Casablanka

[Casablanka]

Hi, had a stemi heart attack in2020 4 stents. Am taking ramipril bisoprosol aspirin omeprezole get hot flushes now and again as i am 80 nothing to do with menapause. Just wondered if any one else got them. Thanks

[Alison_L]

Hi Casablanka. I had my heart attack aged 56 - 7 months after I passed my menopause - and I couldn't believe it when I started getting hot flushes again! I was started on a similar drugs cocktail to you, and it took my body about 6 months to get used to them. As you're still having the flushes after a year, it might be worth talking to your cardiac nurse (if you have one), or your GP.

[Casablanka in reply to Alison_L]

Thank you for your reply. Dont have a rehab nurse any more as told my heart had improved and it is impossable to talk to GP at the moment . I have been told I have emphysema now annd that is why I get short of breath on exercise. One thing after another. Had lung cancer in 2019.

[Alison_L in reply to Casablanka]

I know what you mean about GPs. I don't bother trying to get through on the phone any more - it's quicker for me to walk to the surgery and talk face to face with a receptionist. That way I normally get somewhere (although I still have to wait 2 or 3 weeks for a phone appt with the GP)!

[Heather1957]

I get terrible hot flushes but only at night and have done for a few years (I am 64). I am on a variety of medications and to be honest never associated the 2 but I bet it is connected. I am on 11 different medications but the 2 we take the same are aspirin and bisoprosol. I don't have the heating on at night and most nights I have to kick off the duvet and sheet and just sleep in my pj's, it isn't all night but for long periods. I have been taking the bisoprosol for 4 years and that does tie in with when it started. I am not talking about 'the sweats' just over heating. I bought a Simba mattress just before my bypass in 2017 so I had a good mattress and for some time put it down to that as I wondered if it 'breathed' properly. So glad you posted this as I really do think bisoprosol is the cause. It doesn't bother me in any other way so am not to bothered.

[Casablanka in reply to Heather1957]

Yes I get hot at night too take duvet off then get cold. I thought it was ramipril but really dont know, never get any answers from docs.

[Heather1957 in reply to Casablanka]

I don't take ramipril so tend to think it could be bisoprosol.

[Casablanka in reply to Heather1957]

What do you take instead of ramipril as it makes me itch like crazy, drives me mad.

[Heather1957 in reply to Casablanka]

Luckily my BP is okay with just taking a beta blocker (bisoprosol 2.5 mg)