CANDESARTAN does anyone have knowledge of this medication and RLS ?

[Shumbah]

Hello good peeps 😊

I hope someone can help me we all hate adding another medication for fear of aggravation.

I have suffered 2 bouts of Covid this year ( yes already ) Hopefully this means I won’t get it again on trip to UK I’m about 10 days .

Looks like COVID has left me with high blood pressure 198 over 127 heart rate 111

After scan tomorrow doctors wants me to start CANDESARTAN 8 mg does anyone take this medication or no if it effects RLS.

I would really like to be stable before I fly out.

[Jelbea]

Hi Shumbah. I am so sorry to hear of your high blood pressure after 2 bouts of covid. I am increasingly hearing of people continuing to suffer in the aftermath of this foul disease. My own daughter is being treated for asthma after covid.

I cannot tell you directly about candesartan. I have been prescribed Losartan (in the same class of drug) but not yet started it because of other problems. I was on it for a short time last year and it did not produce RL. On this site ChrisColombus has also posted that he takes Losartan without any restless legs. I would hope that because it is in the same drug family this would apply to candesartan.

I am sure someone else on the site will come to your aid.

I hope your UK trip goes well. I would love to have met you as you have done such a lot for us all. However, I am in NI and still having to shield so that is not possible.

I hope your BP settles quickly on treatment and I wish you all the best.

Love XXX

[Shumbah in reply to Jelbea]

Thank you Jelbea 🌹

[ChrisColumbus]

Elffindoe stated a year ago that candesartan was "known to make RLS worse".

However, the same thing has been said of losartan, and as Jelbea says I have no RLS symptoms at present yet have been on losartan since May last year.

I was on 25mg/day until a month ago, when I moved to 50mg. On 25mg my blood pressure was still a little erratic and just a little high on average; on 50mg a day it's pretty good (averaging 132/77 over the last 24 readings).

And for me, zero RLS (unlike when I was on statins for cholesterol..). But as we know for all these things, results may differ: we're all different

[ChrisColumbus in reply to ChrisColumbus]

BTW, before losartan I was on perindopril: that was fine for BP, but gave me a persistent cough - a common side effect. I don't know whether perindopril troubled RLS, as I was having various other treatments at the time - something certainly gave me RLS, but I couldn't pin it down.

[Shumbah in reply to ChrisColumbus]

Thank you very Much for taking the time to reply , Chris your information was most helpful an appreciated .

[SueJohnson]

As ChrisColumbus said perindopril should be fine for high blood pressure. It is an ACE inhibitor. As far as your flight: Book your flight for early in the day and book an aisle seat so you can get up and walk around and preferably an emergency exit or bulkhead. Pack activities that serve as distractions. If you belong to the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, download the Restless Legs Syndrome Special Accommodations Card to give to the flight attendant. You can join for $40 even if you don't live in the US and it is well worth it. RLS-UK also has a medical alert card available to members for things like flights. Otherwise be sure to talk to the flight attendant and explain that you will be walking a lot.

[Shumbah in reply to SueJohnson]

Thank you very much Sue

Sure is a long hall flight from Australia, I am blessed that Subutex keeps my under control also blessed to be in flat bed during flight. It’s the jet lag that will get me 😂

[DavidS56]

hi. I’ve taken candesartan for years with no problems at all

[hausbauer]

I am very sensitive to medication, so small doses of nearly any med are sufficient for me. I take 2 mg of Candesartan in the evening (a doctor told me, high blood pressure during the night might be more dangerous to older people than during the day). So whatever, the Candesartan does nothing to my RLS (treated with Buprenorphine).

Have a good flight.

[Shumbah in reply to hausbauer]

it’s all sounding positive thank you for your time

I am so pleased to hear you are doing well 😊

[Ruffabug]

I took it for about five years and it didn’t affect my RLS at all. I understand your concerns about adding another drug. They all affect us differently but this was my experience. I wish you the best of luck and with your trip to UK. I hope your legs will behave on the flight. And a big welcome to England!💗

[Shumbah in reply to Ruffabug]

thank you England is my second home

I love it

[Shir_11]

hi Kester.

I have been on Candesartan 32 for a couple of years for high blood pressure and seems to be ok with me.

[0rangetulip]

hi Shumbah. I’ve been on candasarten since my heart attack in 2018 and it did/does not increase my RLS. Amlodpine did. Have a good journey over.