Posted by gilbert on June 21, 2001, at 18:16:50
In reply to Re: Orthostatic hypotension in teens - common?, posted by Noa on June 21, 2001, at 15:46:03
Grapes,
I tried luvox again just to make sure it was as awfull as I thought......it was........yuuuuucccck.
I take blood pressure meds and have researched this quite a bit.....I am a little hypervigilant about my health so here goes...Systolic readings under 100 and diastolic readings under 60 are usually considered low blood pressure. The big issue is pulse. If the pulse is slowed by meds and the pressure gets low you get problems. If one of your meds is artificially slowing your heart rate and keeping your bp down that combination can cause trouble. One of the first drugs I took for BP was Cardizem...a calcium channel blocker that slows down the heart rate and lowers bp. I would run into trouble on days I exercised because my post exercise bp plus the med effect would give me low blood pressure problems. Now granted my resting pulse is 49 because I run 25 miles per week. Put me on a beta blocker or cardizem and my pulse goes to 42. I am currently on zestril an ace inhibitor. My blood pressure readings are the same as Cardizem but my pulse is almost always 10 beats higher around 52 to 55. I have no symtoms of low blood pressure. My readings will fall on exercise days but my pulse compensates by going higher. Check your pulse....if your klonopin is keeping it slow along with blood pressure drops you will feel like crap. One last note eat many small meals throughout the day low blood pressure plus a dose of low blood sugar will scare the hell out of you.
Good Luck
Your benzo buddy
Gil
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