high blood pressure

[10gingercats]

I have high blood pressure after high possaium and high creatinine. Cardiac nurse wants me back on Furosimide on advice od cardiologist and Gp wants me to swop to Losartin. Furosimide is not working now so concerned re. continuing high blood pressure . Checking it once a day on cardiac nurse instructions and need to report to her after Easter. But concerned at continuing high bp. average 150 or 160/ 100. Any advice welcome. Blood pressure was always 130/60 or 80 pre kidney blips.

[Hidden]

Hello

There is nothing worse when one is saying take one thing and another saying take something else I am in a similar situation over something else and I have had 3 things thrown at me I should try and sit wondering which shall I listen to

But next week I am going to speak to both involved and I am going to be straight and say who do I listen to ?

If you can contact you Nurse can you put to her what your Doctor has said and why

Others will have better advice when they read your post but that is what I would do I would be asking it would be hard for me to say which to do between them they need to make their minds up and agree and start the treatment

I hope you manage to get this sorted I can imagine how frustrated you must be feeling

Let us know how you get on x

[10gingercats in reply to Hidden]

The nurse in consultation with a cardio thinks that with my particular heart condition the Furosimide is the best for me BUT it is not working at the moment with bringing down the blood pressure . GP, not one I am very familaiar with in the practice, says that Losarten will be 'kinder' on my dodgy kidneys. Hoping to speak to cardiac nurse on Tuerday when I can give her the details of my high blood pressure results and seeing GP on the 13th April.

[Hidden in reply to 10gingercats]

Hello

I suppose you can see where they both are coming from in a way which one do you do the one that will be better for your BP or one that is gentler on your kidneys as I said I have been given 3 choices for a med to do with something else wrong with me and they all have negatives as well as positives and they have left me to decide and when I ask they keep changing their minds talk about confuse you

Let's hope they all get their heads together and between them agree what you need to be on and will be interesting what the final decision will be x

[10gingercats in reply to Hidden]

Cardiac nurse said she will write to GP but not sure when this may happen.I am hoping my own cardio. will return soon from leave and that the cardiac nurse will run this past her.

[Hidden in reply to 10gingercats]

Hello

I know it is a nuisance but if you can keep chasing it up and hopefully you will get an answer soon x

[Hidden]

Dear You,

Read your post with interest because { due to water retention } I have been told that Furosimide is not working as it should for me either { 80mg day }

What was interesting was that my heart nurse said that for an unknown reason Bumetanide works better with men { not that's a lot of use to you }

Even the water removing side of Spironolactone { used for other things as well } doesn't seem to work with me.

The results are a wide ranging up and down with my blood pressure , so much so that if they can't do something with oral medication then its a intravenous job.

Hope yours is sorted soon

Take care

[devonian186]

How are you taking your blood pressure? Taking it too rapidly or with the monitor in the wrong place can add 20 to either reading as you will know. Is the lower reading that you used to have the ones you took or the Nurse?

[10gingercats in reply to devonian186]

Taking it with home Boots bp. equip. Lower and higher numbers much higher than anything taken before kidneys blip when i had to stop Furosimide and spironolactone for a few weeks on account of kidney problems..so said GPs and cardiac nurse. Place of gadget is left arm and level with heart as should be.

[devonian186 in reply to 10gingercats]

Sit calmly for 4 or 5 minutes before taking the first reading. Ensure the room is warm. Then as kkatz suggests take 3 readings 2 minutes apart.

It could be of course that your new circumstances will make the readings higher.

[kkatz]

I would add to Devonian's post. Always take 3 readings 2 mins apart if possible.The first one is always silly.Especially if you have AF.3rd one usually confirms 2nd.Mine have always been higher am which I believe is normal.

[10gingercats in reply to kkatz]

Thanks will try your suggestion

[10gingercats]

Thanks for your input.

[rubina786]

Hi, My BP was very high too. I manage to control it with following things that I hope might work for you too.1. Breath from your nose, exhale from mouth but extremely slowly ie 10 counts or hold breath for few seconds and start again. It drops immediately so start with just 3 to 5 times. Once I got mine down from 200 without nitro. I practice it as part of life, so hardly ever high now.

2. Garlic half clove every night.

3. Cocoa with no milk or honey every night

4. Ajwa date seed powder 2 teaspoons in milk once a day from ebay or amazon. Helped a lot!

5. Nigella sativa (few seeds 10 or so) dipped in pinch of manuka >520 MGO every day.

6. Walk barefoot in the grass or ground twice a day for 10 mins (related to EMF and how it effects blood).

7. Pinch of black tea leaves, tea, with grated fresh organic Ginger, honey to taste. Brings BP down too.

Tried to add pics of bp before and after breathing but only one was accepted so deleted it.

Hope this helps. Takes a while to get into the routine pf doing it everyday but for me it helped.

Furosemide was reduced 20mg and doc said I could take it every other day or only as needed as well.

Best wishes

Rubina

[10gingercats in reply to rubina786]

Thank you.