I'm advised to take Calaptin 240 sr one tab daily with Nexito Forte one tab daily night including Aztor 10 mg tab daily for the treatment of Arrithymia Tachycardia and Hyperlipidemia respectively. Do I have to continue these medicines for the rest of my life? What are the side effects of these medications? Pl let me know. Thank you.
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Hi lybrate-user, calaptin is calcium channel blocker, it is mainly used for heart rate control, Kindly upload your Lipid Profile and ECG report, you may be having is intermittent tachycardia / arrhythmia which means that intermittently your heart rate increases or the heart Rhythm changes which can be dangerous if it does not get corrected on its own. Or it can be an early sign of impending heart disease. But to diagnose it you need to get an ECG done while you are having the rhythm problem or you can get holter monitoring for 24 hours during which if you have this episode it will get registered and documented. Also you need to get a complete lipid profile done as well as a echocardiogram and blood sugar and thyroid levels to look for risk factors. Once you have done that Get back to me with the reports for a detailed consultation. Side effects of calaptin are dizziness, Nausea,Hypotension, constipation and of long term use of aztor (statin) is Muscles cramps and Liver enzymes elevation. Get back to me with complete set of reports.
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Hi lybrate-user, Most of the time, risk for arrhythmia and high lipids stay for lifetime and its advisable to be on medicines for rest of the life. Medications typically are adjusted for response, need, and any side effects. If you are tolerating the medicines without any problem, they can be continued. If your risk decreases over the next few years, certainly dosage can be reduced, or taken off even, depending on how you do. Every medicine have potential side effects. A drug which doesn't cause side effect, typically doesn't have any effect at all. The question here should be how much benefit vs how much risk. If benefit of preventing tachycardia and controlling cholesterol sounds good to you, a concern for side effect shouldn't prompt you to stop the medicines. Take care.
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