Blood pressure

[pusskin]

I've just taken my blood pressure after not doing it for a few weeks.
Twice I have took it in half an hour, and both readings have been disturbed by readings going down and then suddenly going higher and higher!
My readings were ---149/73. + 142/62.
Just that sound a bit too high? I am on Simvastatins.

[ethandron]

if you google it, it says they are mainly, and initially were solely used for lowering cholesterol but have been found to have a slight but significant effect for lowering blood pressure.

[Sammy48]

Most people I know that are on Statins all take them for lowering cholesterol, dont think they know about the blood pressure bit. I'll have to inform them.

[HowardKennitby]

Well, I can't be bothered to look but I was put on Simvastatin for cholesterol some time after starting BP medication.
It was never mentioned that statin might affect BP and there was no detectable effect on mine.

[Sqad]

Let's get some perspective into this thread......if one has a normal cholesterol but high BP then the latter is NOT treated with statins but with BP lowering drugs.

The question asked was if statins lowered the BP and the answer is....they do.

[pusskin]

I've just had a rethink ! I was at first put on Simvastatin for chlorestral, then earlier in the year I felt a bit unwell with a horrible headachy type thing with a few nosebleeds. When blood pressure was checked, doc said it was much too high.
160/100, so was then put on Amplodine! How can I forget a thing like that ay.
I hate taking medication of any type.

[pusskin]

Apologies for confusion.

[Sammy48]

Thank you Sqad, that does make sense.

How are you feeling now, I noticed from threads on here, you have been poorly after an op.

[slaney]

Interesting - have you got a link for that Sqad?
I can't find a meta analysis - only a paper from 2008 suggesting statins cause a very modest fall (2.2 - 2.4 mm Hg) in blood pressure..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18413554
..but does not seem to have an additional BP lowering effect in those on anti-hypertensive treatment as well ..
http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1197

[Sqad]

slaney.......The study is published in the April 14 edition of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

Not a link I know........but will look further

[Sqad]

http://www.webmd.com/...-lower-blood-pressure



Try this as well slaney.

[slaney]

Thanks Sqad - glad that you seem to be recovering from your op.

[pusskin]

really pleased your back and doing well squad.! xx

[Sqad]

slaney...thanks....good to be home....don't like hospitalization and don't trust those doctors ;-)........ particularly cardiac surgeons.

[slaney]

Mmm - it's not easy being a patient.
I can usually behave myself for 2/3 days, then it all falls apart!

[Sqad]

slaney....LOL.....and all the doctors look so young.....many of them have never seen rheumatic carditis or aortic incompetence due to syphilis......rest assured.......I put them right...;-)

[sandyRoe]

surely you don't suffer from aortic incompetence due to syphilis, Sqad?

[Sqad]

sandy.....LOL.

[bloaterbum]

I have been using a monitor for years and an expensive one at that.I have found them to be slightly higher than the mercury one the meds use.In addition keep taking it nd getting worked up at the same time leads to inaccuracies.gest do it once whn watching tv amd not straight after eating which will send it up or after alcohol which will effectively lower it due to vasodilation of peripheral vessels

[jason.p]

Whenever I have my BP taken at the GPs it's always high (last one 180/95). Three times now I've had a 24hr monitor, and despite some really hectic ones they've always come back as normal. GP says I have "White coat" syndrome (a deep seated anxiety around doctors) despite the fact that I worked in the NHS with doctors for 20years! So a one off BP test can sometimes be misleading.