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Re: Arthritis-like conditions and Heart Medication
Re: Arthritis-like conditions and Heart Medication -- Posted by Alex on 08-17-04 12:59
schreef in bericht news:4120f309.2238296@news.individual.de...
> >
> >> >The medications in question are:
> >> >
> >> >Ascal (which she now no longer takes because of the upcoming operation)
> >> >Selokeen Zoc (Tratraat Metroprolol)
> >> >Promocard
> >> >Rastinan
> >> >Pantazol
> >> >Duspatal
> >> >Lasix
> >> >Thyrax (for her pre-existing thyroid condition)
> >> >Lipitor (which she doesn't like and has never taken)
> >> >
> >> >So my question is: can any of these medication set off
> >> >arthritis, or cause joint pain or swelling on elbow joint?
> >> >
> >> >She had back trouble before, but never like this.
> >> >
> >> >Alex
> >>
> >> Hi Alex, I tried looking up these drugs in the British formulary and also
> on American drug list sites but the names you have given seem to be a
> problem, e.g. Selokeen is Metoprolol Tartrate. Some of the others
> don't come up at all. Those ending in "ol" are usually beta blockers
> according to my experience so your Mum is on more than one of those
> like my husband. As someone else suggested, you could put a search in
> Google - just the name of the drug properly spelled - and then look
> for side effects. So, like me, she is on a diuretic and thyroxine
> plus beta blockers but I don't know what Promocard and Rastinan are.
> Good luck, Diana
Thanks for taking the trouble.
The problem is that a lot of these medications are cheaper
replacements.
Metroprolol Tartraat (as an equivalent for Selokeen Zoc)
Amaryl for Rastinan
Furosemide for Lasix
The thing is that these medications also contain other
substances. For instance, the Metprolol Tartrate
also contains:
lactose
cornmeal
ammonium metracrylate (ammoniummetacrylaat copolymer type B)
waterfree colloïdal silicumdioxide (E551)
talcon
titaniumdioxide (titaandioxide) (E171
polythyleneglycol 4000
magnesiumstearate (E470b)
In other words, there are lots of other substances
that are also present, aside from medication itself.
Alex
Re: Arthritis-like conditions and Heart Medication -- Posted by Herman Rubin on 08-18-04 10:06
In article <41226490$0$80318$a344fe98@news.wanadoo.nl>,
Alex wrote:
> schreef in bericht news:4120f309.2238296@news.individual.de...
.......................
>The thing is that these medications also contain other
>substances. For instance, the Metprolol Tartrate
>also contains:
>lactose
>cornmeal
>ammonium metracrylate (ammoniummetacrylaat copolymer type B)
>waterfree collodal silicumdioxide (E551)
>talcon
>titaniumdioxide (titaandioxide) (E171
>polythyleneglycol 4000
>magnesiumstearate (E470b)
>In other words, there are lots of other substances
>that are also present, aside from medication itself.
>Alex
These are "excipients"; the dictionary definition of
excipient is:
An inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for a drug.
They help make the pill (in this case) hold together and
be easier to handle.
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Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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