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Interview HF38  

Interview HF38

Age at Interview: 59
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 58
Background: Retired GP; married with 2 children.
Brief outline:Ischaemic heart disease diagnosed 2001. Heart bypass 2002. Heart failure 2002.


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He takes warfarin, digoxin, frusemide, spironolactone, atorvastatin, bisoprolol and aspirin.

 



Frusemide and spironolactone [pause] and that rids me of fluid in the mornings. I'm on a beta-blocker, bisoprolol.  I'm on atorvastatin to reduce my lipids which were high and part of the reason for it happening I suppose. I'm on digoxin, the old foxglove treatment, to keep my heart rate down. I'm on anti-coagulants, warfarin, to keep my blood thin to prevent a further clot developing in my heart and another embolus happening. I'm on aspirin... and I'm on treatment for gout, Allopurinol, and  I'm on an Ace inhibitor... which [smiles]... it's silly isn't it!
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