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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 71-80 >> Interview HA06 >> He has become short-tempered, which he thinks might be a side effect of the ace inhibitor and beta blocker.

Heart attack 1996, six days in hospital. Current medication: aspirin, metoprolol, isosorbide mononitrate, atorvastatin, glyceryl trinitrate.

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA14 >> The ACE inhibitor made his heart beat loudly when he took it at bed time.

Heart attack February 2003. At time of interview, waiting for an angiogram. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, atenolol, GTN

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA23 >> Taking medication is a routine you get used to. He warns people to get advice if they have side effects.

Heart attack 1991. Heart attack 1998. Five blockages in main coronary artery. Stent or coronary artery bypass surgery not possible. Current medication: aspirin, diltiazem, losartan, isosorbide mononitrate

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA04 >> He has side effects but reckons this is a small price to pay and they don't interfere with his life.

Heart attack 2002. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug. Angioplasty and stent, in hospital eight days. Current medication: simvastatin, aspirin, ramipril, atenolol

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA19 >> The side effects from his medication are tolerable when weighed against the possibility of having another heart attack.

Heart attack 1996. Heart attack 1999. Angioplasty 2000. Angioplasty 2004. Current medication: clopidogrel, aspirin, isosorbide mononitrate, losartin, doxazosin, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA16 >> Ramipril made him feel dizzy and he now spaces his medication out throughout the day.

Heart attack 1999. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, atenolol, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA22 >> A cough, some hair loss and vivid dreams are the side effects of her medicine.

Heart attack February 2003. Stent fitted February 2003.Current medication: aspirin, atorvastatin, atenolol, bisoprolol fumarate (Cardicor), omeprazole

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged 81 plus >> Interview HA15 >> Her muscles seized up so her doctor took her off the statin.

Heart attack January 2000. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, May 2000. Current Medication: clopidogrel, frusemide, GTN.

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA14 >> Taking the GTN spray was difficult at first but he soon got used to it.

Heart attack February 2003. At time of interview, waiting for an angiogram. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, atenolol, GTN

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA30 >> He gets breathless walking up a hill or it brings on an angina attack.

Heart attack/cardiac arrest December 1993, in hospital for two weeks. 2nd heart episode, January 1994, in hospital for two weeks. Current medication: aspirin, Tildiem Retard, GTN, simvastatin, ezetrol ezetimibe