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What Causes Heaviness In The Limbs Having The Stents Placed In The Heart?
Dec 2009 i had a stroke after a stent could not be completed due to calcsification- I had a heart attack and 2 stents placed in my heart sept 2010- feb 2011 i had acute angina then they place 3 more stents in my heart- since february i am more tired than ever and my limbs feel heavy and sometimes when it is very hot i feel a tugging in my heart- all my blood work came back good. I am 47 years old and last week I had 3 infected teeth pulled and I am now on antibiotics si it norma to feel this tired and have this pulling in my heart
Wed, 28 Dec 2016
hi
post stenting patient is giiven high doses of statins,
the most comon side effect of statin is severe myopathy,Myopathy is a muscular disease in which the muscle fibers do not function for any one of many reasons, resulting in muscular weakness.Most likely your symptoms are attributed to statin induced myopathy , you can consult your primary cardiologist to reduce the doses of statin or switch over to other statin for few days . serum cpk creatine phosphokinase levels should be meaured, as they are often allivated in case of myopathy.
thanks
post stenting patient is giiven high doses of statins,
the most comon side effect of statin is severe myopathy,Myopathy is a muscular disease in which the muscle fibers do not function for any one of many reasons, resulting in muscular weakness.Most likely your symptoms are attributed to statin induced myopathy , you can consult your primary cardiologist to reduce the doses of statin or switch over to other statin for few days . serum cpk creatine phosphokinase levels should be meaured, as they are often allivated in case of myopathy.
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