Every morning with breakfast? Follow any medicine instructions. Statins are medicines that lower cholesterol. Some statins often work better taken before bed. This is because your body tends to make more cholesterol at night. Many people use a pill box with days of the week divided by times of day. This is very helpful if you take a lot of medicine. Some heart medicines can be dangerous if accidentally doubled or missed. A pill box can make keeping track a lot easier.
Check with your healthcare provider or pharmacist before taking any new medicine. This might be a prescription or over-the-counter medicine.
Or it might be a dietary supplement or an herbal product. Medicine interactions can cause many problems. Often they can be serious. If you take the blood-thinner warfarin, for instance, using a medicine or other product that also thins your blood could put you at risk for a life-threatening stroke or internal bleeding. Decongestants that contain ephedrine can raise your blood pressure and cause heart rhythm problems. Migraine headache medicines can raise blood pressure.
They can even bring on a heart attack in people with advanced heart disease. Weight-loss medicines may contain ephedrine. This medicine can increase blood pressure and heart rate. Jump to content. Illegal drugs, such as cocaine or amphetamines, also can cause changes in your heart rate or rhythm. Blahd Jr. Author: Healthwise Staff. Medical Review: William H. This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated, disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information.
Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. Learn how we develop our content. Breathing rate usually does not change with age. But lung function decreases slightly each year as you age. Healthy older people can usually breathe without effort. Older people may become dizzy when standing up too quickly. This is due to a sudden drop in blood pressure. This kind of drop in blood pressure when standing is called orthostatic hypotension.
Risk of having high blood pressure hypertension increases as you get older. Other heart-related problems common in older adults include:. Medicines that are used to treat health problems in older people can affect the vital signs. For example, the medicine digoxin, which is used for heart failure , and blood pressure medicines called beta-blockers may cause the pulse to slow. Diuretics water pills can cause low blood pressure, most often when changing body position too quickly.
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