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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Lupus / May 2004Problems again? with?
Hi folks. Yep it is me AGAIN. I am kinda sick of this crap for sure. As you all know, I am now on imuran 100mg now since March. ALL of a sudden the last week, since going to the full 100mg or imuran, I am noticing dizzy spells, as well as light headedness and just plain weakness all over. Like I can not lift my arms and legs. UNUSUAL for me tee hee Well my bp was 121/60 at the time, and I am on 3 bp pills to say the least. So called rheumy. Now she says LOWER the imuran to 50mg and see. I did that for 2 days and still am having problems like the above but been taking the bp and LOW and behold it is sometimes in the 90/60 and sometimes 140/ 80 but that is rarely. Most time it is 110/60 with a low pulse . so out of the blue my heart doc calls and says my OLD bp monitor says I may need MORE medication. I said absolutely NO NO NO. I told them what was going on and she is thinking it is the imuran making the bp low. Rheumy is thinking imuran is making me feel funny. BP is low and I am thinking they want me on more meds? Well that was friday and neither doc is in. So I am checking my bp myself and doing what I feel is right. NO one else will, or I will pass right out on them. I went back up on imuran to 75, did a recheck on bp and am keeping tabs. at night it is 118/60 and I am to take another bp med. What the hey is going on. I know imuran can lower bp, so anyone have problems with this? BJ? who else? I am on too much meds and being a nurse, I told hubby I would like to shove them all down the sink. YOU guys thought I was going to say Shove ....... didn't you ? I do feel that they are messing around with me too much. Esp with this bp thingy. man oh man help me figure this one out. Plus I am going to their offices come Monday for sure. list in hand thanks for letting me vent. janers Hugs Janers... Cindy (hugs Janers, seems like a few of you have this BP problem). Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will reply ( ( ( Janers ) ) ) J Oh Janers...biggest hugs your way. I'm right there with you. For BP, I take procardia, tenormin, and clonidine. The clonidine is three times a day, and it pounds me. I take 21 meds altogether. My endocrinologist sat me down last week and told me that I had to get rid of some of these. Okay with me, I say, but the nephrologist is in control. He said that I need to have a long talk with neph soon. I feel for you so much. Big, Big hugs your way. Wes > Hi folks. Yep it is me AGAIN. I am kinda sick of this crap for sure. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > janers I know very little about BP but I know low is better than high. Would a cup of coffee help raise it a bit if it drops too low? Bev > Hi folks. Yep it is me AGAIN. I am kinda sick of this crap for sure. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > janers They're fairly tolerant of low blood pressure, as long as you're not feeling faint, especially in smallish females.... it's sudden drops they don't like; consistently low bp is tolerable.....or so I've experienced... G. > I know very little about BP but I know low is better than high. Would a cup > of coffee help raise it a bit if it drops too low? [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > > > janers I second that. I have consistently low BP - 90/60 and a pulse that has dipped into the high 30's when I was my most ill (most of the time it is in the 50's). I think you are right that when a person has high BP and then it drops low and goes back and forth they are more concerned. I wasn't allowed out of the hospital once for awhile because of BP and pulse issues like that. I hope they figure it out!!! Stephanie > They're fairly tolerant of low blood pressure, as long as you're not feeling > faint, especially in smallish females.... it's sudden drops they don't like; [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > > > > > janers Hi Janers, I had to read your post a couple of times, and am still not sure I have everything straight in my mind. Forgive me if I sound Duh, with what I have to offer. I always have had very low BP, even before my Imuran days. A pressure of 90/60 would not be all that ususual for me. My diastolic is often well below 60. A pressure of 110/52 would be about what I would expect. I am not on any bp meds, so this is normal for me. Sometime I do feel light headed and a bit staggery though. Imuran can lower your bp, but I doubt I would reduce the dosage because of that. Your bp was still low, even when you cut back on the Imuran---right? I would be more inclined to lower the amount of bp med. (with doc okay) Maybe it is the combo of Imuran/bp med that is the culprid. You may not need as much of the latter, if on Imuran. Does that make any sense to you? As I said, I may not be totally clear on your problem, so correct me if I am wrong in my understanding. BJ-Sk. Canada > Hi folks. Yep it is me AGAIN. I am kinda sick of this crap for sure. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > janers I wish I had that!!!!!!!! Darn I run high. I would just keep a log of what it is running over the next two days and call your dr back. I would take it three to five times a day and write it down. You might be having spells of low bp at certain times of the day. This will help your dr to know how to change your bp meds. HUGS and hang in there...... RhondaM > Hi folks. Yep it is me AGAIN. I am kinda sick of this crap for sure. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > janers Hi Janers, My sister had almost the opposite problem while on Imuran. Her pulse went up to 180 a couple of hours every time she took Imuran (don't know about bp). Her doc said it was a very rare side effect, but that she wasn't allowed to continue Imuran. Instead she was put on 6-MP, which is related to Imuran. Don't know if any of this pertains to low bp as well, though, since it's not bad like high bp and high pulse are. Nina |
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