Experiences with

Avapro

I have been on blood pressure meds (Atenolol and Avapro) for about 20 years and BP has been stable for a long time. On Eligard for over a year an BP was good. Since MO started me on Erleada about six weeks ago BP is all over the place.

I have the orange pee ones for pain, Flomax, they put me on low dose prophylactic Viagara, Cipro for four days after, plus my regular Avapro. Holy crap. I am turning into my 85 years old in laws with the pills! Bowel prep in a few hours, should be fun.

I still can't tolerate a few foods now so avoid them....am back to having Nexium in morning, and a multivitamin and Mirtazapine at night as well as Avapro for Blood pressure and my asthma meds....so 1/2 the meds I was taking....and they have said in 12 months if I am doing ok I can wean of the mirtazapine

Beside my meds--Avapro, the doctors put me on Norvasc. This drug has a tendency to cause your feet and ankles to swell. Pressure came down to normal--w-as on it for 3 months, and sure enough, this happened.

Some medications that are changed by the body include celecoxib (Celebrex), diclofenac (Voltaren), fluvastatin (Lescol), glipizide (Glucotrol), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), irbesartan (Avapro), losartan (Cozaar), phenytoin (Dilantin), piroxicam (Feldene), tamoxifen (Nolvadex), tolbutamide (Tolinase), torsemide

I found my bp readings were almost always below the new 150/90 recommended guideline for those over age 60 (I'm 84) So I cut my 300mg Avapro pills in half. When the readings continued good for the next week, I stopped taking the Avapro altogether. I've had two pill-free weeks.

When I first got my period at about the age of thirteen, it was relatively light and pain-free. Only at about the age of sixteen or so did I start to get cramps. By about eighteen they were out of control - I would be in so much pain I would end up on the bathroom floor crying and I was taking three