blood pressure meds

camyskitties · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:25 am Post subject: blood pressure meds

Hello everyone...

My doctor had me on Diovan one tab once daily for BP but it was still high so he increased it to 2 tabs once daily. With the increase in dosage, it made me feel like I was going to pass out so I stopped taking it. What does everyone else take? And does it work for you? Thanks so much for reading!

TERIOD · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:08 am Post subject:

Janet, ive taken it under the name valsartan, and ive taken some pretty heavy doses of it, i wouldnt stop taking it completly, maybe go back to the one tab you were taking before and get in touch with your doctor, this drug takes a while to start working-up to a month, it gave me bad sore throat so my doctors switched me to Ibusartan, the way it was explained to me the sartan family of drugs are mortality drugs which means not only do keep blood pressure down but they help the body fix whats wrong also, i would definitly get in touch with your doctor about this,
hbp drugs i take
ibusartan
felodipine
dialtiazam
clonidine
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camyskitties · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

Thanks a bunch Teriod! How are the minions of the devil doing?

TERIOD · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:39 am Post subject:

they are ornery, i tried to sneak into the house with a bag of jerky, wam bam instant friends, or is that instants pests Rolling Eyes

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camyskitties · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:47 am Post subject:

Yes, I know how that is. Mine can be pests too and they don't let up until they get what they want!

TERIOD · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:54 am Post subject:

how are the meds working??????
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camyskitties · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:59 am Post subject:

OK - I'm going to schedule an appt. sometime next week.

camyskitties · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:03 am Post subject:

oh ...thanks for asking Laughing

How have you been feeling?

TERIOD · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:06 am Post subject:

still kickin i guess

they got blood the other day, i guess thats a good sign
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Missy · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

I use Lisinopril and have used atenolol in the past, but the Lisinopril has some protective features over kidneys, which is my main issue. Although, things have been going well lately, so I am going to try to reduce from 40 mg Lisinopril a day to 20 mg. We'll seeee............

My nephrologist and I are actually doing 2 experiment in the coming month - the Lisinopril and I'm going to stop taking ProCrit to see how it goes with my anemia as well..........
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TERIOD · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:19 am Post subject:

i tried lisinopril, but developed an allergy to it, i guess i have a high sensitivity to drugs, it really ticks my docs off sometimes,
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Shea508 · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject:

hi there all! Cool

I take propranolol for the hbp probs, and apparently I had a TIA last week (I thought it was a seizure - oops, lol) and my rheumy felt that changing anything would be more problematic than leaving things alone - medicine-wise.. I like his philosophy on that Smile

Shea