Retired hairdresser Ray Boddington, 74, had picked up the pills from a friend in his local pub after scoring with the 27-year-old woman, but as he left her apartment after a night of getting it on with the younger woman, He took ill at a bus stop with major heart palpitations and an ambulance had to be called.
As he lay in the back of the ambulance a paramedic treating the father of six told him 'its coming down" and then added "I'm talking about your blood pressure'.
Test showed Ray had a high blood pressure reading of 157/88 - a normal reading shouldn't be above 140/90. His heart rate was 102 beats per minute - above the normal 60-100 beats.
The pensioner, from Salford, Greater Manchester - was allowed to stay in the vehicle until his heart rate went back to normal. He did not require any hospital treatment over the incident on October 25.
Ray said: "The paramedics told me you shouldn't take two and I want to pass on that warning that it can make you ill, it can make your blood pressure go sky high or you could have a heart attack. It was only two hours after taking the tablets when I began to feel faint. I could hear my heart pounding in my chest and the blood rushing from my head. I thought I was having a heart attack and I was going to die"
"Imaging if someone dies because no one has spoken about the dangers. People shy away from the subject. It took around 24 hours for things to go back to normal."
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