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Difficulty finding a blood pressure med I can tolerate

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (18)
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@larak

Is your blood pressure consistently elevated, or intermittent? Have they looked at your metanephrine levels? Usually, it's a 24 hour urine lab that checks for breakdown products of human stress response hormones, catecholamines.

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lsquared1004 | @lsquared1004 | Dec 9 9:28am

Hi Lara. Not sure if your questions was directed at me. My blood pressure is pretty normal usually around 115/76. I will have fluctuations going up around 125/85. But my blood pressure isn't usually sitting there. Still, they want me on a bp med because of the dilations.
I've never heard of metanephrine levels. What would that tell a doctor and how would that influence medication choice?

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