{"id":349081,"date":"2026-01-03T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349081\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:00:13","slug":"pharmacist-shares-sick-day-rules-for-those-on-blood-pressure-and-diabetes-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349081\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacist shares ‘sick day rules’ for those on blood pressure and diabetes medication"},"content":{"rendered":"

People should always consult their GP before making changes to their medication\"APharmacist shares ‘sick day rules’ for those on certain medications<\/p>\n

A pharmacist has shared some ‘sick day rules’ for those on certain medications – as taking them when unwell could have a huge impact on the kidneys.<\/p>\n

Some regular medicines – include ACE inhibitors taken for blood pressure, such as ramipril, diuretics like furosemide, and metformin, which is used to help treat diabetes – require people to ‘temporarily stop’ if they have severe sickness or diarrhoea and are unable to keep fluids down.<\/p>\n

In a video shared on TikTok, Anum, a clinical pharmacist in the UK, explained that continuing to take some medication during this time could make you very ill.<\/p>\n

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“There are some medications that require you to temporarily stop them in the event that you become unwell with diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, and\/or you’re not able to keep any fluids down,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The reason for this is to prevent the likelihood of you developing acute kidney injury.<\/p>\n

“Medications that fall under this criteria include things like ACE inhibitors, which we commonly prescribe for blood pressure, and include things like ramipril and lisinopril.<\/p>\n

“Also commonly prescribed diabetic medications, such as metformin.<\/p>\n

“Stopping these during acute periods of illness will reduce the likelihood of you having any damage to your kidneys.”<\/p>\n

The Mirror<\/a> reports that in the caption, Anum highlighted different medications that could cause kidney problems if taken during periods of severe illness.<\/p>\n

They included SGLT2 inhibitors like dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, diuretics like furosemide, ARBs including losartan, candesartan, and even NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen.<\/p>\n

She said those who do stop taking these medications for a short period of time, should only restart once they feel better and are eating and drinking normally for at least 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n

However she did urge people to consult a GP or pharmacist before making any changes to their medication, including stopping and starting again.<\/p>\n

“Don’t stop insulin or essential meds without advice,” she said. “Always ask your pharmacist or GP if unsure!”<\/p>\n

The NHS<\/a> echoes Anum’s advice with its ‘sick day rules’, however it stated the advice did “not apply to minor sickness and diarrhoea, meaning single episodes happening only once in a period of time”, but was for longer periods of illness.<\/p>\n

Advice reads: “Fluid loss and dehydration can be a significant risk to patients taking certain medicines, particularly when intercurrent illness is present with existing medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension, or chronic kidney disease.<\/p>\n

“Dehydration, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and complications of diabetes can be reduced by applying sick day rules for certain medications during acute severe intercurrent illness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People should always consult their GP before making changes to their medicationPharmacist shares ‘sick day rules’ for those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,104,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-349081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-nhs","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}