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Experiences with prescription medicines
Discuss your experiences with prescription medicines
Reasons for not taking medicine
- By StrawberryFizzy · New reply November 5, 2009
- 14 replies
- I'm working on a design project about why people who have suffered a heart attack might not take their medicine. 55% of people who had a heart attack stop taking their medicine after 12 months. I'm guessing ...
Anyone Ever Get off Plavix?
- By GraceAnnStewart · New reply November 1, 2009
- 21 replies
- Hi, I met a man the other day who also had an MI, but a few years back. I asked him about his "heart cocktail" as I call it. He indicated that he was no longer taking Plavix. I remember my cardiologist ...
Medication Question
- By Laura99 · Posted October 30, 2009
- 0 replies
- Has anyone taken Ranexa for CHF? My doctor wanted to try it out. I have been taking it for about 5 months now with no change. Has anyone had any success with this medication for CHF? Thanks ...
Effient
- By Nanabear · New reply October 30, 2009
- 7 replies
- Has anyone here used the new antiplatelet drug called Effient? Plavix is not working well for me so my doctor started me on a new drug I hadn't heard about anyone taking it but it is supposed to have ...
Prasugrel
- By DonnaP · New reply October 29, 2009
- 5 replies
- I had an angioplasty last (no stent), a little over a year from my last stenting. My doctor believes that Plavix is not working for me and has prescribed a new blood thinner Prasugel. Becuase it is new ...
Drug Interaction Question
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- My rheumatolgist wanted me to use Lidoderm patches or Flector patches for pain. Has anyone ever heard of them and/or any reason NOT to use them. Again, the warning say if you have heart or kidneys problem ...
Xolair
- By oleblueize · New reply October 24, 2009
- 3 replies
- Has anyone had Xolair injections for asthma? If so the FDA is checking into the increased amount of cardiac problems with patients who have these injections ...
Betablockers - when to take??
- By Gilloz · New reply October 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- I have taken betablockers for years for hypertension, and have remained on them since my CABG in May. At rehab today, a chap told me that he had been advised to take his at night. Apparently, this minimises ...
Gaining Weight
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply October 16, 2009
- 12 replies
- I had lost 50 pounds since I was diagnosed with CHF last November. When they put in my stent in May they changed and added a bunch of meds to the ones I already take. Since that time, I have been gaining ...
Going up on Coreg dosage
- By Barb0261 · New reply October 11, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hi! My doctor had already said that he would slowly titrate my coreg up over the next few months. I am currently taking 3.125 mg 2 x day. Yesterday he said to double it up to 6.25 mg 2 x day. I have heard ...
More dreams...
- By scarlettsmommy · New reply October 8, 2009
- 5 replies
- My dreams have been so freaky - I had to write. I haven't had a dream in 6 years that I can remember, until now... I dream every single night, light naps or after alarm slumbers... Not the nightmares ...
When to take Verapamil
- By careh · New reply October 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello all...sorry if this sounds silly but, for those of you on Verapamil (or any calcium channel blocker), do you take it right before you go to bed? I am on 200mg at night and I have been taking it ...
Weird Dreams
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply October 5, 2009
- 3 replies
- Let me see...I take Plavix, Simvastatin, Toprol and Diovan for my heart. I've been having the weirdest dreams. Does anyone know if any of those medicines can cause weird dreams???? I'm going through a ...
Imdur Headache....
- By pcross72107 · New reply October 4, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello- I am a 32 yo female. My cardiologist prescribed imdur to me for chest pains. I took it last night at 10:15 pm and my headache has not stopped since about 10:20pm (it is now 2:45pm). I have taken ...
Has anyone else had problem with Imdur?
- By TxGirl205 · New reply October 1, 2009
- 9 replies
- I'm 42 years old and just had a heart attack 1 week ago. Trying to get all my meds worked out which can be frustrating. The imdur gives me a costant headache. Anyone else experience the same? Any advice ...
Calcium Channel Blockers verse Beta Blockers ???
- By Reneemj · New reply September 30, 2009
- 19 replies
- So I have to ask the question now .. do anyone of you you take a Calcium Channel Blocker for V-tach instead of a Beta Blocker? I would appreciate any and all feed back.. :) Thanks so much Renee ...
Lipitor 80
- By Katherine58 · New reply September 28, 2009
- 20 replies
- Hi I am about to be switched from Vytoron 40 to Lipitor 80 and I was wondering if anyone has been on this high of a dose and how well you tolerted it. Thank you, Katherine ...
hair loss
- By Knippy2 · New reply September 28, 2009
- 16 replies
- I am so glad that I found the site! I noticed a few people have had problems with hair loss, and were wondering if it could possibly be caused by ranexa. I performed a very unscientific study because ...
Beta blockers and insomnia
- By junimead · New reply September 20, 2009
- 13 replies
- So I'm on Toprol 50 mgs twice a day for months. I went to the cardiologist and told him I'm having a hard time sleeping alot of the time and he asked my dosing schedule. I take them 12 hours apart as ...
New Cholestrol Medicine
- By wondering48 · New reply September 18, 2009
- 21 replies
- I was taking Simvastin since I had my heart attack in July 2008. I told my doctor that I am not happy with all the muscle spasms I am getting in the calves of my legs so I asked him if I have to continue ...
