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hello everyone..its been awhile since ive been on here..its been long year..hubbs still recovering from the pneumonia he had earlier this year..hubbs diabetes is still not under control type 2....we received letter from GP saying that two of the pills Amlodipine and statin that my hubbs is taking are not to be taking together as they are not compatible as they will do him damage....although we received this letter nearly 3 weeks ago he can collect them on his next collection of his prescription which is around 15 nov..in the mean time just take them thats just shocking..keep taken them do more damage then just take new one when you get it.....shocks me how little our gp diabetes team know about diabetes
 
when your diabetes nurse says they know very little about it..its a shock...hubbs was diagnosed in may 2011 and i find it very sad that they still have not learned more about it...my mother and father in law have diabetes and they live in the north and the care they receive is just fantastic....im learning alot more and more each day...as ones needs to ...as i look and care for my husband...im thinking of asking my GP to set up diabetes group...what do you think everyone..we are in south lincs xx
 
I'm struggling to read your posts - a few capital letters and punctuation would really help.

However, trying to see the main points:

Incompatible medication - Why not ask your pharmacist (who might have been to one to detect to incompatibility issue) for advice? They might be able to suggest which drug to give up until GP can prescribe a suitable substitute.

What do you mean by still recovering from pneumonia earlier in the year? Does he still have breathing problems? As the infection spunds like it's passed, then the effect of that on blood glucose control should have passed. Does he have any other lung problems? Does he smoke?

Diabetes group - It might be better to have a larger potential pool for members than a single GP surgery. Some areas already have Diabetes UK groups, and help is offered to people who want to set up a group in their area - see http://www.diabetes.org.uk/How_we_help/Local_support_groups/

Good luck with everything 🙂
 
Can't add to advice already given, but would underline the importance of talking to GP and/or pharmacist and/or nurse. It does sound like there is still an underlying chest infection that needs sorting out and only your GP can help with that.

I do hope your husband gets better soon as iti's not any fun for anyone...
 
I would have expected a good pharmacist to question taking both medications the last time you collected the prescription as they are normally on the ball about such things (mine is, at least 🙂)

I wonder if your husband's problem is not so much the pneumonia he experienced, but his continuing poor blood glucose control through lack of appropriate advice? If your health care providers are not giving you the answers you feel you need it's important to do a little research and background reading yourself and challenge them, If they can't answer your questions, ask to be referred to someone who can - you can't be left in limbo like this.

I would suggest (if you haven't already done so) reading Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter and getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker - all generally accepted to be helpful and reliable sources of information 🙂
 
Thank you for your posts...my husband still is recovering from pneumonia as the hospital did say it can take awhile to clear up and that the recovery time can be long. Yes he is having breathing difficulties coughs up a lot of stringy Flem.I did say that the GP did send out letter few weeks ago saying that they will be changing one of his pills (stats) and when he goes to collect his next prescription which is around 11)/12 nov ..im just saying so even though GP knows that you do not take stats and Amlodipine together they tell him to continue till he gets his new prescription although they know that these to pills can cause more harm to him... many thanks louise
 
Coughing up phlegm (correct spelling for flem - useful if you want to do a web search) is a symptom that your husband should take to his GP.

As I said earlier, he could discuss stop taking one or other of the drugs with his GP or pharmacist, until he is prescribed a substitute statin.
 
Strange; I'm on both amlodipine and atorvastatin, and have been for a long time, and nobody has told me about this. :confused:

Is the risk just from simvastatin, or from any statin?

(I have recently been told that because of my kidney problems, I'm to be taken off losartan (because, so the letter says, of the hyperkalaemia risk) and put on another BP tablet instead; and my potassium levels monitored more closely.)
 
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