I was recently admitted to hospital for a minor op. but...
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I was recently admitted to hospital for a minor op. but on taking my b.p. was sent home and referred to my g.p.who has now given me a prescription for ramipril. I do not want to take this drug but feel I have no choice as my operation cannot go ahead until my b.p. has 'stabilised'.My husband was on this drug and suffered severe leg pain. On telling the doctor he was advised his problems were down to his work cos he had to stand for long periods. He decided to come off the drug and within 2 weeks all muscle pain in legs had gone. Incidentally you can fill in a 'yellow' card obtainable from pharmacies and your g.p. to note any side effects of drugs you get.
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The yellow card referred to is for recording adverse reactions to medication and is worth completing when side become too much. The cards are collated at the MHRA (medicines safety watchdog) and details stored on an adverse reactions database. Experts there will assess various factors such as severity of reaction, e.g. minor annoyance to life-threatening, volume of reports, condition being treated and drug efficacy etc. The outcome may be updated advice to Doctors and Pharmacists and instruction to the licensed manufacturer to update their patient information leaflet or in severe cases, an alert or even total and immediate withdrawal of the medication concerned.
Patients can now submit yellow cards online via their website so if you've reported reactions here you ought to consider submitting a yellow card if you haven't already done so.
http://www.mhra.gov.uk
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