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Do you forget your're meds?

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janco
janco

I only have to take 2,5mg of Bisoprolol and 100mg of CardioAspirin per day for my AFIB, but there have been a few days that I forgot if I had taken them!

Usually, it was during a busy morning and I had lots of things going on in my head.

Most of the mornings I would just leave it and go on with the normal dosage the following day.

Talking of being "not in the moment"

Anyone out there experienced the same thing?

 

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  • jx41870
    jx41870 janco

    Posted

    I suppose once or twice a year I forget to take my pills and end up skipping a day.  A few more times a year I find the regular time inconvenient but get to them within a few hours.
  • moira23432
    moira23432 janco

    Posted

    Don't worry I think most of us have done the same,  I find getting a small calendar then ripping of the monthly page applicable and placing it under my pills helps,  I just put a cross thru the date.  

     

  • derek76
    derek76 janco

    Posted

    I put mine in a little dish beside my bed do see them when I get up. 
  • John5006
    John5006 janco

    Posted

    Hi Janco,

    ?I take blood pressure tablets after getting up, first thing. My AF related stuff in the evening. I usually forget if my App alarm on my phone to remind me fails or if my routine is upset. Happens 2 or 3 times a year. 

    I do not even attempt to play 'catch ups'.

    John

  • diane92162
    diane92162 janco

    Posted

    I have my pills sorted into little containers with the days of week on them. I have high blood pressure as well as persistent afib. I am scared of having a stroke, especially if I miss taking the Pradaxa so I am pretty on to it. 
    • derek76
      derek76 diane92162

      Posted

      Your chance of having a stroke is determined by the structure of your left atrial appendage so in theory many people are taking NOAC's or Warfarin needlessly. A echocardiogram should tell if you are in that category or not. There is a lot of information on line  about it. The other option that I elected to have privately is to have a Watchman device or Amplatzer amulet fitted in the LAA to stop clots escaping and doing away with blood thinners.

    • diane92162
      diane92162 derek76

      Posted

      My left atrium is severely enlarged. I started off with atrial flutter but it soon changed to afib. I have had one cardioversion and I was in nsr for 2 days .  I think I need to  be on Pradaxa for now.  
    • derek76
      derek76 diane92162

      Posted

      I was told that mine was the wrong shape to have a successful cardioversion but if I have an ablation it will change the shape of the LAA   and may allow me to have one.
    • frances26250
      frances26250 derek76

      Posted

      Very interesting re the structure of the atria determining ones actual risk of stroke. Do you have any links to enable me to learn more re this. I have a feeling I might be left on tablets propherlactically as have had a first episode of AF lasting a few weeks on and off. I am aged 55 and very fit so ? cause. ..possibly stress.I am on 2.5 of bisoprolol and 5mg twice daily aapixaban.
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