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Alinds
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Username: Alinds

Post Number: 55
Registered: 09-2010
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 11:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I am due to take meds in half an hour but we just "fell back" an hour...should I just take them at the new time? I am going to call the center but since it is Sunday I might have to wait for a call back.

Thanks!
Hostess Meagan
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Username: Newheart14

Post Number: 1508
Registered: 01-2009
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 11:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Alinds,

I always wonder the same thing whenever the clocks change, but I always take them at the same time whether or not the clocks Fall back or Spring forward. They say we have at least an hour to play with.
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Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF

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Alinds
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Username: Alinds

Post Number: 56
Registered: 09-2010
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Well, I called the center and nobody has celled me back so I'll just take them at 9:45 as usual, which will really mean an hour later but I guess it isn't a big deal. I often end up taking them a little late on my blood draw mornings when the blood center gets backed up and it takes longer than normal to get my blood drawn (since I have to hold my prograf til after my blood is taken).
Hostess Meagan
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Username: Newheart14

Post Number: 1509
Registered: 01-2009
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I took mine at the new time (change), so that meant I took them an hour earlier. I guess it will work out by the Fall when the clocks change again ... lol.
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Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF

- Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie
- Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan

sslgot5
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Username: Sslgot5

Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2010
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 11:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I took mine at the same time.. When i was in the hospital, they screwed up the times i took my meds all the time.. for example.. I regularly take my myfortic at 7:00 a.m. and my prograf and 10:00 a.m. When I would be hospitalize they would switch the times I took my prograf, and myfortic, which is a 3 hour difference!! I'm still here so I guess one hour is not going to make much of a difference.}
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Aussie Ian
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Username: Aussie_ian

Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Monday, November 08, 2010 - 04:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi All,
Doctors are pendantic about times, not really because it is that important, but because t is a good way of training you.
The reality is that the maximum 'full strength dose of your meds is 12 hours, they just don't run out at 12 hours, they just get a little lower, and when you take the next dose, it gradually increase back up to the optimal level. A 1 hour time difference is not going to make a huge difference. If you take you meds 1 hour later, then your levels will drop slightly, then balance out again with the new dose.
The same will happen again when you change back, for 1 round of meds you will have a slightly higher amount of the drug in your system for a short while.
Even if you completely miss a dose, they tell you not to double up the next time, as it would have a worse effect - I guess the idea is to have 'roughly' the same amount of medication in you system at all times
CiscoKidney07
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Username: Gregg

Post Number: 4108
Registered: 03-2008
Posted on Monday, November 08, 2010 - 10:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

What I have done since the time change is this--we fell back an hour. I will vary my time by 15 minutes per day until I am back to 8 a.m. and p.m.
As an example:
Sunday I took them at 7:15 (would have been 8:15 the old time)
Monday (today) I am taking them at 7:30
Tuesday (tomorrow) I am taking them at 7:45
Wednesday, I will be back to 8 and 8
There are not too many things in life worth working my butt off for, but my health is one of them
Alinds
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Username: Alinds

Post Number: 57
Registered: 09-2010
Posted on Monday, November 08, 2010 - 01:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Aussie Ian, I pretty much figured as much. When I was readmitted to the hospital they gave me meds 4 hours earlier than my regular schedule and nobody seemed the least bit concerned. I am religious about taking them at the same time because I don't want to ever forget!

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