blood pressure meds

[Lespenney]

Think I have determined that my blood pressure meds which I have been taken since my mother passed 7 years ago which is when my rls came on strong, may be the issue causing my rls to be so bad. I can’t help but wonder how many people on the group take BP meds? Anyone else make this correlation?

[Madlegs1]

I take Amlodipine 5mg and Olmersatin 10mg without any issues.

[SueJohnson]

Which ones are you takng?

[Lespenney in reply to SueJohnson]

Ibesartan, they tried me on Irbesartan-Hydrochlorothiazide two weeks ago and my legs went so crazy, as well other side affects. Came off that one and went back to just Ibesartan.

But really think this is making my rls worse.

It is a known side affect of the drug.

[SueJohnson in reply to Lespenney]

Some medicines that are safe for high blood pressure are propranolol (Inderal, Hemangeol,InnoPran), Isosorbide Mononitrate (Monoket, Imdur) which is not a beta blocker nor calcium channel blocker. And then there are the ace inhibitors such as Zestril (Lisinopril, Qbrelis, Prinivil) and Perindopril (Coversyl). Other possibilities are: Clonidine (Catapres) an Alpha-2-Agonist used to treat high blood pressure which may help RLS and which also treats insomnia, tenex (Guanfacine, Intuniv), prazosin (Minipress) an alpha-adrenergic blocker that is also useful in managing sleep-related problems caused by PTSD and Tadalafil a vasodilator that in one study completely eliminated RLS. Discuss these with your doctor.

[Jumpey]

Felodipine gives me no issues.

[Eryl]

What is causing your high blood pressure is also causing your RLS, namely your dief. It could be that you inadvertently added more bad foods (sweet and starchy foods) to your diet when your mother died or that stress caused your cortizol levels to rise (cortisol is only a short step away from being sugar so has the same effect).Try to cut right down on bread, sweetened foods and fruit juices and both your blood pressure ans RLS will improve.

[Nightwalker999 in reply to Eryl]

Not true, doesn’t always help, I’ve cut out everything completely that you’ve mentioned, no help whatsoever.

The only meds help a little is Methadone for me. No meds previously except Tramadol that was brilliant, which will not be Px because of brain damage that can occur.

[Eryl in reply to Nightwalker999]

Whatever is causing one is still causing the other.

[Camry2020 in reply to Eryl]

Food has no effect whatsoever on my RLS! I have been hospitalized and eaten virtually nothing…… my RLS rages on!

[Eryl in reply to Camry2020]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. You probably have another cause as well as food e.g. stress, or infection can cause inflammation.