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Saturday morning I had to go to the ER due to a viral/bacterial infection ( likely food poisoning) making me very sick. I dehydrate easy as it is so I knew I needed fluids. Due to fever and being unable to keep my medicine down that helps control my tachycardia my heart rate wouldn't go under 110bmp resting.
The problem is that I'm on an odd medication, one most people aren't familiar with - Midodrine. It's used to treat low blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension, and tachycardia. The attending doctor tried to tell me that I shouldn't be taking this medication, that is causes tachycardia.
I believe he looked up Midrine - a migraine and tension headache medicine.
Midodrine is the only thing that allows me to stand and function like a normal person on most days, so obviously I must take it.
Would it be out of line to try to pursue getting this doctor reprimanded? It was not busy in the ER that morning, so it was not that he was in any sort of hurry, I even spelled the name of the medication out for him - twice. His bad advice, if I didn't know better, could hurt me - imagine if he made a similar mistake on a medication that was vital to someone's life? On top of this he was also rather rude.
Which would be more likely to have an effect - call the hospital myself, or have my cardiologist call?
The problem is that I'm on an odd medication, one most people aren't familiar with - Midodrine. It's used to treat low blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension, and tachycardia. The attending doctor tried to tell me that I shouldn't be taking this medication, that is causes tachycardia.
Midodrine is the only thing that allows me to stand and function like a normal person on most days, so obviously I must take it.
Would it be out of line to try to pursue getting this doctor reprimanded? It was not busy in the ER that morning, so it was not that he was in any sort of hurry, I even spelled the name of the medication out for him - twice. His bad advice, if I didn't know better, could hurt me - imagine if he made a similar mistake on a medication that was vital to someone's life? On top of this he was also rather rude.
Which would be more likely to have an effect - call the hospital myself, or have my cardiologist call?