Get Informed: Angina / Chest Pain
1 in 168 Americans have Angina / Chest Pain
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 10,588 patients with Angina / Chest Pain from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 1.80 million Americans have Angina / Chest Pain with men and women both being affected in similar numbers.
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21-39
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Age (Years)
Medications used for Angina / Chest Pain
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard.org users for Angina / Chest Pain are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.
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Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class) |
% of Patients | Average Risk Rating | Has Generic Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toprol | 38% |
|
Yes |
| Norvasc | 22% |
|
Yes |
| Coreg | 18% |
|
Yes |
| Cardizem | 7% |
|
Yes |
| Inderal | 7% |
|
Yes |
Less than 5%: Isosorbide, Nitroglycerin, Procardia
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
Global Patient Feedback for Angina / Chest Pain ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
My last chest pain was in the morning and I felt that my chest was being squeezed so tight I couldn't breathe. The episode before that I has sharp pains in the chest, I became clammy, felt extremely weak and dizzy that I had to lay down. Presently, when I climb the stairs or exercise I am out of breath. All of these symptoms are an anomaly as I eat healthy and appear to be physically fit.
48 year old Female
Posted: 2009-10-16 14:18:09
Answer/Reply:
you should have gotten off the internet, got on the phone and dialed 9-1-1. chhest pain is nothing to mess @ with. i'm a paramedic...
48 year old Male
Posted: 2009-10-16 14:35:05
Question/Comment:
last year I was in the hospital for 3 days for chest pain and shortness of breath. Have high cholesterol, high blood pressure. Occassionally have had chest pain and shortness of breath, but have found that I have been sweating profusely, does anyone have any idea why I am.
58 year old Female
Posted: 2009-08-20 18:00:54
Question/Comment:
I have chest pain and have had a stress test and a cathe with only a slight mitral valve problem but doctor cannot explain pain. Have taken nitro once and blood pressure bottomed out.
43 year old Male
Posted: 2009-05-06 18:39:26
Question/Comment:
there's no info. on irregular heart beats which is a flaged medication conflict
44 year old Male
Posted: 2009-04-27 05:19:24
Question/Comment:
I was diagnosed with microvascular dysfunction at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles by Dr. Bairey-Merz, chief cardiologist. She is doing the WISE study for NIH. It causes severe angina pain even though there is no blockage in the coronary arteries. It involves the capillaries, hairlike bloddvessels. I am on Imdurin, which is a slow release nitroglycerin, betablocker, statin & just started Ranexa 3 weeks ago. It lessens the severity, but I cannot do anything physical.
69 year old Female
Posted: 2009-02-15 18:54:34
Answer/Reply:
Have had similar problems, nad use like meds, most helpful treatment was doing the cardiac counter pulsation treatment which causes the heart to grow additional veins relieved the angina effects for more than 4 yrs. Planning on repeating this treatment again as recommended by specialist. The treatment is 5 wks in duration, must undergo the treatment each day for 1 hr. After treatment peak effects is evidenced in 3 mo. I rarely experienced chest pains for 4 yrs having completed this treatment, pains are beginnings to occurr again in frequency. Was advised to seek a repeat of this treatment. Hope you can get it, and it works for you as well. I was able to eliminate several meds after the CCPU. Good luck!
68 year old Male
Posted: 2009-07-26 20:14:36
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