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Had Taken Medicine For Arthritis, After Awhile Got Jaw And Neck Pain. Could It Be Related To My Medicine?
last night i took some medicine for artheritis pain and i rembered ihad take some about 4 or five hours ago and i layed down and at that point i began to experience some jaw pain and neck pain i thought it might have been the result of the medcine could it have been aheart attack
oh i thought this was free sorry
oh i thought this was free sorry
Fri, 31 May 2013
Hello,
You need to inform about the type of arthritis because some forms of arthritis like Rheumatoid arthritis is related to cardiovascular disease (Heart Attack) irrespective of the medicines that you take for it. You also need to tell about the medications, as some of the painkillers are associated with heart attack. Usually but not always heart attack is preceded by symptoms of Angina (pain that comes on exertion and relieved by rest) ,that is not not in your case. Anyways, if you have other risk factors for heart disease like age more than 55 if male or 65 if female, high blood pressure, smoking or high lipids in your blood it is always good to confirm some underlying heart problem by doing ECG, Exercise Tolerance Test and CT Angiogram.
Regards
You need to inform about the type of arthritis because some forms of arthritis like Rheumatoid arthritis is related to cardiovascular disease (Heart Attack) irrespective of the medicines that you take for it. You also need to tell about the medications, as some of the painkillers are associated with heart attack. Usually but not always heart attack is preceded by symptoms of Angina (pain that comes on exertion and relieved by rest) ,that is not not in your case. Anyways, if you have other risk factors for heart disease like age more than 55 if male or 65 if female, high blood pressure, smoking or high lipids in your blood it is always good to confirm some underlying heart problem by doing ECG, Exercise Tolerance Test and CT Angiogram.
Regards
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