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apace41
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Verapamil Tolerance?
« on: Oct 5th, 2006, 10:31am » |
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Hi, to all. Returning, unfortunately, to the board after 2+ PF years. Been a CH sufferer for as long as I can remember (I'm 44 now). Went on 480mg of Verapamil and it was like magic... for the past two years. Demon is back with a vengeance. Different this time. Used to be like clockwork at 2 in the morning, suffer through between 1/2 hour and 2 hours, follow a perfect parabolic curve, then be over with for two days and cycle would repeat.
This time, much more random. Several in a single day ranging from 1/2 hour to 5 or 6 hours. After the first weekend it went away for the most part (that residual pain feeling hung around a bit). Then, after about 8 days, another fierce return. Longer bouts again (up last night from 2 and lasting until... well ... now).
Specific question is whether people have experienced a tolerance to Verapamil. I figure one approach is to up the Verapamil, but wanted some feedback before calling the doc. Never had any side effects from it and have a family history of HBP (with one bad test of my own) which helped convince me it was a decent thing to try. Of course, with CH, you never know if the drug did the trick or if you happened to have a remission period just to tease you.
Anyway, thoughts on this appreciated.
Andy
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Re: Verapamil Tolerance?
« Reply #1 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 5:27pm » |
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Caused me to have violent shaking of my hands similar to palsey. But then I seem to be very sensitive to any med. I was tying it for high blood pressure. Oddly enough it seem the CH came back about the time I stopped the verapamil.
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Re: Verapamil Tolerance?
« Reply #2 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 5:39pm » |
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Thanks. What I was driving at was more the other way around. For people who have tolerated Verapamil and then had a recurrence, did upping the level of the meds have some success?
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Andy
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Re: Verapamil Tolerance?
« Reply #3 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 6:38pm » |
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Yes, raising the dose has helped many people.
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