Joan Martin wrote: > > Hi, we are VERY interested in this item, as Jack used tablets to keep his BP > "down" - "just in case" - (it never was up), and nitro (tabs and then the > patch) for over 10 years for what we were told was angina, but probably was > anxiety and the depression that sometimes first present before the PD or SDS > symptoms appear. Hi Joan, Except the abbreviation o PD,I don't know the significance of SDS (has some conection with disordered movements ?)and BP. Excuse my ignorance please. Jack ended up having triple bypass heart surgery in April > '94. Before that the nitro dosage kept being increased by the doctor and > then it didn't seem to help at all. About 6 months after the surgery the > SDS gait and small handwriting appeared. He'd had nocturia (bed wetting) > and dizzy spells for two years before that, but we were told he had prostate > problems...... If it may help,let me tell you my own experience.After taking seleginine for some months I started to feel a change with my urges with miction functions.Innitialy I suspected of problems with the prostate since most men may suffer of it as they get older.Then more recently I started to see now and then some fine lines flying in the peripheria of my eyes.Well I decided by my own risk to reduce to half the amount of the drugs I had been taken ,and then these symptoms seems to be reducing rapidly. > ...chest pain may appear to have a typical relation to effort. HOWEVER, IT IS > OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE THAT NITROGLYCERIN BE AVOIDED IN THIS PATIENT > POPULATION, SINCE PROFOUND HYPOTENSION AND EXACERBATION OF AGINA IS LIKELY > TO OCCUR. > > We couldn't believe it when we read it! All those years of taking nitro, > probably just made Jack sicker. We have searched for other info re nitro > and angina but have been unable to find anything else. Anyone have similar > experience with chest pain (angina) and nitroglycerin? I feel sorry in not be able to help about the nitro and angina. Best wishes, []s, +------------------------------------------------------+ | Internet : [log in to unmask] | +---------------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |--------------+