This 53 year old Afro-American female was admitted to the Emergency Room in 1987 with acute atypical chest pain and was later diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertension, and asthma. Upon admission, her blood pressure ranged between 170 to 180/100 to 110, and she was prescribed Beclovent 4 puffs b.i.d., Enalapril 4 mg q.d., Diltiazem 360 mg q.d., and Lasix 40 mg b.i.d. Her physical examination revealed a temperature of 97.6, heart rate of 75 and respiratory rate of 12 after Hydralazine. Labs upon admission showed an SMA-7 of 143, 4.1, 102, 28, 20, 1.2, and 93, CBC of 6.3, 46.1, and 280, PT and PTT of 12.5 and 28.4, ALT of 14, AST of 19, LDH of 197, alkaline phosphatase of 77, total bilirubin of .3, total protein of 7.9, albumin of 4.2, globulins of 3.7, calcium of 9.4, phosphate of 4.4, cholesterol of 210, and triglyceride of 67. She underwent cardiac catheterization on hospital day number one, which demonstrated no coronary artery disease, and was started on Diltiazem 180 mg q.d., Lasix 80 mg b.i.d., and Hydralazine 10 mg t.i.d. After Hydralazine, the heart rate was 75 and the respiratory rate was 12. The patient underwent a Captopril Renogram Test which was negative for renal artery stenosis and other hypertension workup Epinephrine, Dopamine, Metanephrine, VMA and ANA are still pending. The patient's blood pressure was well-controlled throughout her hospital visit in the 130/70's and she was discharged on hospital day number five with medications including Diltiazem 180 mg po q.d., Enalapril 10 mg po q.d., Lasix 80 mg b.i.d., and Hydralazine 10 mg t.i.d., as well as one aspirin per day.
Has the pt. ever been on diltiazem before
Diltiazem 360 mg q.d.,