“If you told the doctor of the problems and nothing was done I think there is a serious case of malpractice. Sounds like an advanced case of Rhabdomyolysis - potentially deadly.
Cardiac doctors can tend to be insensitive boobs. Many were lobbying to get βeta blockers mandated for all U.S. citizens... I nearly died twice from βeta blockers, the second time also vulnerable were 45 other people riding the bus that I was driving down the turnpike. The doctor actually lied to me when I asked if the med was a βeta blocker - he actually believed he needed to lie in order to get me on the med. - - - The issues were much the same as in your case.”
Yikes! Glad I didn’t know about that condition at the time!
I would agree about malpractice, except we were in a blizzard of other things going on at the same time, with multiple Drs which is how it got so far down the road before we figured it out. It was very much like whack a mole. The heart Dr retired about the same time, and the new heart Dr was the one who when presented info had no hesitation for him to stop taking both.
Glad you survived the Drs! Hope you sued the guy who lied. This is why I don’t do “well checks”.
No... I don't quite know why but it is against my nature; I just wanted to get far away from that guy. I changed my whole approach to medicine however; today doctors tell me that they feel like they are talking to another doctor. That is to say, I try to stay informed; I don't ever 'argue' with doctors but I ask questions - good questions. When they realize that I am not some pet monkey they usually are pleased and take a more serious approach in discussions.
Mistakes are actually easy to occur in general. Last month my present primary care Dr put me on a medicine that limits opioids from causing constipation. After a week I was going to tell the doctor that the med did not work. I decided - like you - to first do a bit of digging, got the drug mfr 'Prescribing Information' pamphlet. On page eight in a chart hidden at the bottom in small print was the caveat that St John's Wort can severely limit the efficacy of the drug... just so happens second day on the drug I took St John's Wort as a sleep aid. I turned the bottle over and discontinued - reasonable success after that.
I called the drug Mfr and complained that such info was too important to hide in a chart and should be listed under the main topic heading 'Drug Interactions', that I had almost canceled taking their med. The drug company - and my doctor - were impressed. They always say that they are not used to a patient such as myself... they should be! ...but unfortunately folks just go along.