Medication after stroke
Medication after stroke
If you’ve had one stroke, you have about a 25%-35% chance of having a second one. Your doctor will use medication to lower those odds.
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0 -> a stroke survivor will probably be on at
9.78 -> least two medicines after their stroke
12.03 -> the first one will be at what's called
15.509 -> an antiplatelet medicine which is
18.27 -> prescribed to reduce the risk of a
20.699 -> stroke happening due to blood clots and
22.949 -> the main type that those medicines are
25.529 -> has brain occupied a girl or an
27.63 -> anticoagulant drug clips and warfarin
29.189 -> and they will also be on a statin which
34.11 -> is a clap drug used to reduce
35.55 -> cholesterol but in strake patients it's
39.149 -> found it's been found that it is
40.59 -> beneficial even if the patient doesn't
42.54 -> have a high cholesterol after stroke
44.46 -> there's a whole range of medications
46.32 -> that the stroke commission will start
49.32 -> you on and it's important that you need
51.809 -> hospital with a good understanding of
53.37 -> what these different medications are I
55.17 -> had medication for balance issues keep
59.399 -> my blood pressure down you know simply
63.27 -> staff didn't fall for cholesterol when I
66.03 -> when I was in hospital I was given I was
69.03 -> given about three or four lots of
70.77 -> medication including aspirin but I wish
73.979 -> taken just before I was discharged from
77.07 -> the hospital I'm not on a lot of time
79.08 -> but I think it one I think I'm on three
81.119 -> tablets a day it did start off I was on
83.97 -> nine tablets a day but as time has gone
86.7 -> on and the the proved irrelevant or
89.52 -> whatever then they would cool down to
91.71 -> just three a day knowing that I had to
94.079 -> be on long-term medication I found that
96.119 -> very difficult to deal with mainly
98.579 -> because the medication that I was on
101.1 -> with all names that are remembered from
103.649 -> what my dad took when my father was
105.659 -> alive and I found it extremely
108.47 -> overwhelming and also how I was going to
112.829 -> pay for the medication I didn't know if
114.78 -> I'd be entitled to free prescriptions a
117.03 -> lot of research has looked at why
118.95 -> patients have strokes and they found
122.1 -> that if your blood is is thicker you're
124.5 -> more like you have blood clots and you
126.24 -> had blood clot in the brain you'll get a
128.099 -> strip have a stroke
129.289 -> so if you thin the blood you'll be left
131.93 -> likely to have a blood clot if patients
134.12 -> have a high blood pressure they are much
136.129 -> more likely to develop the stroke or
138.14 -> other forms of cardiovascular disease
139.79 -> and the same goes for diabetes it's
143.769 -> people with diabetes whose blood glucose
146.42 -> hasn't controlled are more likely to
148.34 -> have a stroke
149.06 -> so it's important to control those
150.829 -> conditions if you're not sure whether
153.59 -> you are entitled to free medication
156.2 -> I would suggest go and talk to the
158.269 -> pharmacist because whilst I felt very
160.73 -> overwhelmed by this it actually it
163.43 -> really isn't that difficult at all you
165.65 -> can sign up for a prepaid prescription
168.549 -> service which makes it a lot cheaper so
172.639 -> the benefits of taking medication is
174.5 -> sort of twofold the first thing that
176.629 -> medication is trying to is reduce your
179.209 -> risk of having another stroke the other
181.639 -> thing that it can do is try and optimize
184.129 -> your health after having a stroke so
186.62 -> with those things put together hopefully
188.48 -> those medications will really work for
190.28 -> you
190.669 -> if you want to know what the tablets for
193.459 -> if you've got any concerns at all go and
195.889 -> talk to your doctor because I do feel
197.449 -> that they are the best people to advise
199.37 -> you if you're concerned if you have to
202.519 -> pay for your medication if you concerned
205.519 -> am your gonna do that if you've got to
207.709 -> whether you can be exempt from paying
209.84 -> for it I will suggest go and speak to a
211.909 -> pharmacist I felt very very overwhelmed
214.76 -> by this after having a stroke it's
217.34 -> really important to listen to the advice
219.139 -> of the variety of health professionals
221.629 -> they're going to be looking after you
223.099 -> straight after hospital and then the
225.349 -> time that you go back into the community
227.299 -> there'll be GPS
228.829 -> they'll be physios there'll be
230.03 -> occupational therapists all these people
232.489 -> will have specialist knowledge about
235.489 -> your stroke the key thing is if you do
238.099 -> have any concerns then your GP is a good
240.829 -> starting point very likely you'll see
242.75 -> the stroke specialists in the outpatient
245.629 -> department over the next few months once
248.06 -> you've been diagnosed with having a
249.829 -> stroke and again that's a good point of
251.569 -> cor to raise any issues that you have if
254.84 -> you've got any concerns yourself speak
256.909 -> to your family as well and make sure
258.32 -> that they're aware of your concerns and
260.599 -> again these can be raised with
262.22 -> health professionals over the next
263.81 -> coming months and in years straight
266.33 -> patients a lot can also go to pharmacist
268.54 -> pharmacist will be able to advise them
270.86 -> about how to take the medicines for the
272.63 -> stroke they also will be able to find a
275.27 -> shion's on what are other medicines that
277.94 -> they are able to take read the
281.18 -> instructions in the box if you can't get
283.46 -> something else read them for you you
284.6 -> know there's plenty ways of finding out
287.81 -> but if they do make you fat and I do
290 -> make you have fun that it used to be
292.22 -> alive even when I mean is doing it and
294.17 -> that's the that's the main thing that he
296.69 -> still here
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306.8 -> you
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