Blood pressure meds making neuropathy worse?

Posted by 32cooper32 @32cooper32, 8 hours ago

I started having peripheral neuropathy symptoms 4 years ago. Very minor at first and then it has progressed to the point of continuous pain in the feet even with maximum gabapentin. I do not have diabetes and there is no specified cause of the neuropathy.

I started seeing a GP at 65 who started treating me for high blood pressure. Increased blood pressure meds 3 times over 6 months and it was during that time the neuropathy started (or at lease I became aware of it enough to start asking questions about numbness in the small toe on one foot). Since then it has been 4 additional times of going off blood pressure meds (PB stabilizes) and the neuropathy stabilizes and then when BP goes up starting meds and the neuropathy gets worse. The problem with increased neuropathy occurs within 3-5 days of restarting BP meds.

Anyone else seem to have this issue?

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