Get Informed: Heart Failure / Edema
1 in 66 Americans have Heart Failure / Edema
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 26,787 patients with Heart Failure / Edema from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 4.56 million Americans have Heart Failure / Edema with women being 2 times more likely to be affected than men.
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
Medications used for Heart Failure / Edema
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard.org users for Heart Failure / Edema are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.
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Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class) |
% of Patients | Average Risk Rating | Has Generic Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin | 23% |
|
Yes |
| Prinivil | 16% |
|
Yes |
| Toprol | 11% |
|
Yes |
| Diovan | 7% |
|
No |
| Coreg | 6% |
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Yes |
| Cozaar | 5% |
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No |
Less than 5%: Altace, Avapro, Cardizem, Dyazide, Lasix, Lotensin, Potassium, Procardia, Vasotec
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
Global Patient Feedback for Heart Failure / Edema ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
I was just recently diagnosed with heart failure after my mother's funeral. I thought I had the flu or something and the stress of her passing had just took it all out of me. I find out I was wrong. I know it can happen to anyone but I just feel I am too young and that answer of we don't know why but take these drugs is not good enough. I have a doctor who tells me the medication causes no problems or site effects so to hear you all posting on here to keep trying helps me greatly. Thank you.
34 year old Female
Posted: 2009-07-07 17:59:40
Question/Comment:
I personally believe that cardiologists need to be giving patients a wider range of OPTIONS for their treatments. I also strongly feel that the doctors AND pharmacists are way too busy these days to even keep a close watch on what we are prescribed. So, it's up to us to do our homework. Research, research, research. And most of all, don't ever give up. If ou firmly believe that a medication is not benefitting you, or if you feel your weight gains are medication related--keep fighting the good fight until doctors actually stop long enough to truly LISTEN and truly make changes that benefit you.
44 year old Female
Posted: 2009-01-07 18:40:18
Question/Comment:
I am using Toprol XL and Cozaar. Couldn't take the Coreg CR.
57 year old Female
Posted: 2008-12-11 20:32:44
Question/Comment:
The reason that 53% of heart failure patients use furosemide is probably that cardiologists don't usually tell patients that there are other equally if not better loop diuretics. If a patient feels that furosemide is not effective or the side effects are too much then they should ask their doctor about other options. Sadly, it may take a long time to convince the doctor to at least listen to you(I harped at mine for over a year),but that IS part of his job.
65 year old Female
Posted: 2008-09-28 12:04:29
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