Darn Blood Pressure

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I have low grade hypertension, too. Mine's inherited...thanks, Mom! I've been taking Lisinopril for several years. Seems to do OK. I haven't noticed any issues but who knows what stuff like that really does to your body.

 

[Firpo]

I have low grade hypertension, too. Mine's inherited...thanks, Mom! I've been taking Lisinopril for several years. Seems to do OK. I haven't noticed any issues but who knows what stuff like that really does to your body.

And things change. My father has been on a different medication that’s a beta blocker for over 30 years and it’s worked great. Like someone throwing a light switch a couple weeks back all that changed, he started feeling bad and went to the ER. Turns out his pulse rate was 45. Who knows why but things just change sometimes.

 

[dlbleak]

But do you feel bad or dizzy when it's 106/60?

I wonder this too. The new target numbers at the Heart Hospital have been 110/60 lately. I had a 116/61 about a year ago and the doc seemed pretty excited about that.

 

[KurtM]

Had great BP up untill January 4th 2016. On that day I had what I thought was a heart attack. They took me down to the clinic in Pinedale Wyoming and when they took my BP it was 265 over 213. It took 3 glycerin tablets under my tongue to get it back down in the 135/95 range. From that day on I've been on Amlodipine and Losartin and any time I go to high altitude I've got to really watch it. Life is goofier than a monkey on either!

 

[Firpo]

I wonder this too. The new target numbers at the Heart Hospital have been 110/60 lately. I had a 116/61 about a year ago and the doc seemed pretty excited about that.

My doc doesn’t seem to subscribe to that so much and told me if I could keep it around 130/90 he’d be happy.

 

[Okie4570]

I wonder this too. The new target numbers at the Heart Hospital have been 110/60 lately. I had a 116/61 about a year ago and the doc seemed pretty excited about that.

Yeah mine is around 105/60 all the time, been taking minimal BP and cholesterol meds for the last 30y as preventive when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Without it's 120/70ish

 

[Waltercat]

Yeah mine is around 105/60 all the time, been taking minimal BP and cholesterol meds for the last 30y as preventive when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Without it's 120/70ish

What BP medicine if not too nosey. I'm still at 145/80 taking Amlodipine and need to fix it.

 

[SoonerP226]

This seems an appropriate place to drop this:

 

[Jason Freeland]

Amlodipine didn't do it for me either, I'm on Olmesartan and it works pretty well.

 

[elwoodtrix]

What BP medicine if not too nosey. I'm still at 145/80 taking Amlodipine and need to fix it.

I was taking Olmesartan(Benicar), amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide(Tribenzor). I had to get off the HCTZ as it messed me with me during the summer while at work. Damned warnings on the bottle say "avoid direct sunlight."
I lost 60lbs and started having bad edema in my legs. That's a side effect for amlodipine, so Dr took me off that.
Olmesartan(Benicar) is what I'm on and doing ok.
My BP is running elevated now because of TKR and pain in the other.