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Ranexa and Lightheadedness: What Users Say

Lightheadedness: mentioned by 4 users (5.6%)

Based on user experiences from 71 Ranexa reviews, the following table shows the most commonly mentioned side effects.

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dizziness 18.3%
constipation 11.3%
headaches 7.0%
pain 7.0%
chest pain 5.6%
lightheadedness 5.6%
nausea 5.6%
shortness of breath 5.6%
diarrhea 4.2%
fainting 4.2%

Reviews for Ranexa

  • sul...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 16, 2022

For Angina "Ranexa made my angina symptoms worse. While on it, I got extremely out of breath at the smallest exertion, my heart raced, I was lightheaded, tired, had a headache, and pain in my stomach. When I went off of it, I felt better. I was taking 500 mg twice daily."

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  • 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."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 9, 2019

For Angina "10 years ago, at age 46, I had a heart attack and quadruple bypass. 8 years ago, one stent, 4 years ago, 2 more stents. After over 2 weeks of nonstop angina, my only relief was sleeping. After 2 days of 500 mg Ranexa, I felt like a new man. I finally had relief from angina. Some bad side effects of lightheadedness, dizzy headache, and constipation. I had my first angina attack, nitro helps, but I thought I had it beat. I would gladly take the bad, but for myself, tolerable side effects for the angina (Medicaid covers my cost)."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 29, 2017

For Angina "I was given Ranexa by my physician assistant for some minor chest pain. I took 4 doses of Ranexa (500 mg) as prescribed. I experienced dizziness, was lightheaded. That evening, about midnight, while I was in bed, I had uncontrollable diarrhea, headed to the bathroom, changed pajamas, and immediately had uncontrollable diarrhea again. Returning to bed, I experienced the uncontrollable diarrhea while asleep. I did not take any more and ended up in the hospital emergency room severely dehydrated. I was there two days with numerous tests. After this experience, I would never take this again. I destroyed the rest of the pills."

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