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Suggest Treatment For High BP, Dizziness And Hot Flashes

Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2016

Question: just turned 59 2 years ago had pulmonary heart failure 6 months ago had a stint placed around the shoulder of right arm, my hand had turned black over night the stint seemed to take care of the problem. I’ve had high blood pressure for the last 8 or 10 years, my primary had me on 8 or 9 type’s of statin drugs witch seemed to help my blood pressure but i had no energy and musle ache’s all the time, then i started researching about statin drugs and from what i surmised was that statin drugs would probably kill me before my heart would, so i weened myself off them totally, now when they placed the stint in me, they prescribed losartan potassium 25 mg for twce a day for my blood pressure, and i’ve changed my diet quite a bit, everything seemed to be doing good, but lately i have a constant ringing in my ears, twice about 5 days apart the ringing got extremely load followed by bad dizziness and hot flash with a lot of perspiration both times lasted about 20 minutes I’ve also had two or 3 dizzy spell’s where i had to stop what i was doing and sit down till they were over, also two weeks worth of headache’s mostly in the evenings around the left temple area, i don’t usually have a problem with headache’s. Thank you for any thoughts or idea’s you can share with me,

Answered by Dr. Albana Sejdini (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Spikes in blood pressure&low blood sugar levels to rule out...

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,

I have gone through your medical history carefully and understood your concerns.

Your case:
- 59 years old male
- personal history of pulmonary heart failure (2 years ago); stent placed (6 months ago); high blood pressure (over 10 years) currently treated with losartan potassium 25 mg twice daily
- already weaned off statins due to muscle problems
- current symptoms: headache in the evenings especially around left temple area

Now, taking into account your personal history of high blood pressure (bp), before running into final conclusions, I want to rule out spikes in blood pressure. Please measure your bp daily and especially when headache starts, record the results for future reference.
Perhaps you might need to adjust the dosage of losartan or add any other medication.

Next, get your blood sugar levels checked too to rule out hypoglycemia (low levels). Have your meals regularly, do not skip any; have small and frequent meals.

Keep well hydrated with drinking lots of water. Be careful with salt in your diet (do not overpass).

Let me know the results of your blood pressure measurement for a more specific advice.
Dr.Albana

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