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I will keep it short since this was more of a freak thing and likely will not apply to any of you. I am early 50's and have been a TRT guy only (ventured to the dark side once for 10 weeks with primo and it wrecked my estrogen/hdl). TRT only guy for close to a decade. I take LISINOPRIL for high bp and have been on that over 5 years. The other night I had a SEVERE reaction to lisinopril and it resulted in an extreme case of angeoidema. My lips looked like they were going to explode. Little did I know this is common with lisinopril and it can happen immediately or after years of use. Google search it and you will see the class action lawsuit and the crazy pics associated with lisinopril induced angeoidema. Mine was just as bad as the worst pics you will see.
I went to the ER and they gave me a shot of epinephrine along with an anti-histamine IV cocktail. Somehow all the drugs got released into my system at once and caused me to have a heart attack. I went in as an allergy patient and quickly got "promoted" to cardiac patient. The heart attack was immediate and unmistakable. I knew I was having a heart attack, there was no doubt. The blood marker to assess heart attack called troponin was at 1800 and rising when they stopped testing for it. The good news is, I ended up having an angiogram done which showed no blockages or even plaque. And no damage! So that is reassuring for a guy with a coronary calcium score of 140ish. And considering I have been on TRT for almost a decade, it has not negatively impacted my blood vessels. They classified it as a "drug induced coronary vasospasm". It is identical to what would happen to someone who OD's on cocaine. They told me to not change my lifestyle, keep lifting, keep using the TRT, and to carry on with no modifications other than dumping lisinopril and switching to metoprolol. I am bitter that they almost killed me, but grateful to be alive. And as a bonus it is good to know the ticker is in tip top condition.
I went to the ER and they gave me a shot of epinephrine along with an anti-histamine IV cocktail. Somehow all the drugs got released into my system at once and caused me to have a heart attack. I went in as an allergy patient and quickly got "promoted" to cardiac patient. The heart attack was immediate and unmistakable. I knew I was having a heart attack, there was no doubt. The blood marker to assess heart attack called troponin was at 1800 and rising when they stopped testing for it. The good news is, I ended up having an angiogram done which showed no blockages or even plaque. And no damage! So that is reassuring for a guy with a coronary calcium score of 140ish. And considering I have been on TRT for almost a decade, it has not negatively impacted my blood vessels. They classified it as a "drug induced coronary vasospasm". It is identical to what would happen to someone who OD's on cocaine. They told me to not change my lifestyle, keep lifting, keep using the TRT, and to carry on with no modifications other than dumping lisinopril and switching to metoprolol. I am bitter that they almost killed me, but grateful to be alive. And as a bonus it is good to know the ticker is in tip top condition.