if you get onto a search engine for meds, it seems many affect the digestive tract in various ways. But, the worst ones for me was Lipitor and speaking of a med like Nexium, (PPI) Achifex (sp) was...
I also have Zetia here but have not tried it yet. Do not like to hear it wrecked havoc on the intestines. I have no idea how I got that RX when I have been taking Crestor for months. Hubby's...
I am sure Cardiac Spasms can be felt differently in every person. I know of several females with them and one male. I always know when one is about to hit me. I will feel a twinge in either the right...
Hi Hope, granted it would be great if all of us could live well without meds to help us and alternative ways, that work. I was on Lipitor, Zorcor, Pravachol and hated them. Hubby was on lipitor and...
Hi Susan, I am buying this tomorrow as I read people taking statins should be on it. So, I will try it. I am on Crestor. I am also buying L-argine (sp) as I heard it is good for vascular problems and...
I absolutley hated Lipitor. After 4 days on this drug, my stomach was killing me and I could not move....Got off that quickly and flushed them down the /community/emoticons/skull.gif Then Zorcor...I...
There are many kinds of arrythmias. What kind does she have?...
DG..it is sooooooo normal to panic and look more into things than we should. Afterall, we are entitled. I read recently that those who have been diagnosed with a life threatening illness (and they...
Nuclear cardiolite adenosine test is called a MIBI. (was at the vascular surgeon's today) Talk about confusion. I have had three different kinds. The Thallium, The dobutermine and the Nuclear...
Hi Tomah, B12 injections is suppose to work better than the pills but this is my take on it as I do take injections. I started out with 1 ML every 2 weeks for 2 months and now I am down to 1ml once a...
Thanks Dream Girl.. I thought it sounded like a Dobutermine. Dobie is a good test. I think it is better than the adenosine Cardiolite test that so many doctors are now doing in their office. I am...
Hi Dreamgirl, I asked the Cardiac RN at the heart center about MioView and she said she never heard of this test and perhaps it goes under another more standardize name. She said it sounds like a...
I too wish you well. Make sure your cardiologist does not have you so out that he puts a student in his place and the student does the stent (if you need this) This happened to me and the...
Hi Connie... I have Gerd/Reflux/Indigestion and pains in the upper abdomen and gas and bloating...Ther list goeson. I am miserable. PLUS, my Ferritin level is low meaning there "dcould" be some...
There was much ado about drug eluding stents at the National Cardiologist convention in Atlanta this past Spring. So much so that it made all the papers, magazines and TV. Seems many of the...
Hi there all, DG do you have the name of the test you just had? Did you get the results yet? I do not need another Cath. I had an adenosine nuclear cardiolite 7 weeks ago and it was normal but I am...
Hi BA. Well, the keystone cops did not think I had an MI before I was stented but two EKG;s showed I had one in the very distal of the LAD but they said I was a fruitcake.......
According to my cardio yesterday on the phone...I can never get off Plavix until a time comes when new sturdies show that getting off plavix will not close drug eluting stents thus causing an Acute...
BA, did your doctor put you back on Plavix? Also, I have boo coo's of Coreg samples here but tried them .625 dose and this knocked me for a loop. I got off of them after 4 days. How are they for you...
I wish you all the best. What kind of a test is a MIO view? My doctor gives me an Adenoisne Cardiolite every 4 months....and an Echo at the sametime. Since I am on Plavix and a baby aspirin daily, I...
Thanks for the replies, everyone. The recent e-mail, I received from the Knee Doctor is this.. Off Plavix for 7 days pre-surgery and 5 days post surgery. Lovenox injectibles 3 days pre-op and 7 days...
Hello all, Blue Angel, I fell off the threadmill in cardiac rehab and developed a staph infection and tore a cartilage in my knee. This almost 15 months ago and am unable to have surgery as I have...
Hi Blue Angel. I am new here also. Question: After your heart attack you mentioned they placed you on Coumadin for 3 months. Were you also taking Plavix at the same time as the Coumadin? Thanks...
Hi DG. I was all hep to get off my Plavix this past May as it would be one year for a May 05 stent, 20 months for the 8/04 stents. B ut, this past March at the National Cardio convention in Atlanta,...
Thanks Juliet for your information Dreamgirl, would you share your experience with Plavix and do you have drug eluting stents? Thanks....
Good morning. I am curious about the Plavix. I have coated stents (not bare metal) and told I must be on them for life. The latest research has something to do with the coating in these stents and...
It is harder for women to quit than men. Women have more stressors and shoulder more responsibilties. Women have more heart attacks than men. Just that they are missed more often. I also failed to...
Thank You. I have seen this information recently but never have actually talked with another patient who has had an elevated Troponin level. My CK-MB was also elevated. My troponin level was normal 2...
Quitting smoking is the hardest thing I did. I went nutts at first. I limited my "habit" to 15 cigarettes a day for 2 weeks and then down to 10 cigarettes for 2 weeks and then down to 7 for a few...
I am new to this site and would like anyone who had a rise in troponin levels when at the hospital for chest pains to share their peak number with me and what their cardiolgist toldthem about the...
I am new here and just saw this thread. What makes me very happy is a doctor who listens and really cares about my well being....