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Angina facts
- Angina is one of many causes of chest pain.
- Angina is chest pain that is a result of inadequate oxygen supply to the heart muscle.
- Angina can be caused by coronary artery disease or spasm of the coronary arteries.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), exercise stress test, stress echocardiography, stress thallium, and cardiac catheterization are important in the diagnosis of angina.
- Treatment of angina includes rest, medications, angioplasty, and/or coronary artery bypass surgery.
Introduction to angina
Angina is one of the serious causes of chest pain. “Angina” is an abbreviation of angina pectoris, a Latin term for “squeezing of the chest.” Chest pain is a common symptom caused by many different conditions. Some causes require prompt medical attention, such as angina, heart attack, blood clots i...
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Ranexa Drug Center
Medical Editor: Eni Williams, PharmD, PhD
Ranexa (ranolazine) is a medication that belongs to the drug class known as cardiovascular agents. Ranexa is prescribed for the treatment of chronic angina. Common side effects of Ranexa include dizziness, nausea, constipation, headache, swelling in hands, ankles, or feet, slow, fast, or irregular heartbeats, tremors, blood in the urine and shortness of breath.
Ranexa dose range is 500 mg to 1000 mg twice daily. Ranexa drug interactions include, Biaxin (clarithromycin), Kaletra (ritonavir), Diflucan (fluconazole), Sandimmune (cyclosporine), Rifadin (rifampin), Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine) and Zocor (simvastatin). There are no adequate studies of Ranexa in pregnant women and it should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk to the fetus. It is not known if Ranexa is excreted in human milk.
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Ranexa Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
Ranexa is indicated for the treatment of chronic angina.
Ranexa may be used with beta-blockers, nitrates, calcium channel blockers, anti-platelet therapy, lipid-lowering therapy, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers.
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What is Patient information?
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Ranexa Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- feeling like you might pass out;
- swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet;
- slow, fast, or pounding heartbeats;
- tremors or shaking;
- blood in your urine;
- urinating less than usual or not at all;
- shortness of breath; or
- skin rash, bruising, severe tingling, nu...
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Ranexa Consumer Information: Uses
Ranolazine is used with other medications to treat a certain type of chest pain (chronic stable angina). It decreases the number of times you may get chest pain. Relieving symptoms of angina can increase your ability to exercise and perform strenuous work.
Ranolazine works differently than other drugs for angina, so it can be used with your other angina medications (e.g., nitrates, calcium channel blockers such as amlodipine, beta blockers such as metoprolol). It is thought to work by improving how well the heart uses oxygen so that it can do more work with less oxygen.
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