I didn't know they just withdrew midodrine....I have florinef....but I dont know if they could use that with kidney issues.

This drug has been on a "watch list" for quite a while.
It causes death in some patients. It may cause spikes in blood pressure while in a horizontal position...leading to strokes.

I found it rarely used in community practice in general, but we saw some use in nursing home patients. Since it is available now in generic, the patent holding company will probably accept the "withdraw" suggestion, and both forms will be no longer available.

Hmm, they mentioned midodrine to me, but settled on fludro....good thing. My doc always felt I could have supine hypertension, so really mido would have been a poor choice.

Thanks for the info.

Glad you made it back from 'survival camp'

It was less "survivor" this year.

We even got a new frig...better food storage and safety.

But the spiders were pretty bad... a brown recluse on the wall of the outhouse one night gave me major spooks.

I've put a solar light outside about 5 ft from the outhouse so the bugs would go there and so the spiders would follow. But one night this brown recluse was there! (had the markings on the back which I have researched before).

Mostly we have tent spiders, orb weavers, and rock spiders, and this was the first I've seen of the brown villain.

(not to hijack this thread--- so I am not going to say anything else here)