When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need the drug interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is to say, i need to take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta-blocker. Without the drug interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker 'taken alone' is quite ineffective. Wonder why? THX FP
[email protected] (francispoon) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive > medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need the drug > interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is to say, i need to > take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta-blocker. Without the drug > interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker 'taken alone' is quite ineffective. > > Wonder why? My guess is because you are older (and heavier). > THX You are welcome. Humbly, Andrew -- Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Board-Certified Cardiologist http://www.heartmdphd.com
[email protected] (Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > [email protected] (francispoon) wrote in message > news:<[email protected]>... > > When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive > > medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need the > > drug interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is to say, i > > need to take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta-blocker. Without > > the drug interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker 'taken alone' is quite > > ineffective. > > > > Wonder why? > > My guess is because you are older (and heavier). Next question. I am taking 10mg of Zestril and 25 mg of hydrochloridethiazide. My bp is around 120-140//80- 90, depending on the amount of sleep, weather, etc.. But i have experienced that my diurectics does have the impact of moving the ringing in my left ear to the middle of my head and thus i want to get rid of it. Question: Will ACE inhibitor interact with say a calcium channel blocker like Plendil and produce an effective combination? Thanks, FP ===========================> > > THX > > You are welcome. > > Humbly, > > Andrew
francispoon wrote: > [email protected] (Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD) wrote in message > news:<[email protected]>... > > [email protected] (francispoon) wrote in message > > news:<[email protected]>... > > > When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive > > > medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need the > > > drug interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is to say, i > > > need to take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta-blocker. > > > Without the drug interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker 'taken alone' is > > > quite ineffective. > > > > > > Wonder why? > > > > My guess is because you are older (and heavier). > > Next question. I am taking 10mg of Zestril and 25 mg of hydrochloridethiazide. My bp is around 120-140//80- > 90, depending on the amount of sleep, weather, etc.. But i have experienced that my diurectics > does have the impact of moving the ringing in my left ear to the middle of my head and thus i want > to get rid of it. > I suspect that the diuretics are causing tinnitus to also happen in your right ear thereby giving you the "stereo" effect. > > Question: Will ACE inhibitor interact with say a calcium channel blocker like Plendil and produce > an effective combination? > Possibly. This is something that can only be empirically determined from one person to the next. > > Thanks, You are welcome. Humbly, Andrew -- Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Board-Certified Cardiologist http://www.heartmdphd.com/
"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > francispoon wrote: > > > [email protected] (Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD) wrote in message > > news:<[email protected]>... > > > [email protected] (francispoon) wrote in message > > > news:<[email protected]>... > > > > When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive > > > > medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need the > > > > drug interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is to say, > > > > i need to take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta-blocker. > > > > Without the drug interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker 'taken alone' > > > > is quite ineffective. > > > > > > > > Wonder why? > > > > > > My guess is because you are older (and heavier). > > > > Next question. I am taking 10mg of Zestril and 25 mg of hydrochloridethiazide. My bp is around > > 120-140//80-90, depending on the amount of sleep, weather, etc.. But i have experienced that my > > diurectics does have the impact of moving the ringing in my left ear to the middle of my head > > and thus i want to get rid of it. > > > > I suspect that the diuretics are causing tinnitus to also happen in your right ear thereby giving > you the "stereo" effect. I will try to get rid of it for a while and see what the possible impact is. I developed T at the same time when diurectics was introduced. Thank you so much, FP -------------------------------------- > > > > > Question: Will ACE inhibitor interact with say a calcium channel blocker like Plendil and > > produce an effective combination? > > > > Possibly. This is something that can only be empirically determined from one person to the next. > > > > > Thanks, > > You are welcome. > > Humbly, > > Andrew
francispoon wrote: > "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:<[email protected]>... > > francispoon wrote: > > > > > [email protected] (Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD) wrote in message > > > news:<[email protected]>... > > > > [email protected] (francispoon) wrote in message > > > > news:<[email protected]>... > > > > > When i was much younger, i was able to manage my bp with almost any kind of hypertensive > > > > > medication. A few months ago, it took me a great deal of pain to be educated that i need > > > > > the drug interaction between various kinds of pills to have my bp under control. That is > > > > > to say, i need to take ACE inhibitor with diurectics OR calcium channel blocker with beta- > > > > > blocker. Without the drug interaction, either ACE inhibitor or calcium channel blocker > > > > > 'taken alone' is quite ineffective. > > > > > > > > > > Wonder why? > > > > > > > > My guess is because you are older (and heavier). > > > > > > Next question. I am taking 10mg of Zestril and 25 mg of hydrochloridethiazide. My bp is around > > > 120-140//80-90, depending on the amount of sleep, weather, etc.. But i have experienced that > > > my diurectics does have the impact of moving the ringing in my left ear to the middle of my > > > head and thus i want to get rid of it. > > > > > > > I suspect that the diuretics are causing tinnitus to also happen in your right ear thereby > > giving you the "stereo" effect. > > I will try to get rid of it for a while and see what the possible impact is. I developed T at the > same time when diurectics was introduced. > > Thank you so much, You are welcome Humbly, Andrew -- Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Board-Certified Cardiologist http://www.heartmdphd.com/
