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Hello @maya48. Welcome to the companionship of Primary Aldosteronism tolerants. I've been dealing with hypertension for nearly 50 years and learning to live with relatively high BP readings -- because it has taken 49 years to get a PA diagnosis. Now my BP is stabilizing somewhat lower than previous decades. The improvement appears to be attributable to Eplerenone which my endocrinologist and nephrologist agreed to prescribe a month ago. My dosage is 25mg per day -- deliberately held low to avoid being overcome by Potassium (a side-effect of Eplerenone and several other hypertension medications). A few years ago, I was on Spironolactone, which was working well, but threatened side effects that I couldn't tolerate, so we settled on the following combination: Lisinopril 40mg, Carvedilol 50mg, Amiloride (diuretic) 10mg until Eplerenone was added last month. Count me as another in the harness pulling for somewhat lower BP on a daily basis. Martin

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Hi Martin,
I was just diagnosed with hyperaldosteronism. I am 58 y.o. and my doctors have been suspecting that this might be the cause of my very high blood pressure which came out of the blue at age 45 (13 years ago) The big hint was that my K+ levels were also low and I struggle to maintain them even on 40 mEq/day. My aldosterone levels had been okay until about 3 weeks ago, when they went from 10ng/dL (Jan 22) to 19 ng/dL (Sept 22) and my ALDO/PRA ratio went up from 37 to 126.7. To rule out an adrenal tumor, my nephrologist ordered an MRI of my abdomen and the results were normal. So, if you know what else could be causing my hyperaldosteronism I would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you. Sue