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Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 04-25-2012, 01:11 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 845
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Diuretics

Hi Flutterbye!

If your diuretic is plain old vanilla HCTZ (hydrochlorothiazide) the usual adult dose for edema is 25 to 100 mg orally as a single or divided dose. So even with upping your usual...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 03-24-2012, 09:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,000
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Atenolol unscripted effect?

Hi Jeff,

In a word: yes!


Here's why: The body has several compensatory mechanisms that control blood pressure. One mechanism is the amount of blood pumped from the heart (cardiac output) and...
Board: Open to All Other Health Topics 03-21-2012, 02:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 476
Posted By zuzu8
Re: High bp

You are on quite a lot of meds! I'm glad to hear your chest is so much better.

Your BP seems to be okay for now, although a systolic number of 132 is a little bit high. Doctors like to see 120 or...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 02-25-2012, 12:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,939
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Can a Pharmacy also cause white-coat hypertension?

Absolutely. Anxiety when taking blood pressure is exactly that... anxiety when taking blood pressure. Doesn't matter who's in the room!




Not at all. Sounds like a very good plan for you.
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Board: Open to All Other Health Topics 02-09-2012, 01:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,418
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Test that rule out pancreatic cancer

P.S. If you have the time and/or inclination, you might consider a lawsuit. Your doctors' failure to differentiate AIP from cancer lead to unnecessary pancreatic surgery.
AIP is often a relatively...
Board: Open to All Other Health Topics 02-09-2012, 01:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,418
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Test that rule out pancreatic cancer

It's terrible that you were mis-diagnosed and as a result, underwent such a drastic surgery. I've heard that since autoimmune pancreatitis often mimics pancreatic cancer, doctors often perform an...
Board: Angina 10-07-2011, 07:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,140
Posted By zuzu8
Re: is this angina-and what do I do about it?

Hello good life,
Have you seen the doctor yet? If not, please try to get in sooner rather than later. Crushing/squeezing pain on exertion can be, as you know, angina. That, coupled with having to...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 10-01-2011, 11:48 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,254
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Amlodipine

Hi Julie,

Amlodipine has a half-life of between 30-50 hours. This means that after 30-50 hours you will have half of the drug remaining in your body. After another 30-50 hours you will then have...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 09-19-2011, 02:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,400
Posted By zuzu8
Re: High BP but doctor says its 'fine'?

rudiraven is right about in-office higher numbers. It's very common. The top # is the systolic and is the one that fluctuates most when even modestly stressed (like being in a doc's office!).

A...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 09-03-2011, 01:30 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,340
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Can bath salts elevate blood pressure?

Hi flowergirl,

I have never heard of baths salts being a problem for hypertensives. However, there's actually a physiological reason that a warm/hot bath (with or without salts) lowers your blood...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 08-25-2011, 11:06 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,358
Posted By zuzu8
Re: High blood pressure at doctor then back down

Boubou,
I agree with everyone that those #s are great. Just one piece of info I'd like to share: If you take your BP again, a good protocol is to take it only 3 times, waiting at least 3 minutes...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 04-24-2011, 08:37 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,231
Posted By zuzu8
Re: I just started taking Verapamil Er

Increase in urinary frequency has been reported with verapamil in 2% or less of patients in open trials and after it was released to the public. (That's why you won't see it in the pharmacy's...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 12-03-2010, 12:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,312
Posted By zuzu8
Re: amlodopine

The two most common side effects of amlodopine are headache and edema.

Pruritis (itching!) has been reported during clinical trials.

Definitely talk to your doctor about this.

Good luck,
...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 11-29-2010, 02:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 997
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Altace and Nausea

Nausea can be a side effect of Altace. Sometimes initial side effects abate within a couple of weeks.

However, I would call my doctor now, and let him/her know you are feeling queasy and are...
Board: Drug Interactions / Side Effects 11-28-2010, 10:49 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,748
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Metoprolol

Hi happygoguy,

Yes indeedy, it does sound like metopolol could be the problem.
Erectile dysfunction has been reported as one possible side effect of metopolol and all beta blockers for that...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 11-26-2010, 12:16 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,029
Posted By zuzu8
Re: how long does amlodipine stay in your system

I've heard that based on the half life of this drug in the body, amlodipine should be completely out of your system within 7 to 10 days after it is discontinued.

zuzu
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 11-22-2010, 02:10 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,644
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Anyone tired of drug company tiers ??

s0c9:

I was just checking my own insurer's new formulary for 2011 and they mention that you may ask for more coverage for your drug (a tiering
exception). For example, if your drug is in Tier 3,...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 11-12-2010, 12:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,670
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Beta Blocker Toprol XL

Ricky,

Toprol and other beta blockers often blunt the body's response to exercise by keeping the heart rate from increasing to a very high level. In that sense, you're burning less calories from...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 11-07-2010, 03:27 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,001
Posted By zuzu8
Re: What Not To Eat with High Blood Pressure

Salt salt and more salt! Table salt for one. This means refrain if you can from picking up the salt shaker, or at least use it sparingly.
Ideally you should limit your daily intake of sodium in all...
Board: Open to All Other Health Topics 07-11-2009, 05:19 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,943
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Woke up with top of head completely numb/weakness in left hand

Hi Steven,
Given your history, the scalp numbness could certainly be due to c-spine impingement and the left hand weakness due to the ulnar nerve entrapment.

If the hand thing happens again, or...
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 04-02-2004, 12:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,828
Posted By zuzu8
Re: Insurance won't cover Micardis......but

Phantom-
Just to clarify...my insurance covers ALL the brand name drugs we've discussed, but only Cozaar and Avapro are on their "preferred" formulary list. All "non-preferred" brand name drugs are...
Board: Hair Loss / Alopecia 09-10-2003, 02:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,276
Posted By zuzu8
Post Sagesmom- I have studied the statistics on many...

Sagesmom- I have studied the statistics on many clinical trials for this drug and hair loss (alopecia) is not noted as a side effect.

However, in an open label, UNCONTROLLED study, with 3,100...
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