Anyone tried Avapro?

[flowergirl2day]

Huck,

I wonder if you could list any (and all) side effects you think you are having with the Avapro?
I know too well that trying to determine which drugs are responsible for which side effects is nearly impossible when on multiple rx drugs, unless they were introduced one at a time. I thought I'd ask, anyway, just in case you can come up with something specific. The reason I'd like to know is that I could be asked to try this medication also. If Avapro causes you angina, I NEED to know about that. The general feeling of being unwell (well, pretty sick is more like it) is a result of our bodies trying to cope with and process all the chemicals our doctors have us consume.

Do they do the caths AFTER every procedure? I can see the need for them prior to the surgery. I don't like them but as a diagnostic tool they are hard to beat! I hope you''ll be assigned a date soon and get this underway. Keep us informed!

Flowergirl

[JJ]

I also am on Avapro, and like many others, couldn't tolerate the Ace's, nasty cough and heart Palps. I keep telling my dr. the Avapro gives me nasty backaches, and leg (calf)pain, plus I use the little girls room alot. He thinks it is all in my head, but I have read up on it, and those are side effects. I was on 150 mgs. and cut it back to 75, seems a little better.

Yes, ARBs and Aces do tend to hold the potassium, another reason they put me on it, as I tend to get low potassium.

Next Dr. visit I think we are going to have to have a serious discussion, as I am sick of the back and calf pain. Why don't drs. listen?


Good luck to all, hopefully you find something with less side effects.

[famnd]

Dr's don't listen for many reasons. They have X amount of time with each pt. which the insurance company dictates. Teaching pts. how to have a healthy lifestyle doesn't count in a court of law the way prescribing a med does. Some are lazy, some are tired from being up all night with a sick pt., some think they know best ALL the time even though you present them with evidence to the contrary. And the list goes on. Bottom line, we need them so we have to learn how to work with them without putting them on the defensive. I didn't say it was easy. Fam

[huckfinn]

Flowergirl

Hello again... I tell you, it is hard, as you say, to pin down the exact side effects of Avapro. I think JJ has a better grip on these nasties, lol. Anyone that is semi-healthy and only on BP med would do much better than I in describing these side effects

At this point, I do not believe Avapro caused my bout with angina the other night. However there is a slight chest pain that seems non-cardiac related, that I have from time to time that is a new pain, and only started after I began taking Avapro. It is like a muscular soreness in the chest muscles.

I have had pain in my calves, especially when I walk on an incline, for a long time. I think it is due to peripheral vascular disease (PAD). The pain in my calves seems worse and occurs when I am sitting, after starting Avapro. I also feel run down and maybe like I have the flu. This flu feeling and the increased calf pain I suspect might be due to Avapro. I am not 100% sure though. I hate to give a good medicine a bad reputation when it doesn't deserve it.

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Since I had a heart attack and have CAD, a bad bout with angina (2-3 days) always puts me on the cath table for an angiogram. I never get the stress tests anymore. They know my coronary arteries are diseased and have existing blockages. I have 4 stents, end to end in a "kiss me" arrangement in my left anterior descending artery. The stents are around 3.19 inches long. I have a 30-40% blockage in the middle of these stents now, per my last cath or angiogram at the CC.

Cardiac catheterization and angiogram are synonymous with me, but they are really two different deals. The catheter is inserted into the femoral artery and threaded up to and into the aorta and if need be, into a coronary artery. It is used to "squirt" the contrast dye into the artery. A nuclear camera images this dye and actually makes the angiogram which is placed on a cd (maybe a DVD nowadays), lol. Really.

The catheter (plastic wire) is also used to insert stents, perform angioplasty (crush plaque 360 degrees against the wall of an artery with a pressurized balloon) and other things like ablation (destroy tiny amounts of heart tissue) to stop arrhythmias. It is all so amazing.

Thanks for the well wishes. I need them

P.S. Avapro is also causing my feet to hurt! (I think)

[bethsheba]

Originally Posted by huckfinn

Bethsheba, you are so welcome Boy it is hard to believe, but sadly is so true about the medicine and long time delayed adverse effects. Really I think it is maybe our own body chemistry/metabolism changing over time. The drug probably remains constant (Einstein here, lol).

Take care

What you say is correct and is backed by the medical literature.

Bsheba