Medications are driving me nuts

[Sourdough]

Went shooting this morning with my hunting partner.  Every time I sat down at the bench to shoot I got frustrated.  My heartbeat kept the cross hairs moving.  This normally happens at settings above 15 power.  Today I was using 4 power, and every heart beat the scope moved.  Doctor put me on a new med that is supposed to strengthen my heart beat, yea it does.

Then there is the Niacin.  Guys, you ever want to know what the wife's HOT FLASHES are like, take this stuff for a while.  Man, it sets you on fire.  Does not hit right away, takes an hour of two before it hits, but boy when it does, you know it.  You break out in a sweat, your face turns red, you just can not cool down.  Your whole body tingles and is hot, last 10 to 15 minutes.  Last night the wife and I was shopping in Fairbanks.  I took my meds while at dinner in a restaurant.  The flushing did not hit till we were on our way home.  Temp was cool last night so I had the top up on the car.  At seven mile village the heat hit, I stopped and put the top down.  Wife started laughing, offered to drive so I could stand up on the way home.  Felt like taking her up on that, as I took off my long sleeved shirt.  Drove home in my tee shirt, with the temp in the 50s.     

[Old Fart]

Don't know if you can or for sure if it will help but my doc has me take a baby aspirin about 15 minutes before my niacin and it keeps my from suffering from those hot flashs.

[Dee]

No matter what the problem is. SOMEONE has an answer to the problem. Maybe that will work for him OF.

[45-70.gov]

i take  1000  of the niaspan
take it at bed  time
take the asprin  like  mentioned above
i have  excelent  results with this drug
the side effects  are well worth  it....and will deminish  in time
cut  your  dose for a  month and work up


learn to shoot between  heart beats
or  face  it  and just get closer to your target
think  of all the shooting you will  miss  if you skip the meds and die

[powderman]

I took niacin for a while but quit. What is it supposed to do??Is it to strengthen the heart?? I was taking 500 mg a day 2x a day. POWDERMAN. 

[45-70.gov]

CHOLESTEROL CONTROL.......  but  more so  for triglycerides


statins  have another set of side effects....i had to get off them


clonidine [for  pb]   is another drug  i had a bad reaction to
had to withdraw slowly  or they said it could kill me


calcium channel blockers [for pb]  put me in the emergency room  once





it  is also the main  ingredient  in  ''male enhancement''  drugs on  TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuBDIWpvT4

[spikehorn]

Been dealing with a strong pulse in my cheek for years as mentioned I learned to shoot between heart beats. A long shot for me in my neck of the woods is 100-150 yards. but if its something you need you'll have to adapt and overcome.

[ratdog]

i tried the niacin thing once i went to bed about 30 minutes after .that's potent stuff.

[Ron/Pa.]

   Doc just took me off my Zocor and Niacin combo. Said He just got an alert to atop this type of Meds!!!! Put me back on Zetia and Zocor. Agree on the Niacin. Man, felt like I was going to catch Fire!! My new adventure is Plavix. I need to change my name to " Bruise." Cause I`m bruise up all the time now.....

[Sourdough]

I've not experienced any bad side affects from Plavix.  I do worry sometimes about getting cut, or injured when out in the woods.  Oh well can't live forever.

[Old Fart]

I understand the side effects of niacin, I experienced it a time or two.
But the low dose aspirin about 15-30 minutes before taking it has eliminated the flushing.
I got off zocor about a year and a half ago because of it's side effect.
The niacin for my cholesterol has it in great shape.

[oldsoldja]

My crosshairs always move, I always can wear a tshirt in the fifties. your fine. or cured.

[rockbilly]

I have been on a heavy pill diet for about twenty years now.  I had blockage, no heart attack but required surgery and three by-passes.  At the time my cholesterol was hitting the 570 mark and the triglycerides were over 1100.  My cardiologist had a hard time trying to get them under control, finally he sent me to an internal medical doctor and I was put on niacin.  I now take 3750 mg of niacin (1250 three times a day with each meal), Crestor, one 81 mg aspirin, plavix and a multitude of vitamins and minerals.  My cholesterol has been about 150 for the past 6-7 years and the triglycerides are down to 240.  It has been 22 years since my bypass and according to the doctor after an angiogram last December the lines are still open. The niacin does work!

The niacin doesn’t bother me anymore but it really lit me up at first.  My wife accidentally took a 500mg tablet one night; I had to take her to the emergency room where she was given something to counteract the niacin.  The average person who is not use to it could take 100 mg and get lit up.

[Slowhanddd]

I need to change my name to " Bruise."

Man can I relate to this one.I take 11 mg of coumadin a day plus two 81 mg aspirin.Don't even want to think about a bad cut.Bruises come with a skeeter landing on me.

[1marty]

the old lady for the last 47 years has a vodka martini waiting for me when I come home at night from work. I then have one glass of wine with supper. Seems to have done the trick for me.

[sidewinder319]

Yes for years they thought Leeches would cure blood disorders. It didn't work for Geo. Washington. It sure seems these doctors make alot of mistakes over time.

[rockbilly]

With all the medications I also bleed and bruise very easy.  On a recent fishing trip I slipped on the steel deck of the ship and slid about 8-10 feet on my elbow, even with a long sleeved shirt all the skin was peeled off.  The shirt was khaki , the blood down my right arm and side turned it red almost immediately.  One of the deck hands came over and ask me to put on a life vest, said if I went over the sharks would do a number on me before they could get me out.  I wore the vest and was very cautious for the remainder of the trip.

[goofyoldfart]

 I can relate to the Niacin fun. I take 1500Mg of it every nite. Really gives you a warm fuzzy feeling Doc told me to take 1 81Mg baby aspirin before the Niacin about 30min before going to bed. I found 2 worked really well to turn the the heat down. of course it feels pretty good when it's wintertime    But the good part is that Niacin (B3 vitamin) is really working and does the job. I also eat a lot of jalapenos and Habeneros , so I like hot.    God Bless to all.

                        goofyoldfart.