be cardiac in nature ( e.g. CHF). Make sure your physician takes this other consideration into account.
When the Institute of Medicine brought forth its monograph on the development of trustworthy practice guidelines, it pointed to the IDSA Lyme Disease guidelines as an example of a guideline development process ‘gone awry’.
//www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/online/monograph/hepc/cirrhosis.htm
Here is a link to a 39 minute video presentation given by one of my doctors, Norah Terrault, to other doctors at UCSF on March 6, 2008. (Dr. Terrault directs the Hep C treatment programs at University of California San Francisco). This presentation gives the lastest info on HCV and cirrhosis.
“Management of Hepatitis C in the Pre-Transplant Patient with cirrhosis (compensated and decompensated)”
http://www.uctv.
Looked at the drug interactions monograph, thought it was a reaction to the generic Zyrtec and called my doc. He told me to stop taking the zyrtec and ordered liver function tests. Well, tests came back with high enzymes and bilirubin and he told me to stop taking ALL medications. Ordered an ultrasound which he said was negative, and ordered the blood work again. He seems to think it's liver damage due to drug toxicity.
I have been doing lots of reading on the internet, and also, of the monograph provided with the medicine. I am reading about side effects such as dizziness, shortness of breath, all kinds of awful things. I have dizziness due to vertigo (believed by my Dr. to be due to fluid in ears / virus), and wonder how I'll be able to tell whether any diziness is a side effect or the vertigo. It's all very new and confusing to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_sclerosing_cholangitis
Most patients with PSC (80%) also have ulcerative colitis.
I have to question the appropriateness of a liver biopsy if PSC is the suspected disease. From what I know and according to the sources I have a biopsy isn't usually determinative of PSC. Imaging studies are usually done first.
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