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Steroid Shots and Their Effects on the Heart

Posted by incrediblemulk98 @incrediblemulk98, Feb 4, 2017

Hi guys. After coming of a three day trial of Coreg 3.125 twice a day (terrible bradycardia and hypotension happened), my PCP had decided that I had strained my chest wall muscle and he gave me a steroid shot and some hydrocodone. I'll cut to the chase, I'm yet again worse because of the meds I believe. I'm now experiencing tachycardia (120 BPM) with no elevation in BP (110/70). The reason he threw me on a muscoskeletal regimen is the occasional sharpness of my pain. It's constantly there and dull in nature right over my heart and I can feel the palpitations through my chest but all my blood work and EKGs keep coming back perfect. I suppose my real question is after 24 hours shouldnt the hydrocodone and steroid shot be giving me some relief and is it typical for a steroid shot to cause tachycardia? I can't shake the feeling that my pain I'm having is cardiac but the ER isn't convinced. If it was muscles, the painkillers should be working. If it was GI I'd think GI cocktail would stop it. It's a bad time to see a cardiologist financially; can the er be pushed to look closer and is their any other test they can do? I'm desperate for relief/piece of mind 🙁

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thankful | @thankful | Dec 25, 2018
In reply to @sakota "@anyone. I had a heart attack when I was 62 and had two stents put in...." + (show)
@sakota

@anyone. I had a heart attack when I was 62 and had two stents put in. Heart disease runs in my dads side of the family but was mostly all the men.....I had uncles die at an early age. Now here I am going along 12 years later and have not had any problems with my heart. I haven't had any testing done since I was to mayo maybe in 2012. I now go to Mayo for COPD and lung cancer. My question is this...….. do you think I should set up appointments with an heart dr on my next trip there???????

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@sakota- I too had a HA at 62 with just my grandfather on my mothers side having a HA back in 62 at the age of 59. The treatments were very minimal back then, but he survived till he was 75. I had a single stent in my LAD for 100% blockage for the "widow-maker", but clearly God had different plans for me. No guardian angel showed up trying to get his wings, but I'm healthy, asking for and looking for the path He has me on. Jim @thankful

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sakota9 (Joan) | @sakota | Dec 30, 2018
In reply to @kanaazpereira "Hello @sakota, Heart disease is strongly linked to family history. Ideally, once you know your family..." + (show)
@kanaazpereira

Hello @sakota,

Heart disease is strongly linked to family history. Ideally, once you know your family health history you should consult a cardiologist. The first step is to look at your first-degree relatives: your father, mother, and siblings. Studies show that if they had heart disease, that raises your own risk by a lot. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease/family-history-and-heart-disease-stroke
Even if you do everything possible to keep your heart healthy and strong, you still have to confront your genes:)

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@kanaazpereira

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