I've been diagnosed with stafe 4, 5 kidney disease and so far my kidneys have been staying stable. I'm interested in any trials out there to possibly keep them that way or improve them. I also take 3 meds for High Blood Pressure. I have to take 6 hydralazine (10 mg) total in a day, so I take 2 every 6 hours 3 times a day. Then I take cardvedilol twice a day (12.5 mg)AND one more at night called Verapamil (Er 120 mg) But I finally have my BP under control! It took awhile to figure out which ones would agree with me and work without the feeling of being an overloaded heavy weight when trying to climb steps or hills. I don't have them side effects on these. I don't like taking all these everyday, but my Doctor felt that taking them throughout the day like this is key for me. Just trying to help anyone who is trying to get it under control. This is the only thing that worked for me. Maybe inquire about these meds with your doctor. Btw- anyone else on these meds?
Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure - Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure
Thanks for sharing your personal CKD journey. Many of us have different medical journeys related to CKD.
im on carvedilol and two other bp meds as well as half a pharmacy.im stage 3b but steady so i can relate.
As soon as you get dialysis to remove fluid out. Your BP will drop.
You are either in stage 4 or stage 5 not both.
I am hoping for you that your kidney disease progresses very very slowly which is possible.
If you want to have a transplant you are eligible to apply once your GFR hits 20. You do not have to wait to be on dialysis. I cannot tell you how strongly I recommend you do this if there is any chance you want a transplant. Time on a wait list before kidney failure/stage 5/dialysis is called “pre-emptive time.” Once you start dialysis, your wait time at any transplant center starts from your first day of dialysis. However, that pre-emptive time is bonus time you can have at any center, but only one at a time. Say you have two years pre-emotive time at the transplant center near you, and the wait time is 4 years from start of dialysis. You can transfer that time to a different center where the wait time is 2 years from start of dialysis and get a kidney quite quickly.
Everyone is different. Hence, the combinations of blood pressure meds will vary among people. It's incredibly important to keep one's high blood pressure from pounding and breaking those all-important filtrations units and vessels in your kidneys, as well as other organs and structures. Some wind up adding other ones - my husband was on at least 4 before nothing worked and dialysis commenced to subdue it. I agree with Shyeloverdoctor to keep an eye on your eGFR. When that drops to 20 or less, ask about hopping on the transplant list. Some manage to skip dialysis completely, receiving a "pre-emptive transplant". After being on dialysis for a year, my husband managed to receive a transplant at age 71. His transplant has improved his life immensely.
Thanks for the tip re: your legs. I was not aware that BP meds could cause this, and although I have complained to my Dr. about the condition, its never been mentioned that I might need a med change.
I used to have high blood pressure and I was on cardvediol I was also on vertapamil but my neurologist put me on that for migrane when I was on pd dialysis they took me off all blood pressure med I wasn’t getting the right amount of dialysis and my bp got super low I had a grandmal seizure they think it was from the toxins in my body said it a one time thing. But when I went on hemodialysis my bp always drop but also I have a low ejection fraction so the heart doctor put me on metropol and gave me medication to make my blood pressure higher when I was in hospital beginning of October heart doctor put me on hydralazine 3 pills a day 10 mg and another one that start with an I . My family doc took me off the metaphor because it was making my heart rate super low. Yes usually dialysis will lower your blood pressure so if you go on it they may take you off some of the blood pressure meds
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