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If you are an adult with T1D, do you take any blood pressure medications?
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I can’t due to a allergic reaction I had with them in the past.
I take Lipitor and have fir about 30 years. So far, so good.
Lipitor is for cholesterol, not BP!
I take 5mgs of lisinopril.
Amdlopline 5 mg
No. Not now. I did before I lost weight.
I have used Lisinopril for about 20 years. Only 2.5 mg per day. My BP stays in the 120s moat of the time. The Lisinopril makes me dizzy. I fell down several times until the dosage was reduced to 2.5 mg. Other meds also caused dizziness.
Sadly since the age of 22
Lisinopril made my heart race and wasn’t safe for pregnancy. Switched to Lopressor with much better results.
Preventative only!
Unfortunately I take a number of blood pressure medications.
I am LADA. Do not have metabolic syndrome. Have BP on the low side and do not take meds for BP or cholesterol.
So far, I have never needed anything for BP.
I take metoprolol succinate since a heart attack 8 months ago. My blood pressure was not high at the time and is not high now. Usually 110-120 over 60.
Yes lisinopril not for BP but renal protection. BP runs 100/58.
I run a very low blood pressure so I do not take any medication for blood pressure it makes me dizzy. My bloodwork has put me at beginning stages of kidney disease so, I may have that conversation with my endocrinologist. Everyone on the medication is not having bad test results correct? I have been looking up resources and though nothing said it is a for sure thing, most say there is a significant few year study to support it. Maybe I need more salt and water or electrolytes.
No, I do not take any blood pressure medications.
Through the years, I have done aerobic exercises (running). I give this exercise credit for keeping my blood pressure down.
Having said that, I do have low blood pressure, which makes me light headed, aside from my low blood sugars. I check my blood pressure regularly, especially after I run, and drink electrolytes, or add salt to my foods to raise my blood pressure. I also try to eat some foods high in magnesium, such as assorted legumes (beans) and nuts.
Oh the on-going battle of blood pressure meds. Although I don’t have high blood pressure, doctors have tried for years to get me to take it. They say it helps the kidneys… So I ask if my kidneys have a problem 🙄 they say no it can be preventative. Unfortunately every one I have tried caused issues or generally make me feel like shit.
I take Losartan. I was taking Lisinopril, as a preventative for kidneys but I developed a chronic cough and we stopped to see if it helped…it did but I’m taking other things for the cough also. My BP started going up so the Losartan was prescribed. It seems to be working well.
No, BP is already on the low side so endo says not necessary.
I take blood pressure pill not for blood pressure, it is to protect my kidneys. Been taking for a long time & my kidneys are in great shape.
Taken for years to protect kidneys.
I was on an Ace but I kept blacking out. Come to find out I’m hypotensive, so I was placed on midodrine also known as proamatine, to keep my BP high enough.
Low dose to protect kidneys for last 25 years
With a consistent practice of meditation and intermittent fasting, I have been off my BP meds for over five years.
3 bp meds; 2 cardiac preventatives
I take lisinopril 2.5mg I am not sure if my blood pressure was high before I started taking it as it was decades ago. I know the doctor mentioned taking it to protect my kidneys. My numbers are usually around 106/60
Started taking ACE inhibitors 40yrs ago, not because I had high BP. My endo md. Believed this med would help with elasticity of my blood vessels as it related to my TID.
I’ve never had high cholesterol. But since I have T1D I was Rxd 40 mg daily simvastatin as a preventative. In 2007 that was cut to 20 mg. In 2012 it was cut to present dose of 10 mg. I think my lisinopril doses followed the same decreasing dose over the years as a preventative for high bp. So far no cardio incidents after 54 yrs insulin injections. Was it the aerobics or the pills? Both?
I chose “other” because I did have a doctor try to give me a low dose blood pressure med, but it made my blood pressure drop too low – – I’ve always had low blood pressure to begin with!
I answered “Other” because I take a blood pressure medicine as a prophylactic to prevent long-term complications. I do NOT have nor have I EVER had high blood pressure. No complications as of yet after 56 years of brittle T1D