High Blood Pressure

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Julie T Jul 2011 7:57pm, 1 Jul 2011 41 posts	0 Julie T Has anyone been prescribed high blood pressure medication? Have there been any side effects or affect on training?
JohnnyO Jul 2011 8:16pm, 1 Jul 2011 9,373 posts	0 JohnnyO The effect depends on the type of medication. Beta blockers and some others will limit your maximum cardiac output. Many others will have very little effect at all.
Julie T Jul 2011 8:29pm, 1 Jul 2011 42 posts	0 Julie T Thanks - I've been resisting the whole medication thing for years but they have finally caught up with me and I am having an ECG on Friday - beta blockers have been mentioned. Thing is my blood pressure is all over the place - fine sometimes and high others - not at all consistent.
JohnnyO Jul 2011 8:41pm, 1 Jul 2011 9,374 posts	0 JohnnyO I am sure one of the GPs, or the Hippo will be able to give you better advice than me, but the newer beta blockers are, as far as I know, better. Beta blockade is often recommended for younger hypertensive types, but is not necessarily the only option, and a good GP should be able to discuss your concerns and fit any proposed medication to your needs.
plodding hippo Jul 2011 7:45am, 2 Jul 2011 35,471 posts	0 plodding hippo Julie T the new hypertension guidelines state that you should have ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to confirm the high blood pressure9thats a litte blood pressure macjine to wear for 24 hours) If you do, then you should be give either an ACE inhibitor(some people get a cough with this), or an angiotensin 2 receptor blocker None of those have any effect ontraining beta blockers are no longer recommended as first line AT LAST!!!!!!!!!! (does rain dance)
Alamo Jul 2011 8:02am, 2 Jul 2011 5 posts	0 Alamo I've been on all sorts of different blood pressure pills for years and not really noticed any effect - either on the runing or the blood pressure. Statins however are a diferent story...!
GlennR Jul 2011 9:09am, 5 Jul 2011 2,384 posts	0 GlennR What happened with the Statins Alamo? I've been on Simvastatin for years without really noticing anything.
GlennR Jul 2011 9:14am, 5 Jul 2011 2,385 posts	0 GlennR I've just started on Losartan, having been on Candesartan for some time. In fact I've had a break between the two, we were curious to see if there was still an underlying problem following a weight loss of about 3 stone over the years, but my diastolic is still just the wrong side of 90 mmHg.
Black Cat Jul 2011 9:36am, 5 Jul 2011 2,230 posts	0 Black Cat I've been on 3 types of medication for about 3 years now and haven't noticed any problems with side effects or training.
Alamo Jul 2011 8:38am, 6 Jul 2011 6 posts	0 Alamo Glenn - I was getting sore aching quads after a couple of miles running and no amount of training or massages seemed to improve the situation. I read that aching muscles can be a side effect with some statins so stopped taking the the pills and the problem went away, well eased anyway. Still taking the BP pills though.