Benazepril and ed
Common Questions and Answers about Benazepril and ed
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While living in the US I was using Benazepril 40 mg, but now I'm living in Ecuador and that med is not available here not as lotensin on benazepril.
What can I sustitute it with?
Good Morning! I'm hoping someone here can help me a little. I was on benazapril for hbp for quite a while, developed a slight dry scratchy cough my doctor described as benazepril cough. He changed me to valsartan last week and thats where the real fun began :-( 3 days on valsartan and I was having horrible side effects of dizziness, rapid heart rate, general feeling of crappiness, even slight shortness of breath with the slightest exertion None of which I experienced with the benazepril.
All drugs, not just Benazepril, cause issues for the kidneys. Why? Because most drugs are metabolized in the digestive system and waste by-products need to be cleared out of the system by the kidneys. Most of the by-products are toxic, so they have to be removed from the body - and the already damaged kidneys can find this work hard to perform, so some toxins end up circulating back in the bloodstream.
Benazepril, thankfully, is metabolized chiefly by the liver.
The cardio had also given me an rx for 25 mg metroprolol 2x daily and nitrostat. (this on top of my 30mg benazepril). But my resting pulse rate is typically 47-55, so how low would the metro send it? The cardio said try it as an "experiment." He seems to be continuing to interpret my throat tightening as angina. The throat tightening is a sensation of not being able to physically get enough air across my throat.
I am 75. I take 75 mg of atenolol and 40 mg of benazepril hcl every day. I had an echo stress test (speed increases every two minutes) and at 6 minutes my blood pressure starting falling so the test was stopped and the doctor said sometimes with blood pressure medicine that happens. He said my heart was fine. I had a by-pass 12 years ago. So do I have to worry?
I took lantus throughout treatment. However, my doctor pulled me off metformin because it sometimes messes with ALT levels, making it difficult to get an accurate picture of how liver enzymes respond to tx. I ate so little during tx, and a lot of it was ice cream. Nevertheless, for some reason - despite all the sugar in ice cream - my A1c was better during tx than it ever was before or after.
The sequence includes nerve impulses in the brain, spinal column, and area around the penis, and response in muscles, fibrous tissues, veins, and arteries in and near the corpora cavernosa.
Damage to nerves, arteries, smooth muscles, and fibrous tissues, often as a result of disease, is the most common cause of ED.
The doctor still saw the need to put me on another medication, so now im taking Benazepril and Amlodipine. And at times checking my BP myself it has been down to like 127/80.
Im only 24 and thats what worries me. I have a family history of High Blood Pressue big time. My Grandad and Dad both had it. My Dads was so high, at the time they couldnt even maintain it. Im also overweight. During my first visit to the doc I weighed about 250 at 6 feet tall.
I have had right buttock pain for 2 years (recently this symptom is almost nonexistant), right leg pain, feet burn on bottom and sometimes some tinglingl Have had xrays and mri of hip and lumbar. This am dr. result on mri was for my age-69- nothing unusual-xrays done and do have arthritis in knees and know sometimes my knuckles swell. My eyes burn sometimes but we are in an area where allergies are bad. I am "disabled".
My wife was in menopause and having hot flashes at the time so at her suggestion I didn’t try to pursue the ED problem.
I’m now 67 years old and I haven’t had sex for years. I get an occasional stiffening of the penis during sleep sometimes, but not hard enough for penetration. I would like to recover from ED. Do you think it would be OK to suggest or ask my doctor about testosterone or other medicine? What would be the best approach?
I have been having issues since 2007 and up until nearly 2 years ago, I had 10 stents + triple bypass. In 2007 I was diagnosed as having very high cholesterol and this was brought under control with Lipitor. Even with low cholesterol, I formed blockage after blockage. Looking back at my images, it appears that all disease that existed, continued to grow. No new disease seemed to form. Even 10% blockages grew to 90% + and had to be stented.
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