I've been taking Nifedipine for the last 4 days. It seems to have reduced the pain/discomfort...even before taking it, I felt like my pain/discomfort had been lessening...I would just be getting occasional discomfort / slight burning every now and then throughout the day. Then after taking the Nif for a few days, the discomfort reduced even more...I would hardly even notice it at all.
Then last night, after going to dinner and getting back late, I had a constipated BM, and OH MAN, it was ugly. It was the most blood I've ever discharged. There was only one other time that was similar (the time that prompted me to go back to my doctor 7 weeks ago. But this time, there was not that much pain afterwards (unlike the previous time when I burned for much of the rest of the day).
I'm wondering if the Nifedipine, becaue it increases blood flow to the area, can make a re-tear bleed much worse than it normally would.
Or maybe it actually was a really bad retear and the Nifedipine just reduced the pain afterwards.
I'm gonna call my CRS on Monday but I was curious if anyone else has had this experience.