Ranexa and Fainting: What Users Say

• Gbg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 19, 2016

For Angina "Wish I could say it was effective, but I could not get past the side effects within the first week. I was light-headed, dizzy, faint, and did not feel much like myself. The doctor told me I needed an adjusting period. By the second week, it was too much, and I stopped taking the pills. So now I'm wearing a nitroglycerin patch and carry Nitro pills with me at all times. I'm on an EECP machine, which dilates vessels and supposedly encourages new vessel growth. This treatment is 5 days a week, 1 hour per session for 7 weeks."

• Don...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 11, 2018

For Angina "I was just prescribed Ranexa 500 mg 2 times a day. After 2 full days, I had to come off of it. The side effects were horrible: hands swelling, dizziness, feeling faint, heart palpitations, shaking, and low blood pressure. Was advised by the cardiologist to stop immediately and am scheduled to see him Monday. I stopped it Wednesday evening, and side effects are easing up, but not completely gone as of today, Friday."

• TJN...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 9, 2024

For Angina "Had triple bypass 10 years ago which failed and two stents placed six months later. Angina persisted. Due to irregular heartbeat and coronary artery disease had pacemaker/defibrillator placed in January 2021. In August 2021 had a chemical stress test which triggered ventricular tachycardia and the defibrillator was triggered. By the time paramedics got me to the hospital, I was shocked a total of 42 times as well as another 10 by paramedics. Had an ablation in October. Placed on Ranexa in 2022 for angina. Began to have dizzy spells then completely blacking out causing several serious falls. Tried stopping various meds and when Ranexa stopped, the blackouts went away. No more blackouts but still have the angina."