You may already know this. Dr Shaw told me that the likely cause of Mam's blackouts has been identified. As Mam was undergoing some tests, she had a blackout and they measured a sudden fall in her blood pressure. Mam has been taking various drugs to lower this for quite a few years. At one time it was Adalat, another it was Lisinopril and the most recent one has a long name that I can't recall (I'd have to look at her medipak which I don't have).
So they have withdrawn this blood pressure lowering drug. Whether it is being replaced by a different one to serve the same purpose, I simply don't know. If such a drug is no longer being prescribed, we need to consider the implications - presumably it had been prescribed to keep Mam's blood pressure down. So it's possible that Mam may run the risk of high-blood pressure, isn't it? What are the symptoms and what ought we to do about this (other than avoid stressful situations in the house)?
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