I'm on a blood thinner that requires monthly visits to check and as needed, adjust my dosage. So recently, my blood was "too thin" and I was asked about other medications. Several months ago, my plaque psoriasis got so bad it woke me from sleep as if a mob of insects were causing me to itch. I have a surface ointment but I thought about an "antihistamine" (Loratadine) and it worked. Not instantly but with a couple of hours, the itching subsided. I continued to take it twice a day and noticed the psoriasis seemed "less bad." But unknown to me, it also promotes bleeding ... another blood thinner. So we're adjusting my regular blood thinner to account for this additional med. But it is part of a bigger problem, factual data to analyze all medication (and some foods) effects. Sounds like a job for AI. Bob Wilson
Our friend where we are parked up in her driveway, was the first kidney pancreas transplant case where they left to original organs still in place. For over 20 yrs she has been on 36 different pills a day, the body becomes immune to a lot of them or starts to react poorly to them, each drug affects how another drug works and the combination of some drugs ends up have the opposite result to what was intended ...... Her skin is paper thin, her new kidney is giving up, he new pancreas is not supplying enough insulin, he blood pressure is out of control, peaked at 230 the other night .... yet she is still alive and they allow her to leave hospital again today .... we will see how long this home visit lasts ..... As you can imagine, it isn't doing her mental state a lot of good either. All drugs are a compromise, the wife had a work colleague who crashed his car, twice, because he blacked out .... turned out, he was put on blood pressure reducing drugs, but being a computer tech/nerd, he was also a pot smoker, his blood pressure problem was diagnosed while he was in hospital for something else ..... the pot was controlling his blood pressure before then, depending on the level of stress, the amount he smoked .... the two combined, blood pressure would drop till he passed out, coming too as the accident was in progress ..... He ended up with a company paid driver to take him to work, home and to the jobs he had to do throughout BHP computer land ...... "You can't just retire because you can't drive anymore, you are too good at what you do" T1 Terry
i have to stay within our 'system' for medical treatment because we are on a medicare advantage plan. all of my meds are listed in the computer system, and they always ask what otc drugs or herbal supplements i'm taking. my doc recommends not adding anything without checking with her. i keep a list in my wallet for when we're away and 'out of system'. my dad was on warfarin for years after cardiac bypass. had to have a state certified specialty nurse come to the house, check his blood and inject him. when he went to florida, he would sign up for the service down there. unfortunately, they weren't able to switch him to one of the newer drugs, my partner is on eloquis. my kidney doc says he can't wait for the day when he can add a med to a software program and have it tell him if it is compatible with current meds.
