On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:35:39 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article 7>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>>
>> Figuring out most drug combinations and dosages are often difficult.
>
> I wish you well. Ideally, we can find the cause and fix it from there,
> but I'd rather live.
>
> I ran a high heart rate for a couple of years before it got that bad.
> And we've been "playing" with the Thyroid levels for about as long. It
> got bad tho' when the pharmacy switched me to a generic instead of the
> name brand without telling me.
>
> It can make a difference.
>
> The tachycardia does cause High BP but I never checked that. At 100 BPM,
> it was 128 over 91. Borderline high thank the gods.
>
> Right now, Bystolic is keeping my heart rate low which keeps the BP down.
>
> Cause or effect?
>
> I can't afford the Cardiology consult right now.

but at least you're not suffering under the dreaded 'socialized medicine'
system.

blake