Weight gain with Benicar

[sunbird_owner]

I have been on 20 mg Benicar for a year and no weight gain. Just FYI.

[mrmojo]

Thanks for the replies, guys

I last took Benicar HCTZ Friday night, BP seems to like to run at 160 - 170 / approx 100, before is was all over the place from there on down

Pulse had been running fron 100 to 125, now its dropped to between 79 and 92

Here's the interesting part: I hadnt worked out since last week, wanting to see what happened with going off the meds

Did my normal routine of 1/2 hr nordic track followed by my normal high rep medium weight routine, no more muscle & joint pain during the workout

During the nordic track part of the workout, my pulse got up to 151, I took my BP as soon as I was done & it was 173/93 pulse 139

It seems strange to me that the systolic just barely went up and the diastolic actually dropped - Is this unusual?

[strong_one]

I am gaining weight with my current med...lisinopril that lowers my heart rate. Let me show you the difference. I was on Avalide and it caused my heart to race...sitting pulse was between 113-125. I was extremely tired but lost 5 lbs in 2 days!

When I got on lisinopril - sitting pulse now at 60-90 range, I gained back the 5 and added 2 to that. I'm holding steady with that weight but it goes to show you that pulse rate does effect your weight....thus does your meds.

[jtu91952]

Girlofsteel, im surprised you gained weight with lisinopril. I have been taking lisinopril since 1997. I've had a lot of problems with it, but weight gain wasn't one of them. Are you sure it is the lisinopril that caused the weight gain. I know lisinopril can effect your thyroid, though. Toprol xl ,beta blocker caused me to gain some weight.

[mrmojo]

Update time:

I last took the Benicar HCTZ Friday night, 05 Nov 04, my weight naked was 270 lb

This morning, 15 Nov 04 I was at 258 lb, my workouts havent hurt since i quit taking the crap, and i actually feel "Normal" other than feeling a little pressure in my temples from the higher BP, but thats better than feeling dizzy half the time

BP still running 160-170/100, systolic goes up to low 170's during workout sessions, diastolic either stays the same or goes down a little

Anyone know what the correlation is suuposed to be between weight loss & BP reduction?

I'd be happy if I got back to where I was before he started me on meds 3 years ago, I used to be around 130-140/90-95

Of course a couple of whiskys on the rocks & I'm right at 135/90 - maybe i should just drink more?