CFI flight instruction for both ground and flight runs between $40 and $75 per hour, depending on the experience of the instructor. In order to solo, student pilots need, at a minimum, a Third Class Medical Certificate from an FAA-designated Aviation Medical Examiner. The cost runs between $75 and $150.
If you have lupus, you should be cautious about taking the blood pressure drug Atacand HCT. This drug has two active ingredients: candesartan and hydrochlorothiazide. Candesartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, and hydrochlorothiazide is a thiazide diuretic. These drugs reduce blood pressure in different ways. However, thiazide diuretics may worsen lupus in people who have the condition.
It is dangerous to take any of the 18 popular blood pressure drugs of one type (ACE inhibitors) in combination with any of the 14 blood pressure drugs of another type (ARBs). It also is dangerous to take a drug in either of these classes in combination with a newer high blood pressure drug, aliskiren (TEKTURNA).