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Here is what's interesting. I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and was given 20mg of Lipitor. A few weeks after I began a consistent regiment, I was in the E.R. with BP 153/101. And it happened again 3 months later, then again after I stopped taking it for 6 months and started again. 4 weeks after I started taking it regularly after the long stoppage I was back in the hospital after for high blood pressure, palpations, chest pains.and headache.
I am an 84 year old woman w/history of high blood pressure for the past 15 years. I have been treated w/numerous types of medication and my doctor has determined that the only drug that has stabilized my pressure to be 145/80 on average. Recent test now show a 167/80 to 185/80 range and my doctor has increased my previous 2 1/2mg. X 2 a day perscription to 5mg. X 2. After three days of new tx. I have had heavy palpatations and feeling uncomfortably warm in the early 3a.m. to 5 a.m.
I take Lipitor (10mg once a day), Toprol (50 mg twice a day), HCTZ (25mg once a day), and Wellbutrin XL (150 mg once a day). I have been diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. My cholesterol is under control but my blood pressure sometimes spikes. I just having been feeling like myself and I'm getting worried that something's going on that is hidden. Do you have any ideas what might be going on?
In adults older than age 60, a pulse pressure greater than 60 mmHg is abnormal. Treating high blood pressure usually reduces pulse pressure as well. Apparently, you have a good pulse pressure!
In people under age 50, the situation is less clear for isolated high diastolic. Younger people have good arterial elasticity, and a high diastolic is associated with some cardiovascular risk. The risk is small, however, and a diastolic under 85 does not require treatment.
Is your husbands cholesterol particularly high? If it is very high, then I suggest he takes the lipitor, if not, then a strict healthy diet can be as good. Blood pressure is another key factor in the buildup of plaque, it must be kept normal which again may take medication such as ace inhibitors. There are other risk factors which must be addressed, such as no smoking, avoiding as much stress as possible and regular exercise.
There was a mixture at the beginning of high/normal/low cholesterol, high/normal/low blood pressure, you get the idea.
Being fed lots of fruit/veg and nuts uncooked, they found it very difficult but stayed til the end. The final results were amazing, they ALL had normal blood pressure and cholesterol. Each individual said how they felt much better. Strangely, they were all offered a last meal on the last day and could choose between two options.
For 3 months now I have been dealing with extreme high blood pressure. Avg. 220/123, accompanied by chest pain in my upper left size of my chest. This pain does not move. I have been put in the hospital 3 times within these 3 months. I get stress tests, ultrasounds, X-rays and blood work. All tests says I am not having a heart attack, but with my blood pressure being high it is making my left side of my heart to struggle and causing my heart walls to thicken..
When a person has heart disease, the blood pressure needs to remain low. Your mom's blood pressure is not too low. As her blood builds back to where it should be, she may see an increase in her blood pressure. The main thing with heart disease is to keep the pressure down. Normal for an average person is 120/72. Doctors usually want it lower in people with heart disease. Her medications are needed to help her live a longer lifespan.
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I am a male 40 years old, 6'0 275lbs being treated for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I do not smoke and I exercise moderately 4 times a week. Besides the exercise, I have a desk job 5 days a week getting little other exercise. Someone suggested that I consider a inner imaging screening (EBT Hart scan). I am on Lipitor and Vytorin. Recent blood work revealed cholesterol at 118 but CPK at 205 also I have been experiencing lower back pain.
My mother is diagnose with unstable angina a month a ago and the doctor asked us to monitor her blood pressure since she is discharged from the hospital her blood pressure is always normal but there are sometimes that her bp is 100/50 and last day her bp is 120/40 she is 71 years old and taking medications such as norvasc. lipitor,aspirin, imdur or ISMN and losartan. Please help me is it normal for her age? Thank you...
I am a patient, not a doctor, but due to high blood fats, I have been prescribed a number of different statins such as lipitor, and I am among the unfortunate people who always develop muscle pains in the arms, shoulders, and back on these drugs.
You might want to ask your MD about this, as it might relate to your back pain.
iv had 9 doctors already - not one of them knew the real cause of high blood pressure ,or what caused the spikes I had. Iv talked to meny natural health people about h.b.p , they say they know the reason for it, and cause of it ? well I was sold 3 $$$ items natural meds to take daily
to bring down b.p. I got sick from the stuff - b.p didnt drop at all .
worse part, I called the store and the person who sold the bag of goods
was gone ! talk is cheap ! I learned again ..
I was on lipitor was many years but no doctor ever checked my blood. Last year I went off of this med because when I was hospitalized for something else they discovered that my liver enzymes were high. I'm still off lipitor and my enzymes flutuate from high normal to high. I'm wondering if the lipitor did damage to my liver. Also, I have some neurological issues which includes my muscles. Am wondering if the lipitor caused this. My total cholesteral is 226 and my LDL is 79.
Hi, I have same problem with good diet I have total 265, and LDL 196 my doctor prescribe me Lovastatin reduce the risk of heart attack, blood vessel blockage or chest pain. When i took lipitor my cholesterol went up Also I take turmeric, garlic,avoid stress.
May you explain what is stains affect liver? perhaps I have same problem doctor do not say me nothing about causes of h. cholesterol.
Supplementing with Coenzyme Q10 has been shown in studies to decrease blood pressure slightly in those with high blood pressure. It has also been studied for slowing dementia, and reducing angina, symptoms associated with heart failure and other symptoms associated with heart -related illnesses.
I recommend Coen Q10 to all patients with cardiac disease regardless of the presence of myopathy, because I have seen significant benefit in my practice patients.
The safety profile is very good.
Lipitor (atorvastatin) is a high-intensity statin and is prescribed to lower cholesterol levels in the blood.
There are alternatives for Lipitor that may not show this side-effect. (i.e. rosuvastatin=Crestor)
My advice is to contact the cardiologist ask ask him/her if it is possible to switch to an alternative.
1) do the variance in the test results in such short span of time make sense?
2) Should i stop the medication or drop the dosage?
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