Hi all. I'm wanting to write down questions for the consultant that will hopefully help me to understand what is happening to my body. I hate taking all the tablets for angina. I've had indigestion bad and now I'm going into my third week. So not to go off track. I haven't had a heart attack I have got angina, not stable. With spasms. The Ranexa has gone a long way to making me feel better. Less pain but I'm not feeling that I am feeling any less tired
Knackered last week at work. Tired at home, not always able to do most of the housework. So if any of you can suggest questions, I would be grateful. Regards Sheena
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I'm on a ppi and I'm on a calcium channel blocker already. Ranexa was my last chance to sort out the constant pain. Now I've gott really bad indigestion and I have taken my gtn but the pain is worse. Thanks though.
I have been knocked for six by the change in the weather it is so cold!
I am fed up of having no energy and I felt like a dormouse I need so much sleep.
Ranolazine is an interesting medicine it tends to work in only 50% of people.
The other issue is that we a individually respond to medicine differently.
Other options to treat angina are isosorbide mononitrate extended release or nicorandil.
Then a different Calcium channel blocker such as amlodipine or Diltiaziem or verapamil.
ACE inhibitors eg Ramipril or ARBs Candesartin
I hope your pain settles. However if after a couple of blasts of GTN spray at 5 minute intervals your pain doesn't improve you need to get checked out sooner rather than later.
Hi, Milkfairy, I'm on diltiazem 90mg sr nicorandil 90mg, isosorbide 30mg. Aspirin 75mg I'm on lasoprazole 30mg but at morning and night because of my problem with my stomach. It's not working but I need to concentrate on my appointment at cardiology first. Yes it has been cold. All at different times of the day as well. I cant take any ace Inhibitors because my blood pressure is not high enough and I have a very low resting pulse . My arteries were clear last October. Thanks sheena.
It means my vasospastic angina is causing a lack of blood supply to my heart just like someone with blockages due to plaque build up in their arteries.
It is why it is important for Cardiologists not to ignore patients with clear coronary arteries and ongoing chest pain.
Whenever I see my doctor or consultant, I always take a list of questions. Tip (from a doctor friend.) Take one list for you, and give a copy to the consultant. My friend says, doctors get frustrated if there is only one copy, and they cannot wrestle it out of your hand! Otherwise doctors seem to like a shortish list of questions.
Hang on in there I had what you had , and put on so much weight mainly because I could hardly move due to the angina,Mind I am 73 was 11 stone up to 15 stone in months I was a very active person always busy then back in November I had a massive Angina attack in the Doctors surgery, if it wasn't for that I would never have known I had a bad heart ,They eventually after loads off tests and putting me on Statins and other meds that made me tired and sleepy couldn't hardly walk they decided to put a stent in and by jove it worked gradually loosing the weight and feel a lot better , so push your consultant to investigate, tell him how you feel and how drugs are impacting on your life having a stent is a breeze no pain you are a wake I wish you all the luck and hang in there
Well I've seen the cardiologist and he explained that when my doctor said I should come off some of my meds because of my indigestion problems, the cardiologist said that I had had a myo perfusion scan and that was positive for spasms,or and micro vascular angina and tell the doctor to shut up, just because he looked at my angiogram result and it said I have clear arteries.. it felt good because I felt that the doctor thought I had just got indigestion. So I cant have stents or bypass. Which also feels good. I need to get the indigestion under control so that I can start to eat again, then try and concentrate on losing weight. I still cant walk far I'm having an angina attack with the turbulent wet cold changeable weather today. I'm getting really bad sweats when at work, the cardiologist after talking a little more time talking to me said because of the stress I'm under at work and home that he thinks it is adrenaline hitting my body so I know I don't want to work anymore I really need to work longer. Sorry for the really long post and thankyou everyone for your ideas and feedback. Sheena x
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