DRUG -ranexa

[ely]

has anyone here had any experience with the drug ranexa. i went in for a dr visit and he has given me some of it to try out.
as i understand the drug is similar to nitro pills and used to treat angina. its just supposed to not give you the headaches associated with the nitro.

i had never taken the nitro pills although i have carried them for several years JIC.
i started the renexa last nite and i take two pills per day 500 mg each.
worked in the heat today and seemed to go a little easier, could be my imagination, as one day is too soon to tell IMO.

interested in your responses.

[ely]

42 views and no responses..... i cant believe im the only monkey on FF thats taking this stuff. :D

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No? well looks good then.... ;D

[Burlkraft]

I take Nitro ...(when needed) and the headaches are bad. My last stint in the hospital they had me on a nitro drip.
I don't ever want to have that again. I'd a liked to blown my head off!

I have not heard of Ranexa.  You take it twice a day every day? I had not heard about that.
That's a usual list of side effects for most heart meds   : :

Let me know how it works out for you. Working in the heat is my arch enemy and if it can help that I'm gonna ask my Doc about it!

[doctorb]

As the unofficial FF team physician, I have no knowledge about this drug and had not heard of it until posted here.  Sometimes your doctor doesn't know squat!

[ely]

well as your forestry forum ginea pig, i am here to tell ya, the stuff seems to be all that and a bag of chips.
what my doc said was take this and try it, he told me of the side effects and so far i have none.
i never took the nitro because they told me about the headaches, doc said this is like nitro without the headaches.

i am taking 500mg twice a day, at 9am and 9 pm. your supposed to keep a level amount in your body all the time. if you read the flyer on the drug it says the average patient was able to walk on a treadmill for 24 seconds longer than a patient without the drug.... i was thinking... is that really worth it.?


i have been on it for a week now, and i am feeling great again, i mean as far as working outside when its 105 degrees, i can actually do something again instead of look for a shade and cold water.

anyhow, you may look into it with your doc. was worth it for me. my doc said he wanted to do a bypass next time my arteries need it, instead of a stent.
personally i think the drug is a bandaid, doc says it allows the viens to flow more blood and deliver the oxygen where the body needs it.

i know for sure when it hits 100 degrees i was looking for a hole to get inside, now i function well in it.