This is a 70-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, type II diabetes mellitus, and peripheral vascular disease who presented with increasing chest pain over the past month progressing to pain at rest. On admission, the patient had a blood pressure of 230/90 and was treated with IV Lopressor and Diltiazem drip at 10 mg/hr. The patient underwent cardiac catheterization on 2/25/99, revealing stent restenosis of left circumflex artery, a 60 percent left anterior descending artery stenosis, a 70 percent diagonal ostial stenosis, a 40 percent ostial right coronary artery stenosis, and 95 percent ostial posterior descending artery stenosis. The patient was admitted for rule out myocardial infarction and subsequently underwent a coronary artery bypass graft times three with a left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending artery and saphenous vein graft to obtuse marginal and saphenous vein graft to posterior descending artery. Postoperatively, the patient was treated with IV Lopressor and Diltiazem drip at 10 mg/hr. for a period of atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response and rates in the 150s. The patient was started on MEDICATIONS including Aspirin 325 mg q.d., Atenolol 125 mg p.o. b.i.d., Captopril 100 mg p.o. t.i.d., Colace, Axid 150 mg p.o. b.i.d., Amlodipine 10 mg p.o. q.d., Imdur 120 mg p.o. b.i.d., and insulin NPH 22 units q.a.m. and regular 10 units q.a.m., and anticoagulation with Coumadin. The patient subsequently converted spontaneously to normal sinus rhythm and was started back on Amlodipine for further blood pressure control and was started on Lopressor and Captopril and gradually increased to preoperative doses. The patient continued to experience brief episodes of atrial fibrillation with spontaneous conversion to normal sinus rhythm. At the time of discharge, the patient was advised to follow-up in six weeks with cardiac surgeon, Dr. Standrew, with primary care physician, Dr. Birdsong, in one to two weeks, and with cardiologist, Dr. Shelko, in one to two weeks, with Discharge Medications: Atenolol 125 mg p.o. b.i.d., Captopril 100 mg p.o. t.i.d., Colace 100 mg p.o. t.i.d., Lasix 40 mg p.o. q.d., insulin 22 units NPH subcu q.a.m. and 10 units regular subcu q.a.m., CZI regular insulin sliding scale, Percocet 1 to 2 tablets p.o. q3 - 4h p.r.n. pain, Zantac 150 mg p.o. b.i.d., Coumadin dosed to INR of 2 to 2.5, and Amlodipine 5 mg p.o. q.d.
What medications if any has the patient tried for further blood pressure control in the past
was started back on Amlodipine for further blood pressure control