Re: Side effects from AVS procedure

[Guest guest]

Hi Steve:

All these side effects you are explaining could be from taking

Spironolactone. Did you start Spiro shortly after doing the AVS?

Farah

On Jan 5, 2008 5:01 PM, smacarth <smacarth@...> wrote:

> I recently underwent an AVS procedure(last week of Nov). Within a week

> after the procedure

> I begin to have dizziness, balance problems, cogwheeling movements, tense

> muscle (legs,

> arms, back), upper back pain, and slight headache pain. Test results came

> back an indicated

> that I have high aldosterone in left side adrenal gland. They put me on

> 100mg of

> Spironolactone and recommended to have the left adrenal gland removed.

> Before the AVS

> procedure I had some occasional dizziness which I attributed to the BP

> medication I was

> taking (5mg of Norvasc) but never had all these issues I have now. It's

> been over a month

> since procedure and these side effects have me worried. I have an

> appointment with my

> primary care physician in a couple of weeks. Anyone have problems like

> this after the AVS

> procedure?

>

> Steve

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I started about two weeks after the AVS procedure. I don't have all the side

effect every

day. Some days are better some days worse.

>

> > I recently underwent an AVS procedure(last week of Nov). Within a week

> > after the procedure

> > I begin to have dizziness, balance problems, cogwheeling movements, tense

> > muscle (legs,

> > arms, back), upper back pain, and slight headache pain. Test results came

> > back an indicated

> > that I have high aldosterone in left side adrenal gland. They put me on

> > 100mg of

> > Spironolactone and recommended to have the left adrenal gland removed.

> > Before the AVS

> > procedure I had some occasional dizziness which I attributed to the BP

> > medication I was

> > taking (5mg of Norvasc) but never had all these issues I have now. It's

> > been over a month

> > since procedure and these side effects have me worried. I have an

> > appointment with my

> > primary care physician in a couple of weeks. Anyone have problems like

> > this after the AVS

> > procedure?

> >

> > Steve

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>