Stopping these medications will increase the risk of heart attack exponentially and he will have a massive heart attack sooner than later...
In general every patient who has a significant blockage in the heart or has a history of heart attack should be on at least 4 types of medications
1) antiplatelets which increase the clotting time of blood and decrease chances of future heart attacks and Re-stenosis of the stent
. initially you are kept on two types of antiplatelets and depending upon your disease and your progress your then shifted to single antiplatelet after 6 months or 1 year.
Eg: ecosprin, clopidogrel, Prasugrel, brillianta
2) Statins - are cholesterol lowering medications which are supposed to again prevent future heart attacks.
Eg. Tonact / atorvas
3) ARB / ACE Inhibitors - which help decreasing pressure on the heart and prevents remodeling injuries.
eg. Cardace / telma
4) Beta Blockers - They decrease the heart rate thereby reducing the work load on the heart and decrease BP also.
eg. Atenolol / Betaloc / metolar
usually all post angioplasty patients are kept on at least these 4 types of medications and depending upon the side effects and contraindications of medications are changed and slowly over period of time the dosage of these medications are decreased depending upon the recovery
5) anti angina treatment - nitrates which dilate the blood vessels in the heart.. Eg.. Angispan, Nitrocontin etc
Stopping these medications is suicidal and I strongly recommend you to convince him to restart them immediately
Get back to me with the reports for a detailed consultation.
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1) Chest pain - must know
https://youtu.be/xzunqxm3g1y
2) Heart failure
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3) Three things to do in chest pain -
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4) Difference between heart attack and heart blocks vs heart failure
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