diltiazem for 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.

Is there a way to tell the difference between typical chest pain vs. pain in the esophagus. Usually when I get what I call chest pain, it happens suddenly upon exertion and feels like someone put my heart in a vise, deep squeezing pain. It stops pretty quickly if I stop moving. The past few days (and right at this moment) I'm getting this dull ache right down the middle from my throat to the middle of my chest. Makes me cough and I have a bit of a headache.

s happening as often as you describe and has been going on for more than 2 weeks. Esophageal spasms may be a consequence of the acid, but every you mention--the pain/pressure in chest like there's air, the breathing issues, the coughing--all sound like acid reflux. Esophageal spasms are less likely.

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?

taking Diltiazem for 2 months , treating PACs and SVT episodes. Could not tolerate Beta Blockers. Diltiazem tries its best with SVT, shortens them , but my PACs increased the past two days , every second heart beat is double . Could not tolerate , went to Hospital, they advised to take metoprolol to break the PACs cycle.

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.

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?

I have a problem which is called Esophageal Spasm, which whenever I eat anything, the food stays in my esophaugus and doesn't go down to my stomach so, I can feel it that food doesn't reach to the end which is my stomache so, my doctor gave me Procardia 60 mg and it didn't help and this time He gave me Procardia 90 mg, to see maybe higher dosage will help and today I am starting it for 1 month (once a day) and He told me if it didn't help , He has to use a Baloon Dialations to o

After two months I was put onto calcium channel blockers (diltiazem) for about three weeks and then taken off. The spasms had stopped.

Hi, I know this is kind of outdated, but its quite interesting topic. I have a girlfriend that has (seriously painful) esophagus spasm. Well the doctor have the impression that it has nothing to do with the nissen fundoplication surgery that she also have went through. But I have another opinion. And when I read this and this previous thread : http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Gastroenterology/Esophageal-Spasm-following-Nissan-Lap-Fundiplication/show/232251 I can see that it has to be a connection.

Joe, ask your doc to try some antispasm meds for the esophageal spasms. Some of the more 'general' antispasm meds include Bentyl and associated products. A 'step-up' (but stepping up also means possibly more side-effects) would be nitroglycerin which works extremely well for some people. Then there are also specific calcium channel blockers.

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.

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.

That's a better description of esophageal spasm.I would pay attention to those things and medications for GERD, diet, amount of food, not smoking or being around smoke, bubbly drinks, spicy things.You really have to get a balance on that hygiene that affects the food tube and stomach.The upper GI and scope you had done eliminates the hiatal hernia aspect and any obstructions. The pain from any type of spasm, like a charley horse, hurts.

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.

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?

t until my MS diagnosis that I began to connect the two problems. Sometimes my esophageal spasm will turn into a painful rib spasm. Sometimes it's the muscles around the bottoms of the shoulder blades. It all seems to center around that lesion in the spine, so I have no doubt that they're connected. Candy, do you know why you're getting an ultrasound? That doesn't sound like a typical test for MS - is it supposed to check for something else?

Another cath 6 months ago after reporting additional symptoms w/ no stints but additional narrowing of several cardiac arteries. Doc said it could be esophageal spasms but ordered stress test and follow-up every six months for two years. Stress test scheduled for next Weds with follow up appt in early December. Problem: Following last stress test, began walking 1.

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.

Greetings, What you a describing is a classic esophageal spasm. It can be very painful and last from minutes to hours. The process is usually triggered by the eating of spicy and/or greasy food. This causes excess acid to increase and regurgitate into the area surrounding the esophageal sphincter. Spasms will starts to increase in intensity and will radiate from the sternum area to the mid back, including one or both sides if it progresses.

I was a bit worried, I thought maybe it was my heart, so I asked my doctor about it. She said it was esophageal spasm, which are spasms of the esophogus (they can be pretty powerful), and panic attacks can cause simular symptoms. People with stomach issues like GERD can have these spasms. I do have anxiety, depression and I am bipolar. I also have stomach issues. But I don't experience these changes in moods right after a 'spasm'.

Like Pepto bismal but I buy generic.It stops a spasm within seconds.Because esophageal spasms have the same symtoms as a heart attack they want you to go to emerge every time.This is unrealistic so I figure if I have a big swig of the pink stuff and the spasm stops then it's not the heart.I carry it with me at all times.I have had the spasms at the store,doing dishes sleeping....it dosen't seem to matter.And yes I went to a heart specialist and got checked...heart is fine.

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