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After surgery most children go home with prescription medicines medicines Your child’s medicines medicines will change often as your child child recovers from surgery If you you you don’t know why your your child is taking a a a a a a medicine please ask your your cardiologist We will give you you you you a a a a a a list of your child’s medicines when you you you leave the hospital and at clinic visits Common Medicines
ACE-Inhibitors: Medicines
to to help the heart work better These medicines also decrease blood pressure The medical team will follow your child closely while starting and adjusting these medicines Examples include: enalapril (Vasotec or Epaned) captopril (Capoten) and lisinopril (Privinil) Anti-reflux Medicines: Medicines
Medicines
to to to to lower the amount of stomach stomach acid to to to to to treat stomach stomach stomach reflux and prevent stomach stomach ulcers Examples include: lansoprazole (Prevacid) and ranitidine (Zantac) 42
Talk with your care team about any medicines that need to be administered during school hours and share this booklet with your child’s school nurse MEDICINES
COMMONLY PRESCRIBED AFTER SURGERY
Aspirin: Used to prevent blood clot formation in in in patients who are at at at increased risk due to their disease state or surgical procedure (BT shunt conduit placement Fontan prosthetic valves etc) Chewable aspirin tablets may be divided and crushed to to give to to smaller children Beta-Blockers: Medicines
to decrease the the heart heart rate and help the the heart heart heart work better They are also used to treat abnormal heart heart rhythms Common side effects include slow heart rate trouble exercising and low blood sugar Examples include: carvedilol (Coreg) metoprolol (Lopressor) and propranolol (Inderal)