Blood pressure medication

[ELLSBELLS]

Sorry to bother people I am suffering from bad brain fog (or maybe just stupidity ) but I need to go back on medication for high blood pressure and all I can recall is that calcium channel blockers are not suitable but cannot remember which tablets are OK. Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

[SueJohnson]

Some medicines that are safe for high blood pressure are propranolol (Inderal, Hemangeol, InnoPran) a beta blocker that may help RLS, Isosorbide Mononitrate (Monoket, Imdur) which is not a beta blocker nor calcium channel blocker. 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. And then there is reducing salt by 1 teaspoon a day nih.gov/news-events/nih-res....

[ELLSBELLS in reply to SueJohnson]

Thank you so much as I will be having phone consultation soon and will pass on your knowledge.

[Jumpey]

I take a calcium chanel blocker without ill effects on my RLS.

[ELLSBELLS in reply to Jumpey]

Thanks for your reply it just proves that we are all different. I know I have been OK with some tablets that are supposedly triggers for RLS. Strangely it was when I was prescribed Felodipine and Simvastatin that I immediately started getting nightly RL S and of course after a week and no improvement I stopped one tablet for a week, next week stopped the other , then I stopped both. Eventually I tried a month with no medication to see if it would stop RL S but to no avail. It was as if either one or both of those tablets permanently switched on my RLS. I had a previous experience of lithium causing RL S but it happened gradually after about 6 weeks on medication and stopped, I think immediately, after I stopped taking the tablet. It is years since I have taken either a cholesterol lowering drug or blood pressure medication and my RL S just gets worse. Apologies for lengthy reply but often wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience of medication switching on RLS.

[Jumpey in reply to ELLSBELLS]

I hope you find a solution.

[SueJohnson in reply to ELLSBELLS]

If you need something for your cholesterol I can provide including one non medicine one😀