Good morning everyone:
My daughter, Olivia, was prescribed 50mg of atenolol daily when she saw the specialist in Toronto last month. I have been careful to be certain that she remembers to take it each morning at breakfast, and so far, except for feeling absolutely exhausted for the first 10 days or so, she has done well with it.
Yesterday morning was our school's walkathon (10km), and I didn't feel it would be advisable for her to do the walk since some of it is cross country,with a couple of steep hills, so I left her sleeping at home while my FIL watched our youngest (my husband is still at a conference). Although I had reminded dad that she needed to take her medication, it was forgotten until about 10:00 last night, when she looked at me with wide eyes and said, "I forgot to take my medicine."
I phoned a local pharmacy and spoke with the pharmacist who consulted her manual and told me that it would be ok to give her the dose provided it was more than eight hours to the next dose. Since it was, I medicated her. About an hour and a half later, she came into my room, and told me her heart had just gone "ka-thunk" like it had when they caught the arrhythmia on her holter last month. Really had me concerned!
Was this because of the delayed dose, or was it a coincidental correlation? I'm still really new at dealing with her meds. How do those of you who are on atenolol handle a missed dose? Is it more dangerous to give her the dose late, or to wait until the next scheduled dose?
Thanks for your insights.
Abby
My daughter, Olivia, was prescribed 50mg of atenolol daily when she saw the specialist in Toronto last month. I have been careful to be certain that she remembers to take it each morning at breakfast, and so far, except for feeling absolutely exhausted for the first 10 days or so, she has done well with it.
Yesterday morning was our school's walkathon (10km), and I didn't feel it would be advisable for her to do the walk since some of it is cross country,with a couple of steep hills, so I left her sleeping at home while my FIL watched our youngest (my husband is still at a conference). Although I had reminded dad that she needed to take her medication, it was forgotten until about 10:00 last night, when she looked at me with wide eyes and said, "I forgot to take my medicine."
I phoned a local pharmacy and spoke with the pharmacist who consulted her manual and told me that it would be ok to give her the dose provided it was more than eight hours to the next dose. Since it was, I medicated her. About an hour and a half later, she came into my room, and told me her heart had just gone "ka-thunk" like it had when they caught the arrhythmia on her holter last month. Really had me concerned!
Was this because of the delayed dose, or was it a coincidental correlation? I'm still really new at dealing with her meds. How do those of you who are on atenolol handle a missed dose? Is it more dangerous to give her the dose late, or to wait until the next scheduled dose?
Thanks for your insights.
Abby
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