Blood pressure.

Had a GP appointment today and saw a very sympathetic doctor. She agreed that the heart racing palpitations caused by the 10mg amlodipine were unacceptable so she put me back on the 5mg plus a diuretic , (I'm also taking an ACE). Will monitor my bp myself than report back in a month. Feeling more relaxed about it all.

Bopeep lucky for me I do not have high BP, but had a friend whose BP was larmingly high - as well as taking ACE inhibitors, he has drastically reduced his alcohol consumption and goes swimming frequently, and it is now a very healthy level; have you tried these lifestyle changes? then you might be able to reduce your medication and hence side-effects?

Humptydumpty in my case it seems to be hereditary both my parents having had high life long bp. I've always had a healthy lifestyle when I mentioned it to the nurse checking my bp she said if I hadn't I could have been even worse that I am now.

Ramapril made me cough hideously - now on Losartin. I think taking ones own BP is v useful. I wish someone had told me - it was only by luck I realised what was causing the cough.

It is best you control you Blood pressure naturally, once your body gets use to such medication than it will stick with you for a long time, blood pressure comes with their own side effect and to my horror a recent test done by and online pharmacy Valisure, blood pressure pills, which contains valsartan, losartan and irbesartan impose cancer risk.
Source - www.myhealthyclick.com/pharmacy-tests-find-another-cancer-causing-compound-in-blood-pressure-medications/

At the moment mine is 108/65------lowish but I'm okay. Last week it had a high spasm. It's up and down like a fiddlers elbow pretty erratic and unstable at the minute. It all depends whether my kidneys are playing up as up until yesterday my right foot was swollen but it's gone down a lot today. BP and CKD go together as when I have a build-up of excess water my BP rises and I can usually tell in myself when this happens because I never feel at my best.

Hi, I’m new to this forum. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about a year ago, and tried loads of different medications, all had bad side effects , mainly dizziness which affects my balance badly, so much that I have been unable to drive or go dancing. I wonder if anyone has been affected by rosacea, which I seemed to have developed. It’s affected my eyes which are very sore and itchy. My doctor says he can’t diagnose rosacea, as my redness flares up at night and has died down when I see him in the day time. I don’t know what to use for it. My face gets very red on my cheeks and nose it looks as if I have been sunbathing and my eyes feel as though I can hardly open them. I would be so grateful for any advice.

Hello I have just joined this site ?Blood pressure tabs make me ill, my doctor says I have a 1 in 5 chance of a heart attack or stroke. I have tried Rampiril , horrendous cough, bought me to my knees,
losartan, breathless and muscle pain and now lercanidipidine .
The problem is breathlessness, and last monday he asked me to double the dose and I really thought I would have a heart attack and a visit to A&E I could hardly breathe and my whole chest felt like it would explode , couldnt talk this was only after two days on new dose, I went back to just one tablet and this feeling gradually got easier , but I am still out of breath walking etc.
I feel like I should stop taking them because a month agonI was in good health and now my quality of life is terrible.
I have an appointment on Monday.
Has anyone else felt like this

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Thankyou x

I started on Almopidine and my feet and legs swelled dreadfully. GO warned me of swelling but said that because of economics they had to start with this medication.

I returned to GP and was prescribed Lercandipine (sp). Swelling disappeared very quickly. Go see your GP again.

Are you able to get out and about much? I've had several friends who reduced their blood pressure without any meds just by exercising daily and changing some things in their diets. If it's dangerously high then you obviously need meds but if its just on the high side then its always best to go the natural root first with no side effects