BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEMS

[studi]

Does anyone have trouble taking imbruvica in relation to high blood pressure.We know that this medication bumps up blood pressure a lot

If anyone is suffering from high blood pressure,what do you take to control it.

I had no blood pressure until I started taking imbruvica.

Amy help would be greatly appreciated

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Thanks once again

Trafford.

[cajunjeff]

Ibrutinib raised my blood pressure. I took amlodipine to treat it which worked at first. I eventually added valsartan and it worked.

After a few years on ibrutinib I asked my doctor to switch me to Acalabrutinib, which supposedly has less risk of cardiotoxicity.

I’m now on acalabrutinib, but still taking bp meds. I would rather not be on any meds, for Cll, my bp, or otherwise.

But I have cancer and it is what it is. Every time I feel sorry for myself for taking meds I hate, I have to remind myself how much harsher treatments can be for other cancers and how fortunate I am to be treating my Cll and bp with a few oral meds with minimal side effects.

If you have access to acalabrutinib, it’s worth a discussion with your doctor about a switch. Acalabrutinib does appear, on average, to carry less risk of side effects than ibrutinib.

Ibrutinib is still a miracle drug fiord some of us and many people do very well on it. It does appear to raise bp though in a significant number of users.

[studi in reply to cajunjeff]

thanks Cajunjess I have just spoken to my doctor and he has also prescribed the same med,so hope it works for me as it has you you

Thanks once again,

Trafford

[hhk50]

The ibrutinib raised my BP by around 20 points - just enough to put it into the borderline category but then I had one or two short episodes of Atrial fibrilation. So they sent me to a cardiologist/oncologist who prescribed a very low dose (25 mg/day) of beta blocker called Metoprolol to bring the BP back to where it historically had been. That did the trick.

I was reluctant to take the BP medicine but his philosophy is that if you have a cancer medicine that's working well, it's easier to manage the BP than to switch from Ibrutinib to Acalabrutinib. So far, he's right.

[DawnRedwood in reply to hhk50]

My BP went up too on Imbruvica. I've been taking 25 mg. of Losartan and it's working for me. ALSO, I have gained weight so I don't know which caused the higher BP, weight or the drug.......little of both?

[hhk50 in reply to DawnRedwood]

I've done some support group research and it seems like Imbruvica can put an extra 10 pounds on you. I don't want to do too much research because I'm happy with that explanation of why I've chubbed up a bit in the past five years.

[DawnRedwood in reply to hhk50]

HA!!! I have too.........and I'd rather blame Imbruvica than the home made ice cream we make and the fact that I like to bake pies, cakes, cookies, etc. I just know it couldn't be that!!!