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[7749debbie]

Hi you lovely people again

Your help and advice has been brilliant so I need to ask again if anyone has experienced the same thing

I did tell the Heart nurse about the ache in my left arm and shoulder, she told me to try my spray, if the pain stopped it was not angina, I tried it and the pain was still there

I checked about it on line and it did say that it could be a combination of taking rampril and aspirin together but she hadn't heard of it

I'm off rampril from tomorrow because of my cough so I'll see what happens

She's not concerned about my heart at all but I'm going to get an ECG done to give me peace of mind

She also suggests that it could be a form of ptsd so it's a series of elimination really

Any of you lovely people had issues like this ? X

[Hidden]

Hi

Can’t really comment except for that I had to come off Ramipril pre surgery because it gave me a horrendous cough. My consultant said that I had a reaction to it.

Good luck.

Maisie

[7749debbie in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Marie I will keep you posted, I am changing to lotrsan x

[Electricbike]

Hi Debbie, I've posted about this a long while back. I had HA plus stent 2 years ago and had painful left shoulder. Caused a few visits to GP and 2 embarrassing A&E sessions before it was diagnosed as Frozen Shoulder! The consultant said it was "weakly associated with Cardiac surgery". Am not saying its your issue but there are lots of other possibilities that can cause major worries! Well, for me at any rate! It still hurts. Hope you feel better soon.

[7749debbie in reply to Electricbike]

Thanks will keep you informed x

[Sunnie2day]

I'm not sure my reply will be helpful to you - my GTN experience is complicated owing to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome but also presumed microvascular angina (MVA).

The outlet syndrome is owing to nerve damage from a car wreck in 1973 and it mimics angina pain, particularly my brand of MVA, so well it's quite difficult at times to distinguish if the pain is from the nerve damage or the angina.

With either condition, the pain manifests as: tightness and sharp shooting pain dulling to an awful ache, beginning in my chest just above my left breast and radiating up-outwards to the left side of my neck, jaw, shoulder, and finally down my left arm.

Here's the part I'm not sure you'll find helpful - the advice I was given by my cardiologist and the orthopaedist is when the pain happens, stop what I'm doing and give the GTN a go...if the pain stops, it's the angina.

If the pain doesn't stop, it's not the angina, it's the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

I'm confused by the advice you were given - that if after using the GTN (presumably you were told to try it up to twice five-ten minutes apart), the pain stops, it means it's not angina...that advice is contrary to everything I've ever been told about the use of GTN.

[7749debbie in reply to Sunnie2day]

Sorry I explained it wrong if the spray didn't stop it then it's not angina x

[Sunnie2day in reply to 7749debbie]

I was hoping that was the case! I read in another of your replies you're booked for further investigations - please update us when you know one way or the other what is causing your pains.

[7749debbie in reply to Sunnie2day]

Off course x

[Sunnie2day]

Hiya You've described exactly what happens to me if I try to move too fast (walking especially) - and the pain often stops so quickly I don't even have time to fetch the GTN from pocket or handbag or side table. Occasionally it persists and the GTN works a treat. I'm not the only member here reporting a similar symptom and solve.

I have presumed microvascular angina. I have 'crystal clear coronaries' according to the standard angiogram and I'm responding well to the standard MVA medication regime.

The queue for the definitive diagnostic (angio with acetylcholine provocation) here in Scotland is so long and I'm responding to treatment so well I keep being knocked to the back of the queue to give way to those in more desperate circumstances.

My cardiologist is 'happy' (his words) to say 'presumed MVA' owing to how well I am responding to treatment. LOL, I'm happy to know how to cope quickly and extremely effectively!

[7749debbie]

Hi my pain is there all the time so having an ECG tomorrow to check and Dr to give me a muscular examination