I spent 17 years of my life trying to persuade the NHS that I hade angina after a heart attack at the age of 34. When I finally talked them into it, they gave me some drugs which made a big difference, it made the angina considerably worse. I couldn't walk upstairs without stopping half way. I couldn't get into a car without getting chest pains. They told me there was no way that the drugs could possibly make it worse, it was impossible and therefore just a coincidence and would have gotten worse anyway.
I asked what the drug did and was told that it just opened up the arteries like the GTN spray did, but permanently. I then asked, if there was a small piece of plaque on the artery wall, and this drug opened it up, could it not dislodge the plaque and allow it to travel down towards the heart. They told me that it couldn't possibly happen.
They then gave me an angiogram which showed three restrictions on one artery, two on another and the one on the front (Circumflex) was blocked. You cannot liive long with a blocked circumflex, and the angina got seriously worse within an hour of taking the first pill.
I'll take my own opinion on this, and try not to take any of their drugs, if I can possibly get away with it. The Doctors around here, if you can get to see one, are too quick just to push drugs on you to get you out of the door.
BTW, they told me that I needed an emergency operation, then put me on a five week list to have an electrocardiagram, and was told that it would take two to three weeks to get the results back, and then I would go onto a three month waiting list for a triple heart bypass. Five months for an emergency operation.
I had to borrow the money and go private. After the surgery, the surgeon told me that my heart was faltering when he opened me up, and that there was no way that I would have lasted more than a month, and he actually doubted that I would have lasted the rest of the day. This was three weeks into the five month waiting list.
So, you'll have to excuse me if I don't have a lot of faith in the NHS or their drugs.