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[quote=Anonymous]I started getting high BP readings at the doctor's office in my early 40s.  After a few years of that my doctor put me on meds.  A few months later, before it was completely under control because we were "tweaking" the meds, I had a heart attack.  Literally almost died, but didn't, got a stent.  In the hospital they totally changed the two meds I was on to two different ones and my BP went down to low normal.

That was over twenty years ago.  Since then I have taken different BP meds.  Stopped some due to side effects.  I am currently on two, a beta blocker and Norvasc.  Also on a statin.  Hard to say what causes what side effects at this point, age also interferes.

BTW for those who take Norvasc.  When I was on 10 mg I had really bad swelling of my feet an ankles.  Turns out that is a common side effect of 10 mg of Norvasc.  My doc lowered my dose to 5 (per day) and that side effect went away.  BP was still in a good range.

I highly recommend getting your BP under control by whatever means, it is not that uncommon to have a heart attack brought on by high BP.  They call it the silent killer for a reason.[/quote]

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