There's no excuse for a doc not to know a drug's side effects since the information is readily available, including online. The pharmacist is also supposed to give you an information sheet the first time you get a new drug prescribed. But your doc doesn't know ahead of time which side effect will show up for YOU, and how severe it will be. I had to go off a beta blocker (atenolol) because of fatigue, and was switched to lisinopril, which acts directly on the arterial walls to lower tension. But it has different side effects, as Wayne is finding out.
Gary VanderMolen ----- Original Message ----- > > Wayne, > I hope the BP med works out. > Can't seem to find one that works for me either. > Have been changed off 2 now because of the side effects. > Not all Docs are aware of all the side effects. > The first one Metoprolol, the doc who stopped it said everyone should > have known it was causing my problems. > The second one Labetalol was the same saga. > I guess everyone reacts differently and it is not recognized because the > Doc has not personally un into it.
