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blood pressure, foods to eat

interesting article in Sunday Times today, well worth a read, won’t get many off meds perhaps but what we eat definitely helps. Covers most of the useful...

interesting article in Sunday Times today, well worth a read, won’t get many off...

•9 hours ago

Amlodipine and swollen body

Has anyone suffered acute leg and upper body swelling while taking amlodipine.Hubby was put on it in hospital in April just days before being discharged, since...

Has anyone suffered acute leg and upper body swelling while taking amlodipine.Hu...

•2 days ago

hyperglycemia and hypertension relation

a friend of mine insists that someone without hyperglycemia (non diabetic) can not have hypertension, is that correct?

a friend of mine insists that someone without hyperglycemia (non diabetic) can n...

•7 days ago

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lacidipine

hello, is anyone on this calcium channel blocker? Just wondered as seems to cause least side effect in terms of redness feet/ swelling compared with, for...

hello, is anyone on this calcium channel blocker? Just wondered as seems to cau...

•8 days ago

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prounce ARBs

Small question: going to doctor tomorrow just so don’t get egg on my face as don’t know how to pronounce half the drug names/descriptors! Is ARB said as a...

Small question: going to doctor tomorrow just so don’t get egg on my face as do...

•8 days ago

Lercandipine 20 mg awfull side effects

been on lercandipine 20 mg and ramipril 10 mg bp still b 180/94 been over a year not coming down sure meds causing low mood deppresion

been on lercandipine 20 mg and ramipril 10 mg bp still b 180/94 been over a yea...

•15 days ago

Does anyone split their dose of Losartan ?

Hi All Looking for advice please I take 10 Lercandipine, in the morning , 20 Propranolol twice a day & 25 Losartan at bedtime without any side effects. As...

Hi All Looking for advice please I take 10 Lercandipine, in the morning , 20 ...

•20 days ago

Perindopril

Hi, Am having problems finding a medication for high BP 180/990 this is the third Dr has suggested Perindopril 2mg..........side effects same as caused...

Hi, Am having problems finding a medication for high BP 180/990 this is the thi...

•21 days ago

Lercandipine & Doxadozin

I am on Lercandipine 20mg x 2years, was taking Ibersartan 75mg x 18 months, experiencing a lot of nausea, dizziness and lethargy over last 8months. My GP...

I am on Lercandipine 20mg x 2years, was taking Ibersartan 75mg x 18 months, expe...

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•22 days ago

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can any one shine some light

a year ago my partner had realy high blood preaure made him very snapy moody unwell then i phoned the dotors got him in they said he could have a stroke it...

a year ago my partner had realy high blood preaure made him very snapy moody un...

•22 days ago

can any one shine some light

a year ago my partner had realy high blood preaure made him very snapy moody unwell then i phoned the dotors got him in they said he could have a stroke it...

a year ago my partner had realy high blood preaure made him very snapy moody un...

•22 days ago

Candesartan or Losartan any difference in side effects

on a separate post. explained am waiting for appointment re brightred flushed feet on 10mg Amlodipine. Effective reduction BP but obviously too high a...

on a separate post. explained am waiting for appointment re brightred flushed...

•24 days ago

Amlodipine and swollen ankles

Since taking Amlodipine for high blood pressure, my ankles and now my lower legs swell in the evening. They are back to normal by the following morning and I...

Since taking Amlodipine for high blood pressure, my ankles and now my lower legs...

•27 days ago

Amlodipine flushing

my GP moved me off 10mg Ramipril due to cough. And on to Amlodipine. I had a week of 5mg at crossover and have now been on 10mg a couple of weeks, I am...

my GP moved me off 10mg Ramipril due to cough. And on to Amlodipine. I had a ...

•1 month ago

Stopping Losartan

Hello. I wonder if you can give me some advice. I am 73 years old. I have been living with some degree of hypertension most of my life, and on medication...

Hello. I wonder if you can give me some advice. I am 73 years old. I have been ...

•1 month ago

Ramipril cough

GP has changed my BP medication as was suffering from the cough. How long does it take for cough to disappear. Probably not suffered as much as some more...

GP has changed my BP medication as was suffering from the cough. How long doe...

•1 month ago

Indapamide & Potassium

Hi guys, i had a blood test on Monday to as doctor wanted to test U&Es Serum sodium level 135 mmol/L [133.0 - 146.0] Serum potassium level 3.5 mmol/L [3.5 -...

Hi guys, i had a blood test on Monday to as doctor wanted to test U&Es Serum sod...

•2 months ago

amlodopine and ?

gp recently doubled my amlodopine dose which has not done too much to lower or stabilise my BP (high normal/ grade 1). seeing the GP in a couple of days and...

gp recently doubled my amlodopine dose which has not done too much to lower or s...

•2 months ago

just checking I'm doing the right thing...

I've been taking amlodipine 10mg as well as atorvastatin 20mg for 18 months. I've 2 fairly straightforward questions: I've been told that the statin can...

I've been taking amlodipine 10mg as well as atorvastatin 20mg for 18 months. I'v...

•2 months ago

just checking I'm doing the right thing...

I've been taking amlodipine 10mg as well as atorvastatin 20mg for 18 months. I've 2 fairly straightforward questions: I've been told that the statin can...

I've been taking amlodipine 10mg as well as atorvastatin 20mg for 18 months. I'v...

•2 months ago

New blood pressure drugs

Hi all I have had a lot of issues with BP meds currently on Felodipine 7.5mg and in general they are by far the best I have used. However I am an insomniac and...

Hi all I have had a lot of issues with BP meds currently on Felodipine 7.5mg and...

•2 months ago

Ramipril

I had asked on another thread about Amlodipine which I had been prescribed for Level 1 hypertension. Everyone here was so nice and helpfil. Howevrr, I had a...

I had asked on another thread about Amlodipine which I had been prescribed for L...

•2 months ago

HBP diagnosed Jan2023. On 5mg Amlodipine. Good response within few months; controlled BP @120/75-130/85 (as at May2024)

Prescribed Amlodipine 5mg daily early Jan 2023. By mid Feb the meds did their job with mild side-effects (numbness in hands/feet with swollen ankles from...

Prescribed Amlodipine 5mg daily early Jan 2023. By mid Feb the meds did their j...

•2 months ago

Diagnosed HBP Dec 2022. On Amlodipine 5mg since Jan 2023. All good as at May 2024.

Prescribed Amlodipine 5mg daily early Jan 2023. By mid Feb the meds did their job with mild side-effects (numbness in hands/feet with swollen ankles from...

Prescribed Amlodipine 5mg daily early Jan 2023. By mid Feb the meds did their j...

•2 months ago

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Itching?

I'm on Amlodipine 5mg and Olmersatin 10mg. Recently I've been experiencing annoying itching. Not intense, but enough to prevent me from getting to sleep, and...

I'm on Amlodipine 5mg and Olmersatin 10mg. Recently I've been experiencing annoy...

•2 months ago

Lercanidipine and ankle swelling

I am on 20mg of Lercanidipine but am getting ankle swelling.

I am on 20mg of Lercanidipine but am getting ankle swelling.

•2 months ago

Bisoprolol

I was already on enalapril for HB, have now been given bisopralol 5mgs for paroxysmal afib but I'm finding it makes me continually breathless and sometimes...

I was already on enalapril for HB, have now been given bisopralol 5mgs for parox...

•2 months ago

Isolated Diastolic Hypertension

I have Isolated Diastolic Hypertension. I'm 50 year old female. My average bp reading is 106/93 (highest 125/117 and lowest 95/73) My gp surgery blood...

I have Isolated Diastolic Hypertension. I'm 50 year old female. My average bp re...

•2 months ago

Doxazosin

Dr prescribed doxazosin 1 mg for seriously high BP took my first tab last night as advised,this morning dizzy,shaky,unsteady on feet......feeling......

Dr prescribed doxazosin 1 mg for seriously high BP took my first tab last night ...

•2 months ago

Amlodipine

I have been prescribed Amlodipine 5mg for Level 1 hypertension (140/85). I'm 66 and have also started taking Atorvastatin 40mg a year ago. I am terrified of...

I have been prescribed Amlodipine 5mg for Level 1 hypertension (140/85). I'm 66...

•2 months ago

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