Treatment with sildenafil or fluoxetin
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i have read in an American medical site that thes two drugs have been trialled for Raynauds. Do anyone have first hand experience? I cannot take Nifedipine becUse of low blood pressure and headaches.
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graciebabie gee013
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coldhands gee013
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First doctor had me try Norvasc, insisting it wouldn't have a negative effect on excercise. Yikes, that stuff lowered my max heart rate and for the first time ever, caused a decrease in libido. I took myself off the stuff after a few weeks.
My former doctor retired so I got to shop for a new one; found a guy who specialized in sports medicine (former doctor probably thought exercise was reaching for the remote). Talked with him about Raynauds and possibly trying Cialis, which would also help with BPH. He thought there was validity to a PDE5 therapy, but apparently my health plan wouldn't cover Cialis, but would cover Sildenafil under the Revatio label.
So I'm on 20mg of Sildenafil 3x daily. It does not eliminate cold hands, but it reduces the serverity and dramatically shortens recovery. Too early to know for sure that I won't see ulcers this year, but hoping.
20mg of Sildenafil is lower than any prescribed dose for ED use (25, 50 & 100mg are the norm) and it will not create any spontaneous, er, issues. Side effects were initially a bit of face flushing (now gone), nose stuffiness for about 20 minutes (has not diminished over time) and... that's about it. Heart rate during exercise has curiously increased about 4bpm.
It's worth a try. I'm staying with it, partly because there has also been "get up & go" benefits, often having to visit the bathroom only once/night instead of 2 or 3. But also because, so far, it's helping with Raynauds.
gee013 coldhands
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Interesting and helpful. I dont have any ED and only get up once per night and normal US of prostate. We cannot get 20mg sildenafil, but breaking up a 50 mg might be worth it and more cost effective in the uK.
dDid they offer you fluoxetine as well for a trial. Still waiting to hear about that from someone. G
coldhands gee013
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Your mileage may vary, of course.
gee013 coldhands
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coldhands gee013
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Glad you're having a milder winter. Exercise didn't help my cold hands but actually provided a trigger, especially just after, in the shower. Yikes. Unlike you we're having a colder winter than normal; yesterday I got the chance to see how my hands would hold up at 29F/-1C. Very well indeed!
Again, my hands remain colder than most, but no longer ice-like. And, so far, no ulcers. It took about a month to get to the point where I don't notice the effect of the sildenafil taking hold (an odd sense of tingling moving gradually down my arms, plus face flushing). Only remaining side effect, and it's still there, is the stuffy nose.