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pacemaker and high blood pressure
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 6, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@jmb73. I'm sorry to heat about your husband's ordeal. I can relate. I have a family history of strokes and I am on meds for hypertension, which thank goodness, is under control. Occasionally my bp will spike up, bit never more than a day. Years ago I remember going to the ER because it was over 180, they gave me an injection of some sort and released me when it went down to 140. The doctor told me to stop taking my bp so often, anxiety raises bp. The other day my bp went up to 160/100, called my cardiologist, the doctor on call said to keep an eye on it and call back the next day if its still up there. He didn't seem too concern! The next day it was back to normal. I read somewhere that if you are taking a medication for high bp, it's better to take it at night. I'm really sensitive to meds so I have to space them out, I take 25 mg of Losartan in the morning, 25 at 2:30,and my 2.5 Amlodipine before I go to bed. I hope your husband will find the meds that will help him. Take care.
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I appreciate your information. He is still having the spikes but only at night. I am wondering if he is nervous about it going up and that is making it go up. But last night at 9 it was 120 and then he took it at 12 when he got up for a bathroom trip and it's 200! So he had to take a clonidine. He is on a lot of medicine and is taking more at night. Thanks for your information. Joan
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In a medical setting WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION is common, also at home rising BP can be due to anxiety, just the thought of a reading can raise pressure. A lot of doctors do not get to concerned with a reading of 160-170/90. As pressure changes during the day. All meds have side affects, it’s just finding one that agrees with you.
On a personal note, I’m not a pill popper, if there are natural ways to control a condition, I’m all for that.
I have a friend who pops over 20 meds a day, then cannot understand why she is tired and no energy all the time.
All those chemicals in her body are fighting each other.
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