Generic Name: Aldomet (methyldopa)
Aldomet Reviews
For High Blood Pressure "I'm sure this medicine has its place in the internist's arsenal BUT UNDER NO CONDITION SHOULD THIS DRUG EVER be prescribed for the elderly. A Board Certified Internist prescribed this medicine (although there are over 100 other alternatives) for my 75-year old mother. Luckily, she is totally competent & in VERY good health. BUT the smallest dose of this medicine did exactly what the manufacturer WARNS ABOUT - dizziness, sleepiness, etc. She wound up falling and the ER doctors who treated her said that if (BY PURE LUCK) I hadn't been walking directly behind her and was strong enough to catch her she would have broken hr femur or hip. This was reported to our State Medical Board and the MD was fully investigated. Within 60 days the license was revoked."
"I was nearly bedridden due to Dysautonomia and Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (P.O.T.S.) I went to Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt Hospital, etc. I was prescribed a very low dose of Methyldopa and it is a godsend! I can walk without my blood pressure and heart rate spiking to dangerous levels. I can actually sleep through the night now (which is something I wasn't able to do in years) and have hardly any adrenaline surges or involuntary muscle spasms, I no longer sweat profusely. Also, most of my headaches have gone away as well as the shakes and other odd symptoms such as frequent random pain and muscle/nerve spasms."
For High Blood Pressure "This drug was given to me for pre-eclampsia. It caused me short term memory loss until it was out of my system. I don’t remember an entire day of my life while the doctors tried to figure out if I had had a stroke because I asked the same questions every 5 minutes for 8 hours straight. I can’t find any information on this drug doing this to anyone before."
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