Thank you for your post - I Agree totaly with you 100% !!! hands down your 100% right !
I have to ask you, Do you get ankles swelling up ? as I had that happen when on the
Verapamil.. Doc put me on low dose Maxzide dieretic med. that counter acts the ankle
thing.. but it took days to stop that ! Im getting use to the verapamill again slow..
but cant say I like the burning feeling or flushing in the face , and numbness in hands or feet that happens.. off and on ...again Doc says its normal ? I figure, its better this way
than on the Toprol xl or Diovan combo I had. as to be honest, I was a walking zombie
for years - that is untill I switched my Hmo plan to a ppo plan open access type.
so far it seems better ! but Im watching how im treated, and what meds they give me
seems to me, the Hmo doctors are the worse ones ! pushing **** drugs on everyone !
were like Ginny Pigs..
and they are Playing God with our lifes..
thanks again boogernose
Hi. Been there, done that. Toprol was horrendous for me also, it MADE my chest hurt which I had no previous problems with, caused coughing, fatigue, I actually saw trees that looked like they had a blue haze around them (visual disturbance). My ex-doctor kept pushing this stuff, until I put my foot down. I then went to verapamil which really helped my migraines, blood pressure. I have no problem taking food with it, actually I have a sensitive stomach and food helps buffer the meds, so it's a must for me. Verapamil does cause me to flush a bit, feel warm in chest, neck and face which turn red for awhile. Since the migraines are almost gone, that's most important to me. I do feel a bit tranquilized, but manage to get thru the day and get things done. I'm on 240 mg., a day, verapamil ER, in CAPSULE form, I feel that the capsule form also helps with stomach issues. Actually it’s two 120-mg. capsules, because the 240 mg. capsule is so honking huge, it choked me. Frankly, some sources say verapamil is a mood stabilizer to boot, but I'd dispute that. Sometimes I feel anxious for no good reason at all. I'm on other meds, so I couldn't prove what's doing what. I really have to concentrate on why I shouldn't pay attention to any anxiety. It eventually goes away. All these meds have side effects, and the old doctor's cop-out of saying it's all your fault and imagination is total BS and people are sick of hearing that malarkey. My doctor used to tell me that the side effects I was experiencing weren’t what others were having. I’d research the drug, found that my side effects were indeed listed; and that is why that doctor is no longer my doctor. He wasn’t listening at all.