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What Are The Side Effects Of Losartan When Suffering From Parkinson's Disease?
Question: I have been on Losart HCTZ for over 3 years. I found out that I have Parkinson's disease at the same time. My doctor just changed my med to losartan 100'without telling me me. I am also on drugs that it has a reaction with. I will call my doctor when the office opens up. I just wanted to hear what you have to say.
Brief Answer:
losart HCTZ is a combination drug
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Losartan is a member of the ARB family of high blood pressure medication.
It can be used on its own for high blood pressure or heart failure or combined with other medications such HCTZ- an example would be the losart HCTZ you were using previously.
The side effect profile of the losartan would be similar to the losart HCTZ. There may be fewer side effects because ,the HCTZ aspect of the combination is not present so there would be no side effects related to HCTZ.
You would need to find out why your doctor stopped the HCTZ part of the drug. In some persons , diuretics such as HCTZ are discontinued if blood tests reveal problems with some electrolyte levels.
If your blood pressure was dipping to low, he may have opted to discontinue the HCTZ rather than the losartan.
He would be able to give you the specific reason.
Summary: losart HCTZ is a combination of losartan and HCTZ
The side effect profile should be similar
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
So you are telling me that it is usually the way the doctor should do when my blood pressure dipped to 116/59?
Brief Answer:
likely the reason
Detailed Answer:
HI
If the decrease in blood pressure was associated with any symptoms (dizziness, feeling weak , shortness of breath), then he would have needed to adjust your medication to bring it up.
If you did not have any symptoms with this blood pressure then it was not necessary for the medication to be altered because this blood is fine for some persons.
Normal blood pressure is a systolic of less than 120 and a diastolic of less than 80.
A person may consider their normal blood pressure to be 100/50- they may not have any problems at these numbers whereas another person would feel unwell.
Please feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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