High Blood pressure

[steverich9]

Hi bit of advice I am taking candersartan and Ezitimibe and pravastatin to control my BloodpressureReadings seemed fine but the past week my diastolic has been in the low to high 140s should I be worried I do all the right things go to the gym don't smoke plenty of fruit and veg a visit to the doc me thinks any help advice appreciated.

[DWizza]

That does sound low to me . How are you feeling ? I’d call 111 for immediate advice if I was in that position.

[RoyM in reply to DWizza]

Diastolic 140 low??????

[DWizza in reply to RoyM]

🤦🏼🤣🤣 I’m sure I read it as 40.. either way , you know it’s an extreme.. what are you going to do about it ? 👍

[Bingo88]

Best getting advice from your doctor. Perhaps a change in tablet might regulate it. If your doctor feels it's necessary. You have to average your readings out between the high and low. I was told as a guide b.p should be 60 to 80. Over 120 to 140. Good luck try not to worry. Brian

[Engineer46]

Steve, of the three drugs you mention only one, candesartan, is for high blood pressure. The other two are for high cholesterol.

I assume that you meant to say that your systolic blood pressure (the higher of the two numbers) is in the 140s. If this was a resting blood pressure the NHS would regard it as high (anything above 135 if measured at home).

Many of us see isolated high figures from time to time, but if you record similar numbers when you repeat the measurements three times at intervals of a few minutes, you should contact your GP to discuss the readings and the dose of candesartan.

Best wishes,

Paul

[Lesmis85 in reply to Engineer46]

I was on Candesartan for 9 months and it didn't suit me so I changed a few weeks go. My BP systolic (top) figure would shoot up to 200+, although the diastolic reading wasn't too bad. My GP and hospital consultants consider 140 top figure as acceptable.