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Chest pain, tingling, itchy feeling

Hello, I am 28 years old, and for about the past month and a half I've been having chest pains. I've been on methadone now for over 5 and a half years, and am currently weening myself off of it. I've been clean from narcotic abuse the entire time I've been on it, and recently I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and put on a medication for it. I don't take any other medication aside from ginger root if my anxiety flares and I feel nauseous. I'm very nervous though with how much my chest has been hurting and bothering me. It's an almost constant pain, and sometimes it feels itchy and sometimes too it will be a tingling sensation. I think I'm way too young to be worrying about the fact I think I'm going to have a heart attack or something, and I don't think I could have cancer, but it is really really scaring me. Does anyone have any information, or maybe suggestions as to what it is or what I could do to help it go away? I appreciate any and all help, thank you so very much.
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1807132 tn?1318743597
Oh dear, that must have been just terrible to be so sick.  Considering you mentioned excessive sweating then dehydration may also be playing a role.  Drink lots of water if you can.  It will help.  As well you should be proud.  I know how hard just quitting smoking was for me I can imagine your addiction was infinitely harder to break so yes, a very big accomplishment.  But do speak with your doctor just to get the once over and make sure the meds aren't too strong.  Take care.
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Thank you so very much for your reply, I've been terrified wondering what could possibly be wrong with me. I didn't know if it was because it was summer and I sweat excessively due to weening off the methadone and the methadone itself, so I didn't know if I was overly dehydrated and maybe I was having chest pains from my heart working so hard, but I do thank you for giving me some relief from worry. About a year ago I was put in the hospital cause I was suffering from e-coli, tachycardia, a blood infection, kidney infection and urinary tract infection plus a 2 inch kidney stone that was lodged in my kidney, so ever since then I've been trying to eat as healthy as possible, and also I've had high blood pressure since then as well, so it just makes me very scared that something like this happened. I wanted to thank you for the congratulations, I am very proud of overcoming what I have and that means the world to hear it. I love my life now and wouldn't do anything to jeopardize what I have. Thank you so much.
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1807132 tn?1318743597
It very well could be a side effect of weening off of the methadone or it could be a side effect of the bp meds.  Do you check your bp regularly?  I would go back to the prescribing physician and tell them your meds and symptoms.  You may need a different med or it could just be a temporary issue that will resolve itself.  Considering you have done some pretty heavy drugs it may also be wise to get your heart checked out just to be sure it is functioning normally.  An echo would probably be all you would need.  So just go see your doctor and see what they say.  Congratulations on overcoming your addictions.  I have to imagine that was not easy.  
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