Medication for acid reflux/GERD

@lilianna whenever I go to the doctor my blood pressure sky rockets because even if I don’t feel anxious apparently my body does react to the visit. It is possible it is neither medication. Try taking it at home and see what numbers show up. I definitely would not say it is the gerd med.

To those who take esomeprazole or alike. Did the medication elevate your blood pressure? I am looking for the reason of my suddenly high BP. It’s esomeprazole or brinsupri. From my regular 110-120 suddenly yesterday it was 140. My GI answered that esomeprazole should not do it so I guess it’s brinsupri but NJH doctor never responded to my email. I will try calling today my ambassador there.

@lilianna whenever I go to the doctor my blood pressure sky rockets because even if I don’t feel anxious apparently my body does react to the visit. It is possible it is neither medication. Try taking it at home and see what numbers show up. I definitely would not say it is the gerd med.

@irene5 My sister has “white coat syndrome “. She does not have hypertension but her pressure is markedly elevated with any Dr. visit. Not sure but it may be related to fear after being severely ill and surviving complications after lung surgery for CA years ago.

@lilianna I started taking Brinsupri 8 days ago, and I noticed a spike in my blood pressure, but not enough to worry about. We need to keep an eye on the BP.

@nickraosr
Yes my blood pressure which now oscillates 130-150 is from brinsupri. I finally was able to the nurse at NJH and was given three options
1. Watch how it goes. If it stays 130-140 it is not dangerously high
2. Start taking low dose blood pressure medication ( my doctor is on vacation)
3. Stop taking brinsupri - I think it does help so I would not like to do it
I also spoke to Insmed pharmacist who said the same plus that it could be switched to 10 mg and see how it works. So far I start the day with BP of around 130/80 which is high for me but considered normal for my age of 69. Please let me know how your symptoms continue. I hope my body will adjust.

@lilianna By a quirk of fate, I had my yearly appointment with a cardiologist. He said the increase was not a problem. Mine was 134, and before Brinsupri, it was 124. I'm 76, so it is not a problem.

@nickraosr thank you for comment. I am taking the med and watching. Do you have headaches with it

@nickraosr
Yes my blood pressure which now oscillates 130-150 is from brinsupri. I finally was able to the nurse at NJH and was given three options
1. Watch how it goes. If it stays 130-140 it is not dangerously high
2. Start taking low dose blood pressure medication ( my doctor is on vacation)
3. Stop taking brinsupri - I think it does help so I would not like to do it
I also spoke to Insmed pharmacist who said the same plus that it could be switched to 10 mg and see how it works. So far I start the day with BP of around 130/80 which is high for me but considered normal for my age of 69. Please let me know how your symptoms continue. I hope my body will adjust.