Is there a medication that can increase the oxygen flow to my legs?

My arteries are not supplying oxygen to my legs.The Doctors tell me surgery will not help.I cannot walk a half city block.The pain in my legs becomes unbearable even at a snails pace.It takes usually 10 minutes for the arteries I do have to supply oxygen to my legs so I can continue.(I am 57 yrs. old,had 3 heart attacks,triple bypass surgery,12 stints inserted,high blood pressure and cholesterol)What a mess!The medication would probably kill me,but I would give it a shot.I don't want a scooter,or wheel chair,or crutches.About all I can do is run my riding lawn mower;I want to be able to function.Is there any real Doctors in the house?Thanking you in advance for any good advice...

I am not vascular surgeon, but I think that there are several fronts from which you and your physician can address this problem.

1. The first is at the point of the blockages. Mechanical angioplasty with stents have been used but are not appropriate or even useful in every situation.

2. The next is to reduce the coagulation properties of the blood/platelets with Plavix, aspirin, and Pletal.

3. Another consider is to bolstering the pump (heart) pushing the blood through the arteries. Even if you are not experiencing angina, long acting nitrates (isosorbide mononitrate) can sometimes be useful.to increase cardiac function (and thus push blood through the arteries better). Additionally judicious use of Digoxin can be helpful on this front as well. It may be worthwhile to consider scaling back your b-blockers and calcium channel blocker to a minimal doses as long as you do not have a normally very rapid heart rate or arrhythmias. (Reduce ianotropic restrictions) I have seen these measures substantially improve symptoms - but not eliminate the problem entirely.

4. Next, if you are not on maximum therapy to reduce cholesterol to very low levels (LDL at 50 or below). There are some studies that show beating the levels very low will actually reverse the blockages in the arteries(the studies were specific to coronary arteries but it follows that the same might apply to lower extremity arteries too)...no guarentees here, but we are looking for last resorts and it may be helpful over time.

Finally even though you are having symptoms, you should continue to try to keep moving as much as you are able. The body is very resourceful...if a blockage occurs and the muscle is still being used, the body often with grow collateral arteries to supply the tissue. Again this is not an instant fix but if you stick with it you will start to see improvements within six months.

I hope this is helpful. Good luck.

Acupuncture, sounds stupid but it worked for me. I suppose they have you taking an aspirin a day to thin out your blood.

Well the definitive treatment for severe peripheral arterial disease is with a variety of interventional radiology or surgical procedures to reestablish vascularity to your leg. However, if you are not a candidate for surgery, there are medications (e.g., Pletal) specifically for the symptom of claudication (pain with walking, secondary to poor blood flow), in addition to medicine for vascular disease in general (such as aspirin and plavix) which I imagine you are already taking if you have stents.

improvement comes internally. consider a dramatic diet change, and organic/natural/alternative medicines/treatments/supplements to guide you along.

the organic/natural treatments usually do better to complement your system(and flow with your system), along with other wonderful benefits that help you long-term than I'm sure synthetic and chemical medications would do... (those
things are dangerous and suppressive)

do research and find out what works best for you. eat healthier! cut the meats, flesh, saturated fats, processed sugars, table salt, eggs... take a vitamin and mineral supplement a day, and start eating greens and fruits to get your proteins and fiber and nutrition.

try eating raw avocados and raw coconut oil/flaxseed oil for healthy fats your body utilizes.

oh sprouts and flaxseeds are great for you.

consider detox.

it sounds like diet and accumulation of toxins are the roots of your problem, and in order to clear that, a huge healthy diet change is strongly recommended.

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not really just make sure you keep them elevated or they will swell up like a balloon. i heard something with that ended with -prill , think it was Acruprill or something like that is supposed to help. be careful for allergic reactions to meds. Hopes this works out.

exercise a bit for circulation? when you r feeling good only though. walk, sit with legs upright, walk... sitting (in a lawn mower) curls up your veins... and pray

Have you done all you can in the way of diet changes, green tea, anti-oxidant fruits, salmon, etc ? Blueberries for example are very good to lower BP.

I have severely clogged cardiac arteries, and 3x bypass, but can do anything I want if I warmup. I have been on an extremely low fat diet since the bypass.