Since switching to Enalapril I have been suffering from tickly cough, but in recent months it has become really severe attacks of cough, several times a day/night, which cannot be stopped with lubricants and licorice-like dragees.
I have arrhythmia and use wafarin 3 mg per day. For years and that goes well, values between 2 and 3. No other medicines, age 81 years, 189 cm and 82 kg, blood pressure 80/125.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Danger of long-term side effects of Corona vaccines?
My son was vaccinated against Corona at the end of 2021 against my will and without me knowing it, 2 times Pfizer, because he wanted to travel. He has no complaints at all these days, but I still worry about possible side effects, about which all kinds of terrible stories are circulating. Some of my questions remain unanswered, so I turn to you.
Question to GP Maarten: Prostate cancer and side effects of medicines?
Now, at the beginning of this year, an elevated PSA value was found during an annual blood test, which shocked me quite a bit. In consultation with the doctor, it was decided to do an MRI scan at the Bkk hospital in Hua Hin
Question to GP Maarten: Can anything be done about the side effects of COVID vaccines?
My question concerns whether there is already some clarity about whether something can be done about the side effects of the COVID vaccines.
Question to GP Maarten: Hardly any more energy, is that due to side effects of medicines?
My age is 73. I weigh: 110kg and I am 189 cm. I drink beer regularly. I smoke a few shaggies a day. Lately I hardly have any energy. I used to walk about 7 kilometers every morning. Now I'm happy if I get 3.
231 dead in Thailand after Covid-19 vaccination
A 39-year-old teacher who received a combination of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines has died of brain swelling. Dr Chawetsan Namwat, director of emergency health risk and disease control, says doctors have yet to diagnose whether it had anything to do with the mixed shots.
Putin wants to supply Thailand with the Sputnik V vaccine
Prime Minister Prayut has announced via his Facebook page that Russia wants to supply the Sputnik vaccine to Thailand. Russian President Putin has now agreed to it, so there is nothing to stand in the way.
Thailand will buy another 35 million doses of vaccine, but now from two or three manufacturers other than AstraZeneca and Sinovac. 65 million doses are purchased at AstraZeneca and Sinovac. This has been announced by Prime Minister Prayut on the basis of a report from the committee for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.
The Thai Ministry of Health has temporarily stopped vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine after some reports have surfaced in Europe about the development of blood clots as a side effect. However, the WHO says no direct link has been established between the vaccine and clots.
When asked about GFR kidney failure, Dr Maarten answers about his kidney function values that these are surrogate markers just like cholesterol is. Now my cholesterol is kinda high. But I stopped the statin because I had a lot of side effects.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Side effects of medicines, can I replace them with natural remedies?
My name is P. I am 70 years old and have been living in Pattaya since 2009. In 2008 because of shop window legs a stent in my right groin and angioplasty in my left. Since then I have been using blood thinner, blood pressure reducer, Cholesterol tablets Bestatin and also medicines for diabetes 2.