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Luckygirl3 Thu 29-Aug-24 15:50:36

Since a heart attack and a stent I am on a cocktail of drugs wich cause my heart rate and BP to descend into my boots with the result that I can barely function ... out of breath, dizzy, exhausted etc. I have asked if some could be reduced so that I stand a sporting chance of being able to live my life, but they say they are all necessary.
Anyone else have/had this problem? And did you find a solution?

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foxie48 Tue 10-Sept-24 12:50:46

Luckygirl3

*I'm a bit surprised you are on Edoxaban and Clopidogrel* - I have just had a stent put in a main coronary artery. I understand the clopidogrel is to stop the platelets accumulating round the stent and blocking the artery - I have to stay on it for a year. The edoxaban is because of the AF.

Sorry didn't wish to worry you in any way, generally they avoid giving both but I'm not a doctor so basing it on limited knowledge.

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missbinks Thu 12-Sept-24 07:11:25

Hi, I've got mixed connective tissue disease, basically Lupus, Scleroderma, Polymyositis, Sjogren's and Raynaud's. basically a wonky immune system. I've been on max rate methotrexate for years, next stop rituximab.
I changed from Ramipril to Losartan as I had an anaphylactic episode out of the blue after years of taking it.
I take 10mg of Bisoprolol daily, to help with the dizziness when I was first prescribed I'd lie down with my legs over the back of the sofa, it soon passed and after a week or so stopped completely.

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missbinks Thu 12-Sept-24 07:18:00

DMARDs suppress the overall immune system, whereas biologics block specific parts of the immune system, such as proteins that promote inflammation.

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Luckygirl3 Thu 12-Sept-24 07:48:29

missbinks ... I am sorry that your life is full of illness.

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