i have been diagnosed with heart spasm

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on oct 20/10...i experience sharp pains in my left shoulder and upper left arm area....at 5am....was the first pain it lasted for a minute or two and went away....at 12pm it came again much more painful than before...on a scale from from 1-10 the first attack was a 3 and the second was an 5...i took 2 tylnoid extra strength and the pain did not come again until 7pm and was a 9...at that time i became very afraid and drove my self to the hospital...after arriving at the hospital the pain went off the chart....and I remain in the hospital for two weeks...i was unable to walk for another two weeks in a rehab fac...i have had two other attacks each one different...the sec one felt like some one was sitting in my chest...the third time was a combination of the two...every day i have to take 6 different medicines...and have pain every day...all activity have been very limited...i can no longer drive or walk 1 block...please let me know what to do to have more enegry...the more pain medicine i take the less i can do...please let me know what to do...?    


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So how did they conclude spasm? did they observe the spasm during a scan?
If it is spasm, there are medications out there to help control them, you might consider talking to your Doctor about taking Calcium channel blockers. Arteries have muscles, smooth muscle, and use calcium to create energy. Calcium is taken from the blood through tiny channels in the artery lining. Calcium channel blockers do what they say, they stop the channels being able to absorb so much calcium, inhibiting their energy level, stopping the ability to spasm. Nitro spray can also have an effect, but if CCB work for you, this would be a far better solution rather than force ALL the arteries in your body open frequently which is what Nitro spray does.