Write an essay on Congestive Heart Failure Pharmacological Treatments

Write an essay on Congestive Heart Failure Pharmacological Treatments

Chief complaint: “I’m here for a medication refill because I ran out of my medicines”.
HPI: Mrs. Allen is a 68-year-old African American who presents to the clinic for prescription refills.CHF Pharmacological Treatments The patient indicates that she has noticed shortness of breath
which started about 3 months ago. The SOB gets worse with exertion, especially
when she is walking fast, and it is resolved when she is resting. She reports that she
is also bothered by shortness of breath that wakes her up intermittently during her
sleep. Her symptoms of shortness of breath resolve after sitting upright on 3 pillows.
She also has lower leg edema pitting 1+ which started 2 weeks ago. She indicates
that she often feels light headed at times with intermittent syncope episodes while
going up a flight of stairs, but it resolves after sitting down to rest. She has not tried
any over the counter medications at home.
She started taking her medications, but failed to refill the prescriptions because she
cannot afford the medications as she only works part-time and lives alone. In
addition, she reports that she does not think taking all these medications would help
her condition anyway.

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