BP meds and side effects

[CASSIEBEL]

Originally Posted by Lenin

Cassiebel,

Sodium depletion really doesn't show up on a blood test to any degree worth considering. What happens as the body gets sodium depleted, the volume of the blood is decreased by the elimination of water. The ratio of sodium/water is highly guarded and as near a constant as anything in the body can be.

So basically speaking, sodium depletion means water depletion. Probably the easiest way to determine it is by the loss of a couple pounds body weight (all water and a little salt.)

Thanks for clearing this up for me, very simple once explained.

[CASSIEBEL]

Originally Posted by Lenin

Cassiebel,

Sodium depletion really doesn't show up on a blood test to any degree worth considering. What happens as the body gets sodium depleted, the volume of the blood is decreased by the elimination of water. The ratio of sodium/water is highly guarded and as near a constant as anything in the body can be.

So basically speaking, sodium depletion means water depletion. Probably the easiest way to determine it is by the loss of a couple pounds body weight (all water and a little salt.)

Thanks for clearing this up for me, very simple once explained.

[CASSIEBEL]

Originally Posted by Lenin

Cassiebel,

Sodium depletion really doesn't show up on a blood test to any degree worth considering. What happens as the body gets sodium depleted, the volume of the blood is decreased by the elimination of water. The ratio of sodium/water is highly guarded and as near a constant as anything in the body can be.

So basically speaking, sodium depletion means water depletion. Probably the easiest way to determine it is by the loss of a couple pounds body weight (all water and a little salt.)

Thanks for clearing this up for me, very simple once explained.

[CASSIEBEL]

Originally Posted by Lenin

Cassiebel,

Sodium depletion really doesn't show up on a blood test to any degree worth considering. What happens as the body gets sodium depleted, the volume of the blood is decreased by the elimination of water. The ratio of sodium/water is highly guarded and as near a constant as anything in the body can be.

So basically speaking, sodium depletion means water depletion. Probably the easiest way to determine it is by the loss of a couple pounds body weight (all water and a little salt.)

Thanks for clearing this up for me, very simple once explained.

[Random2]

I've been through a handful of blood pressure meds and each one has given me side effects. Initially, it was the dizziness that I didn't like, so I switched, then it was the fact that my BP would sometimes go too low, then when I found one I thought would work (Cozaar) frequent urination set in like a plague. I am now back on Cardura, but it keeps me sexually dysfunctional. Does anyone know which BP med has the least side effects? Incidentally, I also contend with IBS (irritable bowel synd) and so I have to guard against digestive upset. I'm 52 yrs. old.

Dizziness from time to time on 100 MGS of Atenolol & 5/20 of Lotrel, frequent urination in the mornings, digestive upset as well.... Welcome to the world of B/P drugs...