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Re: could this have been from the Lupron?
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 21 14:58:30 2007
I know you said you can't take very many medications but are you on
anything other than lupron. I was taking amitryptaline and gabapentin
and They caused my heart to go crazy. I had chest pains tightness and a
couple tachacardia attacks. I had to be taken off the meds.
-Angie
At Mon, 21 May 2007, Tasha wrote:
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>Its kind of a long story so I'll give you the shortened version of it. I
>was diagnosed w/ endo Feb of this year. I am at a high risk for a blood
>clot due to having one after my daughter was born so I'm limited on my
>treatment options... I can't take birth control or things like that. So
>they put me on Lupron shots. I had really not had any major side
>effects other than mood swings but also didn't get a whole lot of relief
>from the shots either so I had my last one a week ago (Mon, May 14)and
>figured at least I'd go w/out a period for a little bit longer. Well on
>Wed night I started having chest pains. I blew it off as heartburn even
>though Tums did not help. I barely slept and then when I got up I kept
>breaking out in a cold sweat and had major chest pains plus it went up
>the right side of my neck. I went to the doc who sent me to the ER and
>ended up being transported by ambulance to a bigger hospital. My EKGs
>were abnormal... and I had about 8 of them in a 24 hour period. They
>did a stress test w/ ECCO (the treadmill test) on Fri morn and said I
>did better than expected and it all came back fine. So my cardiologist
>has NO IDEA what caused my chest pain or abnormal EKGs. He sent me home
>and I have an appt w/ my reg doc this afternoon. I'm a bit freaked out
>about it yet since I'm still not feeling right and keep having dizzy
>spells and have even stumbled a few times. I have tightness in my chest
>but not the pain like before. I really just plain do not feel well
>though. So I guess my question is could the Lupron have done this? Has
>anyone else had this issue? Oh and I forgot to mentiont that they gave
>me Nitro and it helped the pain so they said that rules out heartburn or
>issues like that and that all of my symptoms were true cardiac symptoms.
>I'm really scared and just want answers. I'm also supposed to be
>calling my GYN this week to see what to do now as for as the endo.
>HELP!!!
>
>--
>Tasha
>
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