HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE treatment

What do other patients take for HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

iGuard.org has more than 101,510 users on treatment for HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat high blood pressure from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class)	% of Patients	Average Risk Rating	Generic	Patient-reported Severity
Prinivil	16 %		YES
Toprol	13 %		YES
Norvasc	10 %		YES
Hydrochlorothiazide	10 %		YES
Tenormin	9 %		YES
Diovan	8 %		NO
Benicar	< 5 %		PENDING
Lotrel	< 5 %		YES
Diovan HCT	< 5 %		NO
Cozaar	< 5 %		PENDING
Coreg	< 5 %		YES
Avapro	< 5 %		NO
Catapres	< 5 %		YES
Vasotec	< 5 %		YES
Cozaar	< 5 %		PENDING
Altace	< 5 %		YES
Cardizem	< 5 %		YES
Verelan	< 5 %		YES
Avalide	< 5 %		PENDING
Dyazide	< 5 %		YES
Accupril	< 5 %		YES
Caduet	< 1 %		NO
Lotensin	< 1 %		YES
Atacand	< 1 %		PENDING
Inderal	< 1 %		YES
Micardis	< 1 %		PENDING
Procardia	< 1 %		YES
Plendil	< 1 %		YES
Lasix	< 1 %		YES
Dyrenium	< 1 %		NO
Hytrin	< 1 %		YES
Aldactone	< 1 %		YES
Isosorbide	< 1 %		YES

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.

EXAMPLE:

16 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE regularly use Lisinopril as part of their treatment.

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43 yr old female taking Lisinopril,Clonidine and Norvacs. Recently taken off norvacs and put on a Beta Blocker called Bystolic. And that was the biggest mistake, within 5 days my whole face swell up so bad it affected my hearing. I was swollen behind the ears, and neck. Scared me so bad. They've been over a year trying to get my pressure down. Im in the trying stages of meds. A normal pressure reading for me 160/97. i'm 5"6 and i weigh 130lb. I had to be falt lined about a year and a half ago but they havent given up on me yet. Any suggestions on what i should try next. And oh yea the norvacs made blothces light and dark on my face

43 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-18 15:42:29 Rating:

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Has anyone heard of a blood pressure medicine making their skin blotchy? I have been taking Maxzide for over 15 years and my face is different shades. My face is lighter on the nose and cheeks, but darker on the forehead, outer cheeks near my ears and my chin. It looks like an hour glass. One of the precautions is to stay out of direct sunlight which I try to do. Please let me know if anyone has heard about this and what can be done to fix it.

female-53 years old

53 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-09 10:23:45 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

i take amlodipine, lisinoprill, atenolol, and notice shadess differ on the face and direct sun-light renders me useless. no matter how much i watch my food intake of sodium and choleterol, i continue to experience the headaches associated with high blood.

58 year old male
Posted: 2008-10-27 15:01:56 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

Hi there, I don't have the problem you are having, but when I read your post it reminded me about the time the Dr. put me on Norvasc. My husband takes it everyday and handles it well. He put me on it and it sent me to the emergency room with a full body rash. Not just a little rash either, big itchy, hot rash. I told the dr. when I was in his office I had heard bad things about it, and like always they poo poo'd me, it's all in my head. No, now its all over my body.
I also lake Lisinopril and metropolol, I seem to get along fine with those. I also take Hytrin. I just started on it. my bp was around 130/75,for a long time, the doc didn't like it, so he started me on Hytrin. Now my bp is 115/60.

54 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-14 10:57:15 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I took lisinoprel for 5 years, my potassium got higher and higher.I went to a new doc and first thing he took me off lisinoprel. within 3 weeks my potassiun dropped too low and he put me on potassium supplement. I am 43 type 1 diabetes and take 11 blood pressure pills a day right now. It is finally controlled.

43 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-23 21:09:38 Rating:

Question/Comment:

Thats interesting that you say that lisinopril raises your potassium level, because my blood work came back with exactly that. Ive been a bit nervous.

32 year old male
Posted: 2008-09-05 13:23:20 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I USE ATENOL/CHLOR,LASIX&KLOR-CON M20 FOR FOUR MONTHS THE LOWEST MY BP WILL GET IS 139/99.YESTERDAY IT WAS 159/101

41 year old female
Posted: 2008-08-14 08:22:07 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

I have been taking blood pressure medicines for 35 + years. Couldn't get the pressure down to near normal until my nephrologist put me on Diovan/hct, Pendil, and Coreg.
Finally my pressure is normal and sometimes below 120/80. My last reading was 110/67.

Try different drugs until you get the results you want.
Also you must exercise! I am 71 years old and female.

71 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-26 15:04:38 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

That is way to high!

53 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-20 00:05:05 Rating:

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