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Why do medications meant to lower my BP raise it instead?
I'm 42 and have very odd side effects to not just bp medicine. However I went to my cardiologist for occasional pvc and occasional high bp. I'm far worse now than I was when I started It's common for me to try a new medicine while hooked up to monitors & the BP medicine to immediately put me in bi or trigemeny rhythm, weaken my pulse or run my heart rate up high, and raise my BP instead of lowering it. I'm currently on a heart monitor and am trying clonidine patches. I started at 143/83 put on the patch it's steadily gone up to 208/138 so far . Anyone have an idea why? My cardiologist just keeps throwing pills at me and only believes me when he sees the monitor ( this has happened plenty of verifiable times in medical facilities). Labetilol, cardene, hydralazine, etc Even pills like losartan & lisinopril give me side effects like nose bleeds, chest pain, not being able to breathe, and not lowering my BP. Any thoughts or tests I could suggest would be helpful. Thanks
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Don't hesitate in getting a 2nd opinion
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1 ReactionI am I'm seeing another local cardiologist to consult as well as a hypertension specialist at Vanderbilt it just takes a little while to get in.
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1 ReactionQuick internet search:
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100819112222.htm
- https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/the-facts-about-high-blood-pressure/resistant-hypertension--high-blood-pressure-thats-hard-to-treat
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/in-depth/blood-pressure/art-20045245
- https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/on-the-rise-5-reasons-your-blood-pressure-medication-isnt-working
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/new-drug-may-help-people-uncontrolled-high-blood-pressure-rcna56036
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/1-in-5-people-with-hypertension-take-drugs-that-increase-blood-pressure#Increasing-risk
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/high-blood-pressure-hypertension/resistant-hypertension
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2 ReactionsI just remembered, prior to my kidney transplant I had stubborn BP, there are certain combinations of BP medications that work in tandem & are effective in dealing with stubborn BP. Basically the med combos work with the sympathetic nervous system, I did one combination of it ( if you like I can share it). Only thing the Dr has to calibrate right dosage or else you can get hypotension.
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2 ReactionsThanks good URL's
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3 ReactionsI don't exactly have an answer for you but it is called a "paradoxical reaction" when you respond to medication the opposite way it is intended. There may be individual biological reasons for this that at this point can only be remedied by trying other meds to treat the same problem and hope that it works. Everyone's biology is different. I have found however that I have had poor, weird, and paradoxical reactions to medications because they were giving me medication for a condition that I did not have even though my symptoms fit. Is there a possibility that high blood pressure is secondary to another condition, or is itself a reaction from a different medication?