A common questions that comes up in caring for patients with PAH is whether they should be prescribed blood thinners such as warfarin or Coumadin. The answer to this question is a bit complicated. … [Read more...]
National Nurses Day is May 6th!
May 6th is National Nurses Day! Hopefully if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with PAH you have also been introduced to a Pulmonary Hypertension Nurse Coordinator. … [Read more...]
Updates on Opsumit and Adempas; New Treatments for PAH
In October 2013 the FDA approved Opsumit (Macitnentan) and Adempas (Riociguat) to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. Adempas was the first medication approved to treat two kinds of pulmonary hypertension. It can be used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension as well as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. … [Read more...]
Pregnancy and Pulmonary Hypertension Part 2
The literature has described the risk of pregnancy to the mother as very severe in patients with advanced PAH. Depending on how advanced the PAH, there may be a 50% to 80% chance of death. For patients with much milder PAH, the risks are much lower but still substantial. … [Read more...]
Pregnancy and Pulmonary Hypertension Part 1
There are many challenges in caring for patients with PAH. We ask our patients to take many different medications to help treat their disease process and we ask them to put up with side effects from these medications. We ask our patients to change their lifestyles and eating habits. One of the greatest challenges is the issue of pregnancy. … [Read more...]
