Isosorbide mononitrate and Back Pain: What Users Say

• NCD...
• February 19, 2017

Isosorbide mononitrate for Angina Pectoris Prophylaxis "Took half dose, 15 mg, and spent two days feeling terrible. It caused chest and back pain, shortness of breath, confusion, dizziness, anxiety, and a general really sick feeling. It did relieve angina, but it was not worth the side effects. Really bad medicine."

• Lot...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 19, 2018

For Heart Failure "I recently had 2 stents placed in my heart. I was put on 60 mg ER Indur. I have been on it for 30 days. The headaches are horrendous, body aches, back pain, dizziness, extreme exhaustion, mental confusion. I feel like my brain is in a constant state of confusion. The headaches are still bad 30 days later. When I stopped taking the medication, all the symptoms eventually left, including my chest pains. I might have had better results if they had started me on a lower dose. I do not want to take this medication anymore."

• Caz...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 10, 2022

For Angina "I've been 3 years on 60 mgs now, and the last few months started to feel very ill. I have frozen shoulder, and after 3 months of acupuncture and chiropractor, it's not getting better. Along with headaches, back ache, and a general constant feeling of life being drained out of me. This situation is making me very depressed and feeling hopeless. I did try to cut the pills in half for a week and became so ill and unable to stand I have had to go back on them. I will now try to wean off them in smaller doses as I cannot keep existing like this. The cardiologist had said no way in stopping taking them, he was adamant. Then when I said I'd had frozen shoulder for the last few months, he was 'oh, you got frozen shoulder, ok, stop taking them.' It was ONLY THEN that I looked at side effects, and frozen shoulder is or can be one of them... It's been SO debilitating, I'm at my wits' end to think this could largely be because of medication... leaves me totally frustrated."

• Caz...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 10, 2022

For Angina "I've been 3 years on 60 mg now and the last few months started to feel very ill. I have frozen shoulder, and after 3 months of acupuncture and chiropractor, it's not getting better. Along with headaches and backache, and a general constant feeling of life being drained out of me. This situation is making me very depressed and feeling hopeless. I did try to cut the pills in half for a week and became so ill and unable to stand I have had to go back on them. I will now try to wean off them in smaller doses as I cannot keep existing like this. The cardiologist had said no way in stopping taking them, he was adamant, then when I said I'd had frozen shoulder for the last few months he was 'oh, you got frozen shoulder, okay stop taking them.' It was ONLY THEN that I looked at side effects and frozen shoulder is or can be one of them... It's been so debilitating. I'm at my wit's end to think this could largely be because of medication... leaves me totally frustrated."