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Anyone else experience huge swings in blood pressure?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: May 10 3:25pm | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I am in BC as well and feel your pain. I too was told I had ischemic strokes (no obvious damage) My cholesterol is in optimal range, BP was usually optimal but would drop to 80/50 but wake up with 175/105. One time 200/100 went to er thinking stroke and no reason was found....a family dr in the US convinced me the hypertensive bp need control so I am on losartan 25mg daily and it really stabilized the bp. My orthostatic hypotension is minimal and no high bp spikes. Strokes....no answer but did find severe spine degeneration and some cord compression. Hope some of this may help. Meanwhile we wait up here or go to US
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Hi spibill - how were you able to find someone in the U.S.? Did they find what the issue was? How long have you been on losartan? I'm very leery at this stage to take medication. If they have no idea what's going on - then what are they medicating? Best guess? I'm sure it will end up with either medication or an operation, but until they can figure out the cause, I don't want an artificial cure. Don't get me wrong, I realize some prescription drugs are a God-send, but doctors today issue pills too quickly and I want to research before I blindly trust them.