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Hello, These Are My Fathers Pills, He Is 78 With
Question: hello, these are my fathers pills, he is 78 with history of high blood pressure and anxiety, my mother passed away 2 mos ago so his doctors put him on this pills, he also take verapamil and volsartan for blood pressure...
He has been very drowsy, went off the road, he has been hallucinating and seeing hearing things. This all started when he started these pills.
could these pills be the cause? do these pills contraindicate? Very worried about my dad..
He has been very drowsy, went off the road, he has been hallucinating and seeing hearing things. This all started when he started these pills.
could these pills be the cause? do these pills contraindicate? Very worried about my dad..
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello
After going through the medical details provided by you I can understand your concern for your father’s health and I would like to tell you that his symptoms seems to be related to multiple anti depressant medications most likely.
It’s highly advisable to take him to a psychiatrist for proper evaluation sessions personally as the medications needs to be reduced if his anxiety/depression are not at a significant level. As these medications have strong sedative effect so it could cause him regular drowsiness which could ultimately lead to any sort of injury.
Also as he is also taking anti hypertensives so I would like to suggest you to keep a regular record of his blood pressure reading because if it’s staying below 100 systolic then these medications also needs dose adjustments.
I hope this information will guide you properly.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Please refer to the detailed answer below
Detailed Answer:
Hello
After going through the medical details provided by you I can understand your concern for your father’s health and I would like to tell you that his symptoms seems to be related to multiple anti depressant medications most likely.
It’s highly advisable to take him to a psychiatrist for proper evaluation sessions personally as the medications needs to be reduced if his anxiety/depression are not at a significant level. As these medications have strong sedative effect so it could cause him regular drowsiness which could ultimately lead to any sort of injury.
Also as he is also taking anti hypertensives so I would like to suggest you to keep a regular record of his blood pressure reading because if it’s staying below 100 systolic then these medications also needs dose adjustments.
I hope this information will guide you properly.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
Brief Answer:
Hello again
Detailed Answer:
Both the medications belongs to SSRI group of anti depressants but Paxil contains paroxetine which is particularly beneficial in patients having post traumatic stress.
As in your case his wife passed away just 2 months back which also is a kind of mental trauma to someone. So yes Paxil will be a good option for him.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Hello again
Detailed Answer:
Both the medications belongs to SSRI group of anti depressants but Paxil contains paroxetine which is particularly beneficial in patients having post traumatic stress.
As in your case his wife passed away just 2 months back which also is a kind of mental trauma to someone. So yes Paxil will be a good option for him.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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