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What Causes BP Variations After Having Hydralazine?

my blood pressure jumped down from 185/95 to 130/75
after I took my meds Cadivalol, hydralazine,lisinirpil within 1 hour
Every time it goes down like that,i feel strange-- strange feelings in my heart, somekind of shortness of breath. Is this normal to expect with this kind of BP jumps?
Thu, 25 Aug 2016
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to Health Care Magic, I am Dr Asad Riaz, I have closely read your question and I understand your concerns, I will hereby guide you regarding your health related problem.
All drugs can be used to control BP , these all have different mechanism that causing decrease in BP like carvedilol causing slowing of heart rate n contraction of heart mainly , hydrazine causing vessel to dilate while lisinopril cause to Dec factors causes vasoconstriction m also Dec fluid retention which also inc BP .. normally BP shouldn't Dec so rapidly Bcs this can lead to some serious complication like ishchmeic stroke.. Bcs sudden drop in BP n also vasodilation may cause pulmonary congestion which may cause shortness of breath .. if u were patient I would like to stop ur hydralazine n also ask u to monitor BP at home n then optimise ur treatment accordingly
I hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask.

Regards.

Dr.Asad Riaz.
General and Family Physician..
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What Causes BP Variations After Having Hydralazine?

Hi, Thanks for writing to Health Care Magic, I am Dr Asad Riaz, I have closely read your question and I understand your concerns, I will hereby guide you regarding your health related problem. All drugs can be used to control BP , these all have different mechanism that causing decrease in BP like carvedilol causing slowing of heart rate n contraction of heart mainly , hydrazine causing vessel to dilate while lisinopril cause to Dec factors causes vasoconstriction m also Dec fluid retention which also inc BP .. normally BP shouldn t Dec so rapidly Bcs this can lead to some serious complication like ishchmeic stroke.. Bcs sudden drop in BP n also vasodilation may cause pulmonary congestion which may cause shortness of breath .. if u were patient I would like to stop ur hydralazine n also ask u to monitor BP at home n then optimise ur treatment accordingly I hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask. Regards. Dr.Asad Riaz. General and Family Physician..