diltiazem and esophageal spasm

It depends on what medication you're taking. I take diltiazem, although I take it for esophageal spasm. I don't have high blood pressure. I had to reduce the dose while in a study for a similar medication (PI). PIs can increase the amount of blood pressure medication in you if you take a calcium channel blocker like diltiazem.

There isn't much difference between angina and Esophagus pain. I'm a veteran of both heart and GERD issues, and was 'fooled' earlier this year by going to the ER thinking I had the mother of all angina attacks when actually I had a problem with an esophogeal spasm. A motility test, then an endoscopy test showed problems with GERD and as you know, I had Nissen Fundoplication surgery which has been quite successful.

I was just diagnosed with esophageal spasm. I have terrible chest and back pain that comes pretty close to the open-heart surgery I've had in the past. It came on really quickly and the doctor has me on Prilosec and antacids after meals and at bedtime, and she just added viscous lidocaine solution to numb the esophagus. I'm eating a low acidic diet and combining my foods properly. Has anyone out there had this terrible thing and if so, any other suggestions?

But the Diltiazem helped with the chest pain, slowed down my heart rate and lower my BP a bit, helped with my Raynauds (where my blood vessels spasm and my hands and feet turn a yucky blue/gray color). The only side effects I had from starting it was a little bit of fatigue and a whopper of a headache. The headache lasted a couple weeks then tapered off. It's all a vascular reaction to the med and once I got past that part, the medication was great. But each person is different.

t include a spasm at the time of the test unfortunately, and my other GI tests, the doctor did agree that esophageal spasm was a very high probability for me. jensequitur, The only thing the GI doctor would say about the esophageal spasms, was that they *could* be caused by another medical condition, but he wouldn't go any further than that as I was still being tested for my neurological symptoms.

Is there another name for 'esophageal dysmotility'?? As i have been diagnosed with this by my consultant gastroenterologist, and want to find more info, resources, etc to help with educating and coping with my condition. but can't find much info anywhere on the web, about 'esophageal dysmotility' at all.

The pain is severe (on a scale of 1-10, I rank it between 8.5 and 10 during every spasm). If you took a magic marker and drew a line straight across my body under my breasts, drew another straight line from the bottom of both of my ears - everything between those two lines are encompassed in the pain.

Just wondering if it is normal for an esophageal spasm to start as a milder pain/uncomfortableness in abdomen and then build up to excruciating pain over 20-30 minutes?

Hi, I have linked angina and was prescribed diltiasm 60mgs twice a day, last Nov which has been wonderful for 7 months. Two weeks ago I started getting "withdrawal" type symptoms and my doctor put me on 90mgs twice a day. 1. Why has this happened? 2. The new dosage is causing me strange symptoms - will this go? I have them fortaken two days.

t help , He has to use a Baloon Dialations to open up the spasm in my esophagus and it my take me couple of times to try to see the result, and I have to add this that it's been 1 year that I took my Gullbladder out and I asked him, it's maybe the side effect of not having a Gullbladder and he said for sure NO. It has nothing to do with it So, could you tell me what should I do? Is there anything I can do? Pls help me.

I also think it's likely to be a spasm. I had 5 stents put into my left artery and the pinching sensation inside was terrible afterwards. It was like the pain you sometimes feel between the ribs when running. It was observed during the procedure that the artery began to spasm. This is easily started by the catheter 'tickling' the artery as it goes through and in most cases stops on its own.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Gastroenterology/Esophageal-Spasm-following-Nissan-Lap-Fundiplication/show/232251 I can see that it has to be a connection. So In other word, spasm shouldn't be there. I been fighting for this problem for 1 year for my girlfriend, and it's quite complicated situation, since it's so "unknown", especially here in Norway. It's two wars to fight either relive the spasm itself or relive the pain. Both of the is very complicated to handle.

Apparently the ice freezes the muscle that is constricted and it relaxes eventually and eases the pain and with no side effects. The next day though my chest feels sore inside and I usually take only soups. Sometimes it hits me two or three nights in a row. This brings a terrible fear of night approaching and not knowing what to expect. And that I think compounds the issue. I have had H.Pylori and have been treated for it and it cleared up.

I believe I have come to accept that I cannot get medical intervention for my esophageal spasms. My cardiologist says my heart is perfect. I have slight acid reflux, a hiatus hernia and 90% esophageal motility. I have what I call "Bubbles and Ka-thunks" in my chest. The bubbles are little butterfly-like spasms in my chest that are annoying but not painful. The Ka-thunks are a little more brutal.

I started having esophageal spasm after eating a few weeks ago. I had gall bladder surgery two and a half weeks ago. The spasms are still continuing. Is this normal?

After cooling off from being outside, I started feeling a crushing sensation in the middle of my back, underneath my left shoulder blade, and later in my chest. Then the ol' esophageal spasm started up (that's what it felt like) which made the pain radiate up through my throat. It hurt to breathe and I thought I was having a heart attack. I seriously considered going to the ER, but didn't--I've been there and done that before with similar pains.

has anyone else had esophageal spasms that were a) extremely painful, and lasting for 2 or 3 hours; and b) where the pain is at least slightly alleviated by leaning forward? thanks.

I have had them for 6 years. Every one of the 7 doctors I have seen for this spasm, ONLY 1 has said it could be esophageal spasms and the rest says it's nothing. Oh and I wish I didn't read about the vagus nerve.... I have had a fear that I'm going to have a seizure one day and that didn't make me feel any better. I keep having these feelings like something is wrong and I need to have it found soon, but I don't know what it is.

What is the difference between Esophageal spasms and Erosive esophagitis and what are the appropriate medications for each? Is Nexium or Librax the preferred medication for one but not the other? After having two stents in a right artery almost three years ago, recently suffering from a burning chest pain that increased with exertion and a cardiac catheterization that indicated no progression of the heart disease, I was diagnosed to be suffering from esophageal spasms and was prescribed Nexium.

Treatment for coronary artery spasm is with calcium channel blockers (nifedipine, diltiazem, verapamil, etc) and nitrates (nitroglycerine). Hope this helps, and thanks for sharing. If you have any further questions or comments you are welcome to respond. Take care, and I wish you well going forward.

ve had cardiac spasms for 5 years and while I was consistently steered away from cardiac origin I now consider myself knowledgeable in defining the spasms of the heart and finally had a spasm seen on a cath. Otherwise, they are hard to catch and a doctor must listen carefully to your description.Spasms come with no real relationship to anything. They are quick, sharp, travel ( mine tend to start at a bottom point and go upward) and stop you in your tracks.

s are put together with close proximity of windpipe, lungs, esophagus ( can spasm), and heart major vessels ( can spasm)/larger vessels so it is possible sometimes to get better similar complaints of pain.When I experience chest tightening or chest pain of cardiac origin, I find it difficult to take a deeper breath; this may not be the case in all people. Take care in noting your triggers that lead to the chest pain. Joan.

Hi again ireneo! I have never had an esophageal spasm but I do know by my own experiences (both as a nurse and a patient) that SOB occurs with angina and stays until the the pain from the tightened heart muscle ( blockage or spasms) is relieved by stopping an exertion or taking a vasodiolator like nitro. Cheetoh,take a zantac if you think it's from the digestive track. Zantac will not stop heart angina pain, but nitro COULD relieve the digestive discomfort.

Since it was so wide spread (waist to shoulder) am trying to figure out if this is just severe diffuse esophageal spasm (not up into neck like I get with 1-2x year esophageal spasm) or thoracic spine problem. I am fused C3-6, severe OA C1-2 and am starting to have more neck pain. I do not have any anxiety or panic disorders. I do have MCTD and am on plaquenil. I don't know whether to pursue this with a GI doc or just monitor it for now. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Diltiazem and esophageal spasm

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