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Does Advil Increase Your Blood Pressure?

Q: Does Advil usually increase one’s blood pressure?

A: Advil is in the class of drugs known as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. This type of drug can cause an increase in blood pressure. Blood pressure typically returns back to baseline when the drug...

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Is There a Link Between High Blood Pressure and Thyroid Hormone Replacement Drugs?

Q: Is there a link between high blood pressure and thyroid hormone replacement drugs?

A: Yes, with excessive thyroid replacement a person’s blood pressure can go up.  This is one of the reasons blood pressure levels are periodically checked on people taking thyroid.  Certain foods and...

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Is the Increase of My Medication Causing My Blood Pressure to Rise?

Q: I am 56yr old female who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 9 years ago. I was given 150mg Venlafexine for depression and then about 6 months ago it was increased to 300mg daily. I have a gut feeling that the increase of this drug...

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Small White Patches as a Side Effect.

Q: My wife is taking Almetic plus one tablet daily for the last 3 months. She has normal blood pressure with this medicine like 120/80. But for the last few days she observed white small patches all over her body. Do we say it a...

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No Longer Able to Afford Blood Pressure Medications.

Q: I’m a caregiver for seniors and people with disabilities. My patient/friend passed away so I don’t have insurance, and wont be getting my medicine anymore. Can Ii take something over the counter or is there something I could take naturally?

A: Tell your doctor you...

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Heart Palpatations from Blood Pressure Medications.

Q: I have been taking 50 mgs of atenolol for years plus Losartan/hctz.. 100mgs-25mg 1tab daily..I have heart palpitations now. I am very concerned. Do my blood pressure medications cause heart palpitations?

A: The blood pressure medicine losartan (Cozaar) can cause heart palpitations and other forms...

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Coversyl Lowering the Diastolic Number, but Not Systolic.

Q: I am on coversyl 8mg and amlopine 2.5 per day. With this my blood pressure came down low to 116/72 range. I was advised to reduce the dose to alternate days. With that reduction the BP is odd at 138/66 to 142/70. The systolic...

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Feelings of Paranoia from Blood Pressure Medications.

Q: I retired and since then I have diagnosied as having high blood pressure. My general practitioner has prescribed me Candesartan 16 mg and bumetanide 1 mg in the mornings. I find that I am having paranoiac thoughts and also occasional aches. Is this to...

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Side effects of pretrax.

Q: What are the side effects of useing pretrax for high blood pressure?

A: Pretrax is a drug that is not prescribed in the United States. I believe it is another name for Coverysl Plus which is available in Canada and the United Kingdom....

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The best time to take blood pressure medication.

Q: I take Ramipril and Benroflumethazide for high blood pressure. As I have read that most heart attacks and strokes happen at night or early morning, I take the endrofluzide in the morning and the Ramipril at 6pm. At a recent admission to hospital the...

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