Irbesartan

Greentea73 · 06-01-2005, 02:02 PM

Hi,

Is anyone or has anyone tried Irbesartan? I just came back from my doctor and he switched me to this drug. I was on Enalapril. I told him I was having a lot of fatigue when I was working out, so I'm going to try this one now.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Machaon · 06-01-2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Greentea73

Hi,

Is anyone or has anyone tried Irbesartan? I just came back from my doctor and he switched me to this drug. I was on Enalapril. I told him I was having a lot of fatigue when I was working out, so I'm going to try this one now.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I'm on Irbesartan (Avapro), along with several other heart meds. It has helped to reduce my average diastolic blood pressure about 5 points, based on about 1000 blood pressure readings.

I seem to be having less heart rhythm problems since I've been taking Avapro.
I also seem to be having some increased problems with my heart rhythm, at night, but that seems to be getting better.

Overall, it seem very effective for me at both reducing my blood pressure, and reducing incidences of my heart misfiring. I hope that you have good results from it.

Lenin · 06-02-2005, 09:55 AM

Greentea,
You will probably not get the same degree of BP lowering from the irbesartan that you got from the Vasotec...only your BP monitor will tell the tale. I found the ACEI's the stronger group of drugs.
I'd choose an ACE but for the cough.

Greentea73 · 06-02-2005, 11:22 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the info.

I told my doctor about my muscle fatigue, so he changed me to this drug. I don't think he was overly concerned about the muscle fatigue since he already thinks I workout too much, but he suggested I try this drug. I haven't had the ACE cough, so I feel lucky.

Does anyone know if it's okay to donate blood while on these types of medication? I try to give blood regularly, but I stopped for a while when I first started the BP medication.

mgraylorn · 06-02-2005, 02:18 PM

According to the American Red Cross website, you can give blood if you take blood pressure meds. The only restriction was that your bp has to be controlled to less than 180/100 at the time of donation.