People with heart failure often end up in the hospital and die early. In addition to medications and various procedures for heart failure, it is important to take care of yourself: eat right, take medication by the hour, weigh yourself, not get drunk with liquid and all that.
With heart failure, you can die simply by eating something salty with a lot of water.
What to do with medicines
You have to take your medicine exactly as prescribed. Some medications work for a week, and some are removed after a few hours. Sometimes you can skip a pill so well that it quickly gets sick. Then some more accidents are superimposed on this matter, and as a result they will be carried forward with their feet.
Don't let the drugs run out. In St. Petersburg, last week, 500 packs of anaprilin were delivered to the entire city. A penny medicine, but there was a failure. Maintain a supply of pills.
Better buy the same medicines from the same pharmacy. So there will be less difference in their quality.
Don't skip your medication even if you feel well.
When you go to the doctor for your next appointment, then take all your medicines with you. The whole bag. Let the doctor look at them alive.
If you think that you have become ill from drugs, then do not stop drinking them, but go to the doctor or call him.
Be sure to learn which of your medications is diuretic. This is the most important thing for your heart failure.
Ask your cardiologist about the dose of diuretics to add to yourself on occasion. This is normal. People with asthma change their treatment, and you with your heart failure need to be able to change it.
Be sure to find out if you need to take additional potassium supplements. Most diuretics clear it quickly, which is bad for the heart. Potassium preparations are not Asparkam with Panangin. Forget them as a nightmare. Potassium supplements are specific potassium chloride in solution, tablets, or capsules. Ask your cardiologist about it.
There are many other useful rules on the topic of heart failure.
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