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PRINZMETAL ANGINA/VARIANT ANGINA

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 19, 2018 | Replies (78)

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@brenda88. I take both Metoprolol 50 mg 3 times a daily and Isosorbide 120mg in the morning it does give you headaches lasting 2weeks for me. If you are on Facebook search Prinzmetal Angina support it's a closed group helping each other. I see a Cardiologist in Rochester. I wasn't able to have heart bypass so they put in a Spinal Cord Stimulator to help with pain. My cardio Dr told me this rare condition is extremely painful. If you haven't done a full blood work up start making phone calls to see if you can find a Hematologist that is familiar with PA. It's very important your potassium, iron, magnesium and Vit Dis enough to support your heart. If your upset try breathing slowly in and out. They may give you anxiety meds which will help. I highly recommend keeping a journal. When the spasm starts ends, what were you doing, heart rate and blood pressure and describe the pain where it is. Is it tight, squeeze, heavy pressure etc. also list when you took a nitro did it relieve any symptoms ❤️Praying

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Yeah @cherfenn, if your family always had medication issues, I would definitely ask. Thankfully, I met a doctor in Mayo Allergy/Immunology who had experience with pharmacogenomic testing. These tests saved my life last year as I'm highly-polymorphic and can't take most medications. I now have that knowledge moving forward regarding what to avoid, and we have the knowledge to know that my daughters will need to be tested, too.