Are there any cardio patients in the group whose heart condition appears to have been improved by the onset of PD?

Yes interesting. I am 38 but was already on blood pressure meds since age 32. Even with meds bp was always around 138/94 hr 90. Since august 2011 when parkie woke up and hypotention set in. Bp averages with no bp meds 112/71 hr. 68. So its possoble yes

no thank goodness. Side effect of PD seems to be lower blood pressure, and natural weight loss (unless you're on DA's that provoke compulsive eating among others) . Also blessed with perfect cholesterol level. If only I was was regular

8 years at the age of 70 my husband until that time was a very fit man apart from being a bit overweight . He swan most days of his life , that was his exercise . his breathing was excellent I always had a job keeping up with him . Especially when going up a hill .

Looking back we have been married for 54 years I had always had trouble keeping up with him because he seemed only to be able to go up a hil by taking a run at it . , He was also troubled with nightmares , not very good at standing especially while waiting at the till in a suoermarket , painful droopy shoulder , one of the reasons he went swimming as often . I use to to also tell him he was mechanically dyslexic because he was always so ham fisted when it came to anything manuul .

Anyway getting back to the age of 70 and visiting his GP because of balance and tremor problem . 9 I HAD TO SHOW HIM WHERE THE DOCTORS WAS LOL ) He asked him if he might have the start of Parkinsons . had the usual tests nose touching etc and was told NO and given AMLODOPINE for high BP and eventually Bisoprolol and warfarin for Atrial fibrillation . Still feeling awful he retuned at 73 and was eventually diagnosed Parkinsons .

He is now very very immobile with all the other many symptons .

I became concerned when I realised how breathless h had become and swollen with excess fluid that last week I visited his GP myself and told him .

The outcome is he has now taken him off the AMLODOPINE , his breathing is already improving and he is a half a stone lighter just 2 days , He is more able to rise and adjust himsef of a chaire or the toilet .

I am afraid to get tooooo excited about all this but in my heart I feel that he never did half a big problem with high blood pressure and wonder if the fibrillation is being caused by the tremor and stress of living with Parkinsons all these years .

Sorry to be so long winded but I would appreciate anyones viewpoint on this matter .

I had a heart attack in 2009, with resultant multiple meds. Diagnosed with PD in late 2010. Once I started taking my parkie meds, my BP dropped and I went off my lisinopril. My BP has been continued to be great. I keep my nitro in my purse, but rarely have to use it.

I too had been diagnosed with hypertension in 2003. It was stressed related, I had found out my now ex had his own little harem, the more I checked on him, the more I found out about the stuff he had done throughout our marriage. The stress level stayed high as did my BP. I started with the PD symptoms in 2004, was not diagnosed until 02/2011.

In 2009 (before PD diagnosis) I started running very low blood pressures and my medication was adjusted, there again, it was probably due to the PD.

I am an RN and my BP doc trusts me to adjust my BP med as needed. I take Azilect for the PD which can cause high or low BP's, so I monitor it closely.

I think I am in a pretty stable place now with the BP.

My husband had an extensive history of cardiac disease - 2 different by-pass procedures, several stents, high blood pressure and high cholesterol for many years. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's 5 1/2 years ago. He's been on Sinamet for about 5 years and now takes no blood pressure meds. At his last visit with his cardiologist, he was told, "I fixed your heart; something else will kill you."