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What Does BP Level Of 116/59 Indicate?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... Hi! I started feeling light headed and queasy. I checked my BP and it is 116/59. I am on Bystolic 5mg. and Benicar 40mg. daily. This is not the first time I have experienced this feeling since being on these medications. Do you think my BP is too low? Maybe too low for me?
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Welcome to HCM.
Your BP of 116/59 is optimal and should not cause you these symptoms. Medications in the group of Bystolic also have an additional beneficial effect of lowering the heart rate. But in some percentage of population, the heart rate becomes too low with these medications. Hence I advice you to check tour heart rate and do a ECG. If the heart rate boh manually and on ECG are lower than 55 bystolic should be stopped and substituted for another medication.
If heart rate is greater than 55 per minute then you must record you BP regularly to see if it drops too low. If BP remains low then bystolic can be speed.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
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What Does BP Level Of 116/59 Indicate?

Hello Welcome to HCM. Your BP of 116/59 is optimal and should not cause you these symptoms. Medications in the group of Bystolic also have an additional beneficial effect of lowering the heart rate. But in some percentage of population, the heart rate becomes too low with these medications. Hence I advice you to check tour heart rate and do a ECG. If the heart rate boh manually and on ECG are lower than 55 bystolic should be stopped and substituted for another medication. If heart rate is greater than 55 per minute then you must record you BP regularly to see if it drops too low. If BP remains low then bystolic can be speed. Wishing you good health. Regards