Blood Pressure on Entresto

[Prada47]

Hello

Just looking at my Blood Pressure reading over the past 7 days ( Heart Failure Clinic this afternoon ) and my Nurse likes me to take a weeks readings in with me. My readings used to be around 90/60 50ish pulse. Cardiologist stopped Isosorbide, Candesartan and Furosemide to increase BP prior to Entresto !!

After almost 12 months on Entresto Mid dose 49/51mg readings are

95/64 Hr 69 105/65 67 104/65 65 99/59 61 135/63 56 110/66 65 140/70 65

I hope with these readings I can progress today to 97 - 103mg the max dose of Entresto

With BP and HR I feel pretty good still a little breathless at times but nothing else is bothering me !!! I still find it quite amazing just how small tweaks to meds make such big differences I was at 90/60 for ages prior to changes. Bisoprolol has stayed the same at 7.5mg so HR is changing a little, I will ask today does Entresto alter HR even when on Bisoprolol !!

Hope it helps others on Entresto to see changes and not to be overly concerned !!!

Regards

[Taraharp]

Yes it is strange how the blood pressure levels out although the medication remains the same. I was concerned when I started the Eplerenone that my BP had gone down to 90/53 but my cardiac nurses said he was not worried and now a week later it is averaging at 100/60 which they say is ok. The 25 mg Eplerenone was making me feel very dizzy if I took it on the morning but I have changed to taking it at night and I feel much better in the morning. Although it says you can take them at any time it does make a difference.

My HR has stayed much the same at 69.

I found that increasing the Entresto dose did not affect me a great deal. I will have to wait until May for my next Echo to see if it has made any difference.

I am not convinced it is doing anything. Still waiting for the new woman to appear!!!

[Prada47 in reply to Taraharp]

Hi Tara

The clinic said the 140/70 was probably just a rouge reading as they took my BP 140/72 I was nearly LOL but thought it better not to !!!

Regards