Advice to a stent patient
1. You must follow your medications erectly.
2. Do not stop taking any of the prescribed medicines unless you are instructed to do so by the doctor who implanted the doctor who implanted the stent.
3. If you experience any side effects of the medications, such as headaches, nauseas, vomiting or skin rash, notify your doctor immediately.
4. After stent implantation, if you develop chest pain or dyspnea immediately report to your doctor.
5. Keep all appointments for follow-up care including blood testing.
6. Do not go for a magnetic resonance imaging (MIR) scan within 8 weeks of stent implantation with out clearance from your cardiologist.
7. Do not use antacids routinely unless prescribed by your doctor, as antacid decrease the absorption of aspirin.
