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High BP, Chest Pain, Anxiety. On Bystolic, Hercepton, Adryomycin. Help?
My blood pressure has been creeping a bit higher lately 125/90...both my parents a nd my three siblings all take hypertension medicatiions. I had previously been taking bystolic 10 mg to help my heart due to a low ejection fraction. I had breast cancer 11/09, and the adryomycin and hercepton that was administered as part of my treatment. Yesterday I started taking the bystolic as therapy for my bp. This morning I felt like i was having an anxiety attack..I was upset, crying and my chest was throbbing...after work I took my bloodpressure at the drugstore and it was 158/82.. why is it suddenly so high? I also take concerta 27 mg effexor 150 mg. thank you
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
Hi,
Having chest pain is always an ominous sign. Your chest pain could have been due to anxiety or it could have been a heart attack or an arrhythmia. Some of your medications may cause arrhythmia like bystolic though it is rare. Thus, what you need to do is to get an ECG done by a cardiologist so that he is able to tell you exactly what is wrong. I wish you the best.
Dr Vineet
Having chest pain is always an ominous sign. Your chest pain could have been due to anxiety or it could have been a heart attack or an arrhythmia. Some of your medications may cause arrhythmia like bystolic though it is rare. Thus, what you need to do is to get an ECG done by a cardiologist so that he is able to tell you exactly what is wrong. I wish you the best.
Dr Vineet
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