ARE WE EVER GOING TO BE DRUG FREE

After reading the posts this morning, the one on "cold hands and feet" where someone raised an issue I had indeed thought of before but without any knowledge of.

After a heart procedure - mine a CABG - will I ever become drug free?

[Prada47]

The short answer is probably not, but you need to ask your GP/Cardiologist the reasons for the drugs 1 To make you feel better 2 to help prevent a reoccurrence. I have had both CABG and Stents ( stents after CABG )

Just reading my latest 24 hr ECG " This 71 year old Gentleman ( No Charming or Pleasant ) Sinus Rhythm throughout with 54 periods of Nocturnal Bradycardia which was non-sustained with a Heart Rate ranging from 44 - 84 BPM ( 1 minute averages ) with a mean Heart Rate of 59 BPM. There was one Nocturnal Pause of 3 Seconds. There was Occasional episodes of ventricular ectopic and very frequent supraventricular ectopic beats..

These results suggest the patient is perhaps marginally over beta-blocked and Bisoprolol should be reduced down from 10mg to 7.5mg. I have further 24 hr tape in a fortnights time to see the effect of reducing the Bisoprolol.

The reason I have posted this on your thread is to try to show we are different and the reasons you are still on meds after a procedure may be completely different to some one else.

[Hidden in reply to Prada47]

Thank you for that - my question arose purely because I have no idea of whether there may be other reviews in the future without my asking for one although the first and last (just the one) specialist review after the operation suggested I was now OK to go paddle my own canoe.

[laura_dropstitch Heart Star]

Cute doggo! As for the drugs, we're all different, but I've had to accept I'll probably take tablets every day for the rest of my life. (I have heart failure) It's not something I'm happy about but agree with what Prada47 said - knowing the reasons I take meds and the rationale behind prescribing them helps me to stay slightly more positive about all the tablets and their sometimes annoying side effects. I also remind myself that drugs to treat heart failure have only been discovered and developed in the last couple of decades and have transformed patient outcomes. A heart failure diagnosis was really a death sentence before these drugs were available so I am lucky to have them. Would love not to need them, however!

[Hidden in reply to laura_dropstitch]

Thank you for the reply Laura and agree totally with what you say and lucky to be here to say it! I had hoped the blood thinners might have been dropped since the bruises I get are totally not normal - but if they are necessary so be it.

[stevejb1810]

I suggest it’s unlikely! Think of the drugs as your new normal. It’s the best current science have. But never say never, medical science is advancing everyday.

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Thank you for the reply and look forward to the time that Borg technology hits my local area!