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Reviewer: Shelly, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was hospitalized in Oct, '17 with radiating chest pain. They performed the Lexiscan after checking my bloodwork. I have had previous MI, so they wanted to be certain. I am a 69 yr old female and have had two lexiscans in which there was no problem. This time I thought my chest was going to either explode or cave in. It was horrible for a few minutes, then backed down. I immediately develope
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Reviewer: bigt, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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got this stress test for D.O.T. clearance so i could keep my C.D.L. when it to this test blind not knowing the side affects. after the I.V of Lexiscan i started getting really heavy breathing after about 2 min's. then the left side of my face started getting really tight and tingling. y legs got cold and weak. my hands and arms done the same. felt like i was on a vibrating massage chair.after
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Reviewer: isurvived, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Had a Lexiscan study today, wasn't too worried about side effects. Everything went fine, they injected the drug, within seconds found myself breathing hard like I had been working out, a little light headed but not bad because I was expecting it, after a few minutes they injected a drug that reversed the lexiscan medication, breathing returned to normal, felt weird sensations in the skin on m
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Reviewer: 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Lexiscan was used for my stress test 6 days ago. I am diabetic and have one kidney. I have not yet recovered from the side effects of the Lexiscan. I felt like my head and my heart were bursting during the test and my blood pressure was in the "stroke zone" (nurse's words) for more than one hour after the test. My blood sugar and blood pressure levels both have been significantly
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Reviewer: Beth, 55-64 Female (Patient)
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My cardiologist set me up with the Lexiscan stress test because I had fainted and have high cholesterol. I also have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis which may be one of the reasons the reactions to this drug were horrific for me. Right after they injected this drug into me, I became very ill, almost throwing up, my head felt like it was going to split open it hurt so bad. I felt like I was having
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