Blood pressure

searley said:

When I started ramipril I did a lot of outside shooting and I felt the eye issues within day, and it stopped as quick after I stopped taking it

Back then wore glasses while shooting and that actually made the issue worse as the wind blew sideways across the eye which was more uncomfortable

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Lainie71 said:

Well for me there was nothing major. I was feeling dizzy anyway but I didn't feel any worse than I did already if you know what I mean. Thinking back I started on Ramipril and found it didn't suit me as my BP was not going down and I had a dry cough, bit of blurry vision but that could have been the Diabetes. I went on to Candesartan which suited me better at the time. Is there anyone at the surgery you could speak to to settle your worries, easier said than done I know but you may find if one bp med doesn't suit you, you could try a different one there are lots out there. Anxiety can play havoc, the first thing I would and still do is read the contradictions in the packet, just the worse thing for anyone with anxieties.

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Melgar said:

My brother was on Ramipril, but he had to come off it due to coughing, which is a known side-effect. He went on Candesartan and has been on it ever since with no issues at all. I'm fine on Ramipril.

We both have a form of monogenic hypertension, a gift from our mom. I also have bouts of low potassium, which sends my heart rate flying. I've had to drink a potassium supplement in the past at hospital when my heart rate went to around 180 bpm.

Exercise hasn't made any real difference to my BP. I do the equivalent of three marathons a week.

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mack76 said:

Thanks I think going to try in the morning

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Annb said:

I've been on Ramipril for about 3 years, plus Candesartan for the last few months. On the Ramipril my BP came down from very high levels to about 170/80 and the Candesartan brought it down to the 160/65 level. No side effects from either of them. I do retain a lot of fluid still and have been on diuretics to try to deal with that. They, however, seem to have damaged my kidneys and I have had to reduce them to one Furosemide a day. Since then BP has dropped to 137/53. I am almost 80 and T2. BP was always high as far as I can tell and I have been on one medication or another for 30+ years. I am not the anxious type - too laid back in the opinion of many medics, and others.

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Annb said:

I'm told the effect of BP meds lasts 24 hours so it shouldn't make too much difference what time you take them, as long as it's not too close together, so the same time every day. I never have felt headachy or dizzy with the Ramipril, but my son did. He was put onto BP meds while taking steroids for sarcoidosis. The steroids have been stopped now, but he is still on the BP meds, but was taken off of the Ramipril because he felt it was dropping his BP too low. He now has a different one.

The thing is, there is a difference in reaction even between myself and my son. No two people are the same. The effect shouldn't be immediate though and you would probably be aware of feeling shaky or weak if it was to cause a serious drop in your BP. At the level you are prescribed, it shouldn't disable you.

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