High blood pressure

[clid61]

Routine check up at work on wednesday , im a reasonbly fit slim bloke , nurse sent me home BP out of the roof . docs next day and now on med , any similair ?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Routine check up at work on wednesday , im a reasonbly fit slim bloke , nurse sent me home BP out of the roof . docs next day and now on med , any similair ?

Yes, I'm one. Pretty slim though not so fit. It took a good while to discover why my BP was through the roof. It turns out that I've got a dodgily-plumbed kidney that keeps asking for more blood. Heart obliges.... Started on betablockers but they reduced me to a walking zombie. Now on a cocktail of ramipril (ACE inhibitor), felodipine (calcium channel inhibitor which dilates the arteries and reduces BP without much damage) and benzoflumethiazide (a diuretic).

What did they give you to take?

 

[Andrew_P]

And what was through the roof measurement?!

 

[clid61]

200 ansomething over 140 and something ?

 

[numbnuts]

I'm borderline (145/60) so no meds for me as yet

 

[siadwell]

My BP is fine but health check at work indicated that cholesterol was unacceptably high. Been for a blood test and awaiting results. Hope they don't tell me to lay off the cake...

 

[midlife]

Yes, I'm one. Pretty slim though not so fit. It took a good while to discover why my BP was through the roof. It turns out that I've got a dodgily-plumbed kidney that keeps asking for more blood. Heart obliges.... Started on betablockers but they reduced me to a walking zombie. Now on a cocktail of ramipril (ACE inhibitor), felodipine (calcium channel inhibitor which dilates the arteries and reduces BP without much damage) and benzoflumethiazide (a diuretic).

What did they give you to take?

Calcium channel blockers can make you gums swell, need to be checked regularly

Shaun

 

[clid61]

And what was through the roof measurement?!

Why?

 

[Andrew_P]

Why?

Hi sorry was just curious, it can be affected by stress I had 210 over 75 in A&E! When do you have to go back to have it checked once the meds have kicked in?

 

[clid61]

Hi sorry was just curious, it can be affected by stress I had 210 over 75 in A&E! When do you have to go back to have it checked once the meds have kicked in?

2 weeks , are having trouble too ?

 

[slowmotion]

I've been on Ramipril (ACE Inhibitor) and Bisoprolol Fumarate (beta blocker) as well as Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe (cholesterol lowering) for four years and they have been amazingly good at lowering my BP to normal levels. I've had absolutely no side effects at all. Previously, I was dead against long-term medication but I'm a convert now. Others may have had different experiences.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

200 ansomething over 140 and something ?

My diastolic is fine - I don't remember it ever being above 70 - the systolic, though, is another story. My doctor at the time had an electric BP monitor and it refused to go up to my untreated levels; it would go beeeep and then pfffft, as though punctured. But 230 was about the average with the old puff-ball inflator.

 

[Kajjal]

My father was always very fit and active, he had high blood pressure from an early age. After trying various medication they found the one that worked best for him with no side effects.

 

[cyberknight]

No blood pressure but i have an irregular ECG , when i have a medical i get asked if i have dizzy spells.

 

[Tojo]

White coat syndrome.......