Get Informed: Angina/Chest Pain
1 in 143 people have Angina/Chest Pain
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 16,027 patients with Angina/Chest Pain from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 2.12 million Americans have Angina/Chest Pain with men and women both being affected in similar numbers.
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21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
Medications used for Angina/Chest Pain
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard 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 | 29% |
|
Yes |
| Isosorbide | 19% |
|
Yes |
| Nitroglycerin | 15% |
|
Yes |
| Coreg | 15% |
|
Yes |
| Norvasc | 8% |
|
Yes |
| Cardizem | 5% |
|
Yes |
Less than 5%: Ranexa, Procardia, Inderal
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard 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:
I find that the medications don't work as time goes on I just Pray and try not to be to active.
58 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-05-04 22:15:46
Member Answer/Reply:
Find a new Cardiologist!!! You are still too young to give up living an active life. If you live near a teaching hospital or can get to a well known cardiac care hospital, get a second opinion and your meds checked. If needed, just have the big Cardiologist work up a new plan and recommend a new Cardiologist in your area. Don't settle for mediocre medicine.
Good luck and God bless.
60 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-07-19 00:06:50
Question/Comment:
I am still being tested for heart/chest pain. My cardiologist put me on nitrostat. Does anyone know about this medication?
55 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-22 13:32:33
Member Answer/Reply:
Nitrostat is a nitroglycerin tablet that you put under your tongue to relieve the pain of an angina attack. It dilates your bloodvessels. It only stays in your bloodstream for 5 minutes, but you cannot take more than 3 in 15 minute period.
69 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-02-15 19:19:55
Question/Comment:
I was put on Carvedilol about 3 months ago to try to increase my heart rate and for the chest pains so far it has not helped any of these... If anyone has any suggestion they would be greatly apprecated.
44 year old Female
46 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-08-02 12:02:34
Member Answer/Reply:
I had chest pain all the time for a long time. I finally found a doctor who really listened to me and I found out that I did not have the normal angina but one called prinz metal which causes chest pain for no reason at all. I kept telling my doctors that I could just be sitting relaxing and get hit with the pain. Now I had one who listened and changed my meds plus went back in and looked at my stent. I also had the additional problem that the stent did not stay open when it was put in. Many things can happen so never give up till you find one who listens.
Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-01-19 23:18:18
Member Answer/Reply:
If anyone has chest-heart problems have your Doctor check you for MVP. . Good luck.
51 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-03 21:17:01
Question/Comment:
I find I am tired and recently experinced my two fingers on my left hand were very painful on the underside of the hand, that was for two days, now I seem to be getting a pain on my breast bone when squeezing my left breast it seemd to ease but once left the pain coes back.What would be the cause of this.
I am 52
53 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-11-13 01:35:45
Member Answer/Reply:
I had the same feelings and yes I also put pressure on my left breast and it relieved the pain temporarily. I then told my Doctor to check my heart, I took a stress test, failed then I wore a moniter for 24 hours and found out that I have MVP. I hope this helps you. at best to alienate this. Good luck.
51 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-03 21:12:10
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 – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-02-15 18:54:34
Member 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 – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-07-26 20:14:36
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