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gillian17884
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hi. I had the astra zeneca vaccine 3 weeks ago and had awful stomach pains for a week. went to my gp who said i had very high blood pressure. gave me amlodipine 5mg. my bp taken at home varied and averaged about 150/76. takem them at night for 2 weeks still getting stomach pain. i now have high cholestorol and gp wants me to go on statins. i am reluctant as now i dont know what is causing my upset tummy. i need to lose weight and have cut out sugar and fatty stuff and am watching my diet. any advice please.

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