Prednisone side effects
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I have been on 60mg of prednisone for two weeks now. I keep having trouble with a rapid heart beat often times over 120bpm and my blood pressure is running high. When your heart beats so fast, it's scarey and hard to breathe. I feel like I am literally going to die. Has anyone else experienced this when on prednisone?
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as for 158/87 blood pressure, I'm only 54 and my Dr seemed to think that that reading was just a tad high. I was fitted with a meter after I told my Dr that the reading from my blood pressure monitor was often in excess of 195/100. The moniter confirmed this reading was the average with one reading even higher! I am now on 3.75 of ramipril and feel great. All the best, christina
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I was reading an article recently in a medical magazine regarding blood pressure which was saying GPs should not worry about blood pressure too much when the systolic is under 160 and the diastolic under 90. The authors were saying that GPs can overdo the BP tablets. They seem to be very much into over prescribing in UK at the moment.
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regards, tina
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lodgerUK_NE ptolemy
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Simvastatin is prescribed first as it is cheaper than other statins.
Avorstatin is a good alternative, but check out all side effects.
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Juno-Irl-Dub margaret22251
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(Guilt is an awful thing...!) J
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