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Can Candesartan Cause Chronic Cough?
Question: Hi I have just recently been diagnosed with very high blood pressure and I have just started taking medication I have a cough and have been feeling hot and cold and sometimes feel as if my heart is racing
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Can you please tell me the blood pressure medication name and dosage?
If the medication is in the family of "ACE inhibitors", they can cause a cough and it might not go away without a change to a different class of blood pressure lowering medication.
Your heart racing is not good, and you may need either a different class of medication for your blood pressure, or a lower dose.
Could you please provide the following:
1. Name of medication
2. Doseage
3. When you started it
4. Can you check your pulse (and blood pressure if possible) and let me know what these are?
5. Are your symptoms of heart racing worse after you stand up or have been standing for awhile, versus when you are sitting or laying down?
Question so that I can answer
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Can you please tell me the blood pressure medication name and dosage?
If the medication is in the family of "ACE inhibitors", they can cause a cough and it might not go away without a change to a different class of blood pressure lowering medication.
Your heart racing is not good, and you may need either a different class of medication for your blood pressure, or a lower dose.
Could you please provide the following:
1. Name of medication
2. Doseage
3. When you started it
4. Can you check your pulse (and blood pressure if possible) and let me know what these are?
5. Are your symptoms of heart racing worse after you stand up or have been standing for awhile, versus when you are sitting or laying down?
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Not sure of the medication its at home something like candersarten / h. 16mg/12.5mg started taking it tuesday was on candersarten cl 8mg
I used an app and its 102bpm was 87bpm earlier
I used an app and its 102bpm was 87bpm earlier
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Detailed Answer:
Candesartan is in the family of ACE inhibitors that I mentioned can cause a chronic cough. Perhaps at the lower dose it wasn't enough to cause a cough for you.
I am concerned about the racing heart (pulse should be less than 100) and other symptoms. I recommend that you call your doctor to report these symptoms now. You may need either a lower dose in combination with another blood pressure medication or an entirely different medication altogether.
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Detailed Answer:
Candesartan is in the family of ACE inhibitors that I mentioned can cause a chronic cough. Perhaps at the lower dose it wasn't enough to cause a cough for you.
I am concerned about the racing heart (pulse should be less than 100) and other symptoms. I recommend that you call your doctor to report these symptoms now. You may need either a lower dose in combination with another blood pressure medication or an entirely different medication altogether.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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