from 140/90 to 190/125 in 2 hours - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

cartner · 09-15-2005, 02:41 PM

Hello,

A friend of me took a medicine for dry cough, actually he thought that if he took the whole bottle the cough will go away

and he took the whole bottle. Anyway, his blood pressure is 140/90 and after 1 hour from taking this medicine he felt so bad and he has been to the hospital and his blood pressure was 190/125 and the dr inject him with something that dropped his blood pressure to normal again in about 30 minutes or something like that. I wonder if this 190/125 reading can cause any damage (note that he didn't wait for too long, only 1.5 hours) ???????
Thanks,
Michael

redherring · 09-15-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by michaellabibat

Hello,

A friend of me took a medicine for dry cough, actually he thought that if he took the whole bottle the cough will go away

and he took the whole bottle. Anyway, his blood pressure is 140/90 and after 1 hour from taking this medicine he felt so bad and he has been to the hospital and his blood pressure was 190/125 and the dr inject him with something that dropped his blood pressure to normal again in about 30 minutes or something like that. I wonder if this 190/125 reading can cause any damage (note that he didn't wait for too long, only 1.5 hours) ???????
Thanks,
Michael

Probably not with an isolated spike like this. High BP causes damage when it is sustained over a long period of time. Our BP's fluctuate all day long with food, exercise, medications and stress. It definitely sounds like the cough medicine threw him over the edge. He should monitor his BP, because 140/90 is in the pre-hypertensive range according to the new guidelines.

cartner · 09-16-2005, 12:15 PM

He's 18 years old and healthy but he's worry if this period of time (2 hours) when his pressure was 190/125 caused any damage but I told him it's unlikely because he's there are many people go to ER with a BP of 240/140 and get over it. And it was high only for 2 hours not 2 days. Anyway, thanks for your help
Michael

crabbyroad · 09-16-2005, 09:47 PM

Any cold/sinus medications will shoot up someones BP, however if you already have high BP, you ever refain from taking medications for that, or use the Coriciden (spelling?) brand that is for people with HBP. 2 hours will not cause damage, Im one of those you spoke of ER trip about 10 yrs ago 210/120, liquid medicine down my mouth to bring the BP down, no damage done. Just advise him to be careful with over the counter meds, no Red Bull drinks or that genre, you definitely don't need stimulants.

Lenin · 09-17-2005, 06:37 AM

Yep,

Any decongestant is risk business for hypertensives. A bottle-ful can be suicidal.
Beware phenylpropanolamine and pseudoephedrine.