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High BP With Dizziness, Chest And Arm Pain, Throat Tightening, Advised Stopping Bendro, Prescribed Betahistime Hydrochloride. Will It Help?
Hi I ve been on lisinopril 20 mg for a few years now and the last year my bp has been going up to the point where I m dizzy and suffer confusion and left arm pain . Last week my doctor tried me on bendro 2.5 and since then I ve have worse chest and arm pain occasional throat tightening, .when I went back to doc yesterday I saw a different doctor who said to stop the bendro for a week and take betahistime hydrochloride for dizziness , surely this won t help my bp and only mask it when it raises, I am an ex smoker and 52 yr old female
Wed, 17 Jul 2013
Dear patient,
It is of utmost importance to get your blood pressure under control somehow, since it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. It seems that you did not tolerate the Bendro; luckily, we have at least 5 or 6 families of blood pressure medications that can be tried, including other diuretics, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. Please discuss these other alternatives with your doctors.
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
It is of utmost importance to get your blood pressure under control somehow, since it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. It seems that you did not tolerate the Bendro; luckily, we have at least 5 or 6 families of blood pressure medications that can be tried, including other diuretics, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. Please discuss these other alternatives with your doctors.
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
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