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Jardiance for Pulmonary Hypertension

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Mar 11 6:38am | Replies (16)

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I too have mild pulmonary hypertension, but mine is secondary to a sick left atrium from Covid that makes my mitral valve incompetent so I get back pressure into my lungs and has caused HFpEF. I too had to pressure my cardiologist to prescribe a SGLT2i, in my case Farxiga. If your pulm htn is from HFpEF, which is common, you likely will notice improved exercise tolerance. I sure did. If your pulm htn is from a primary lung problem, there are other meds that work. I totally understand why our physicians are not impressed with our pathology, but dang it, I don’t want to become impressive! As an aside, have you had trouble flying? I finally got a portable concentrator for flying, I’m okay in the air but when I try to get off the plane I’m breathing crazy hard. I think the low oxygen on the plane constricts my lungs. I was really bad at the Grand Canyon.

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Thanks for your reply - my issue is not from my lungs. I have a mild
diastolic dysfunction that is apparently causing my problem. The last time
I flew was a year ago prior to my ablation for AFib and I was not in good
shape so the flight was exhausting and I vowed I'd never do it again! Now
however I'm feeling somewhat better since my Afib is gone and I'm hoping
starting Jardiance will help even more with the pulmonary hypertension
issue. I noticed a breathing problem when we went to a higher altitude in
Colorado a few years ago (before I knew what was wrong with me) and I could
hardly walk across the street! So maybe your problem at the Grand Canyon
was altitude??
Carol