I was just diagnosed and given 10 mg linisopril. Bad reaction to it (alleged mental status, more than normal, heh!) and a pretty obvious rash. Now on 25mg of metopolol.
Sorry to hear about your bad reaction. Suckaroos having to take any meds. Hope the metopolol is a better fit for you.
I was walking around with very high BP and didnt know it until I went to the ER in 2011 for a kidney stone and they discovered it. Confirmed later on with a visit to the doc. The lisinopril low dose works ok for me— who needs a stroke or a heart attack. Any of you FReeps out there who haven’t had your BP checked in awhile please do it.
I don’t understand blood pressure meds and wouldn’t take them. They mask whatever is causing the high blood pressure. What if you drank coconut water (highest potassium in a food) all day and walked and stood a lot more?
The heart doc just has me on Trimeterine/HCTZ water pill. Pain drives my BP more than any other thing does. And I live in level 8-9 pain due to totally degenerative back and Osteoporosis and OA. When I reach puke level it’s time to break out the pain pills for a day or two.
Had a bad reaction to 25mg of metopolol...rash...HIVES! Took a round of Predisone to undo the damage.