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Anyone else find the side effects of Hydrea 500MG frightening?
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Hi @garyr443 Just wondering, Is there any reason you can’t still take the cranberry juice daily even though you’re back on the HU and the BP med? I ran a drug interaction and there aren’t any contraindications between cranberry, lisinopril and HU.
The anti-inflammatory properties of the unsweetened cranberry juice were certainly noticed by you over the month with less pain and an increase in balance and coordination. Not sure why you can’t have some in moderation. I drink unsweetened Monterey cherry juice daily. (1 ounce Concentrated juice gets mixed with 8 oz water). I think it would be similar in properties as your cran juice. Just a thought…
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@loribmt Well, I wondered about this, myself. Since the cranberry juice didn't do anything that affected my platelet count (didn't lower it), I doubt it would interfere with the Hydroxyurea. As for the Lisinopril, though, the cranberry juice was keeping my bloodpressure normal, so there could be an interaction between it and the Lisinopril. It might lower my bloodpressure by too much. I take a 10mg dosage of Lisinopril, which works perfectly on its own. Perhaps I could lower my dosage of the cranberry juice, to maybe once every other day or once every two days?