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Do others take meds tha lower blood pressure causing falls?
I take medications in the evening for various reasons, including high blood pressure, vascular dementia and restless legs syndrome that has led to me collapsing while standing in the kitchen, fully supported (I thought) by my elbows on the counter. Fortunately, I only sustained a slight cut on the forehead and a sore leg. My sister said the same thing happened to her, leading me to think this is not uncommon. My wife (Parkinson's disease) and I have a full time nurses so I have help getting up in the early evening an hour after taking meds, when I feel unstable and could fall. Just curious how many others respond to this situation.
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ACE inhibitors had that effect on me (lisinopril).
I stopped taking it.
Some of your remarks, kind of head home. I have had a couple of falls the last couple of years had some injuries but now I am doing
I am questioning if it is a medication that could be causing the problems or just old age
Thank you for your post
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1 ReactionTake them at bedtime and the only falling you will be doing is falling asleep.
Tell your Dr . If the Dr doesn’t answer to full satisfaction go to another Dr or ask for pharmacy consult .
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2 ReactionsMaybe too high dosage, or not the best med for you. Take this seriously to avoid worse injury.
Definitely talk to the doctor who prescribed the blood pressure medication. It might be that you need a different dose or type of medication. Some blood pressure medications can get your blood pressure too low and leads to falling, passing out, or other side effects
@bajjerfan unless you get up to whiz in the middle of the night…
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Is the "passing out" temporary? I wouldn't think that it woud knock you out the the point you can't wake up when needed. Talk to your doc or pharmacist. If it's just a temporary thing just take the med at bedtime and sleep though it. Awhile back I was taking almost all BP meds at bedtime. While doing a 24 hour monitor they told me my BP got low or too low during the night, but I never noticed any effect from it.
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1 ReactionI have a similar problem and have learned to pay attention to indications that my heart is not supplying enough blood/oxygen. First I will get short of breath and then I will feel light-headed. If I keep going past that point I will fall, so I can avoid falls by paying close attention to how I feel. I do everything more slowly now. My docs agree I have to continue taking this particular bp med (Sotalol) to control my heart rate (and rhythm). They offered to put in a pacemaker to counter the effects of the med but I'd rather just be careful. I monitor my night-time bp with a smart watch. Definitely discuss this with your docs and pharmacist, as others have said.
@bajjerfan glad you had no effect at night from BP meds…. I was referring to the fact that many people , like after surgery or on new meds, are shaky/vulnerable when getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, and need to take extra care then.