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Hi my BP has been high for a while now. Am under the hospital for SVT the hospital doc has requested a 24hr BP monitor and 7 day event for heart but a monitor not available until end June. My GP does not want to wait and has put me on Ramipril. Is there any mileage in still doing the 24hr monitor?
TIA
Debs
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bobbysgirl freestork
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The damn thing drove me daft and I took it off at about 1AM when it kept waking me.
We have since bought our own monitior and check our own BP from time to time. No 'white coat syndrome'. Always a good thing to have whether you are on Ramipril or not.
freestork bobbysgirl
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reginald86759 freestork
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your GP wants to check if you have any other identifiable heart problems such as Atrial fibrillation. There is always a wait for the holter monitor and your GPjust wants to try to lower yourBP with RAMIPRIL anyway. This sems to be standard practice and sensible to me.
freestork reginald86759
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ambonebas freestork
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Chuckj freestork
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Like all the other responses, it is advisable to have the 24 hour blood monitor check as it does give a fairly good indication of what's going on with your BP. It is a bit uncomfortable and I tended to get a really high spike in my readings (I suspect White Coat Syndrome), but outside the surgery. Also the cuff gave me a skin burn, because if the hourlly readings.
Subsequently I was put on Ramipril 2.5mg but after a few days developed the horrible cough that many forum users report. It is like a dry patch at the back of you throat that irritates and makes you cough day and night. I hope you don't experience this, but if so gi back to GP and ask for a change of meds. I am on Candesartan, 8.5mg, which has kept my pressure stable.
Good luck with getting a monitor, I didn't realise there is sometimes a wait for this equipment! If you have a practice patient group PPG, you could raise the issue with them about increasing equipment. Good luck.
Bob37393 freestork
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I think GPs are too eager to start medication without any supporting tests for a diagnosis.
Also a 24hr BP monitor will only test your body's brachial blood pressures on Ramipril whilst being woken up every hour during the night.
Then there will be the daytime figures but will they add up?
It depends on the formula that the GP uses to work out which dose of what you need to meet the national target based on WHO guidelines.