high blood pressure question

[gja1000]

A blood pressure with the readings you describe is very dangerous. It can lead to stroke or heart attack. Also, a blood pressure that high for a prolonged period of time can cause the heart to work too hard causing it to dilate, leading to heart failure, a progressively terminal condition. You must get it under control. It can also lead to a type of deterioration of the brain, although that takes a high pressure of many years to result in brain changes.

I take meds for high blood pressure, but not Avapro. I don't know anything about it so I looked it up. It is a standard type of high blood pressure medication. Here is a list of the side effects. The following adverse events occurred at an incidence of 1% or greater in patients treated with Avapro, but were at least as frequent or more frequent in patients receiving placebo: abdominal pain, anxiety/nervousness, chest pain, dizziness, edema, headache, influenza, musculoskeletal pain, pharyngitis, nausea/vomiting, rash, rhinitis, sinus abnormality, tachycardia and urinary tract infection.

ALL medications have the potential to make you feel sick. You should take them with food, unless your doctor or pharmacist has told you to take them on an empty stomach. Taking meds with food often decreases that "sick" feeling. If, after a week, you are still feeling "sick or different", I would call your doctor. There are many different kinds of blood pressure meds you can take, and what works for one person, may not work for another. It is easy to change blood pressure meds and it can be done at any time.

Bottom line though - you do need to be on some sort of blood pressure medication. The consequences of untreated high blood pressure is much worse than the side effects of the medication.