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I'm taking Imdur at the max dose (extended release nitroglycerin), Ranexaa(also max dose) and have nitro tablets for angina. The cardiologist said there is nothing they can do surgically because the blockages are all in micro vessles and it is calcium that is causing the blockage. He actually...

Amen. I was hospitalized for a month with acute pancreatitis and they kept me nicely medicated but once I was sent home everything changed. I cannot imagine you going through acute pancreatitis outside of a hospital with lots of good meds. Thatis just horrible. I've been in a Crohn's flare for...

I'm on Carafate, too, which is constipating the dickens out of me, or not out of me..hm..Dr says nothing stronger than 50 mg tramadol 4 times a day because of really low bp/heart rate/heart failure, mvp and whatever else they can't fix. Then if I go to the ER or another doctor, I usually get the...

It's crazy because I have been obstructed and partially obstructed too many times before, so one would think it would be a concern. But that's just the logical side of me (retired math slinger). My belly has swollen 4" larger, tight and painful but I'm fat (still, sigh, despite losing 50 pounds...

Carafate clogs me up badly as well. With my Crohn’s, I usually have bad diarrhea even on good days. Unfortunately the other meds I’m on for the Crohn’s clog me up as well. Then add in my heart meds and darned if they aren’t contributing to the log jam. In a flare too, so toss in my daily...

I've been trying to not see a pain management doctor where I live because the local ones have a bad tendency to fire patients who aren't going to recover or are chronic disease cases. Right now all the Internist will let me have is Asacol, Tramadol, Carafate (talk about constipating drugs)...