Patient was educated on how to take Lopressor as follows: Take the medication at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the medication. Maintain strict compliance with intake of the medication as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of Lopressor. Do not change the dose on Lopressor without consulting your doctor. Take a blood pressure reading always before you take the pill. Maintain a log of every day blood [...]
Patient was educated on Lopressor and its mechanism of action as follows: Lopressor is a selective Beta-1 blocker that inhibits the action of catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) on the Beta-1 receptors. Inhibition of Beta-1 receptors result in slowing of heart rate and decreases the force of contraction of heart muscle. Reduction in heart rate contributes to low BP. Decrease in the force of contraction of heart muscle will bring about reduction in the amount of [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Lipitor as follows: Lipitor can lead to poor blood sugar control in diabetics and so, can precipitate episodes of elevated blood sugar. Diabetics should closely watch their blood sugar readings and observe compliance with the dietary limitations prescribed. Any consistent exacerbation of blood sugar readings must be reported to the physician, for any changes in plan of care to be considered. A lot of [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Lipitor as follows: Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grape fruit juice with Lipitor. Grapefruit can inhibit metabolism of Lipitor by the liver. Slowing down of the drug metabolism can result in increased blood levels of the medication, thus contributing to risk for toxic side-effects of the medication, such as, hepatic damage and muscle breakdown. Certain other cholesterol lowering medications, such as, cholestyramine and colestipol, [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Lipitor as follows: Observe compliance with regular labs ordered for hepatic function. Lipitor carries a risk of liver damage and compromised liver function and so, should be very cautiously used and liver function closely monitored. Also, if liver function is deficient, metabolism and excretion of Lipitor could be slowed down. Slowing down of the drug metabolism and excretion can result in increased risk for [...]