Do blood pressure and cholesterol medicine make you feel dizzy, nauseated, achy and sick all the time?
My PCP Dr is a real Drama Queen. My BP is 126/78 and cholesterol 208. He insisted that I go on medicine for both. He put me on 20 mgs of Lisinopril for the BP and 10 mgs of Zocor for cholesterol.
I’ve been taking this garbage for 2 months now and I have never felt so god-awful in my entire life.
When I stand up I almost faint I’m so dizzy (I’m scared to drive anymore for fear I’ll pass out behind the wheel.) My muscles ache all the time, I’m nauseated and feel like I have the flu 24/7. I’ve told him this twice in the past two months and he keeps saying to stay on the medication and that I’ll get "used to it."
I went to see a cardiologist for a second opinion and he said that he wouldn’t have gone to such an aggressive treatment for BP and cholesterol that are just slightly over what they should be.
I’m not overweight, I eat healthy (very little if any red meat,) excerise, don’t drink or smoke.
PS. Heart disease, High BP or Cholesterol do not run in my family. Cancer and bipolar disorder do.
due to feeling sick all the time, my depression level is very high. I have a good mind just to throw all this stuff away and never take it again. Go back to feeling like a human being again.
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Muscle pain can be a sign of rhabdomyolysis a condition where the muscle tissue is breaking down. Zocor can cause this to occur. A general rule of thumb when it comes to medications is. Don’t take them unless you absolutely have no other alternative. Your BP isn’t bad enough for antihypertensives unless you are routinely over 130-135 systolic or routinely over 90 diastolic. Most people have cholesterol levels greater than 200 because of the poor diets and fast food places. Unless your cholesterol gets over 250, I would dump the Zocor too. Why subject yourself to potential adverse reactions unless the benefits clearly outweigh the risks. This is my personal opinion. The best thing to do is talk to the doctor again to see if you have other risk factors for coronary artery disease that would merit both medications on a patient with boarderline cholesterol and questionable hypertesion. Then, you decide for yourself if the benefits outweigh the side effects and potential for muscle problems or worse yet, liver problems. Good luck.
dizziness is a common side effect, nausea I’m not so sure of… ask a doctor or a pharmacist
blood pressure medicine was find but the cholesterol was awful
You should be taking/measuring your BP yourself to see if you are running too low at times… and you should take orthostatic BP’s when you have symptoms of feeling dizzy or light-headed. There are many types of BP medications that work in different ways… Lisinopril might not be a good choice for you. You are not exactly hypertensive…but, you base it on a number of readings. Most people are elevated more than usual at the doctor’s office so it isn’t always the best BP reading to go by. The Zocor 10 mg is a low dose… BUT, a significant and concerning adverse reaction is the one you are describing… there are other medications that can be used instead of a statin.
There was one study that correlated people that have very low cholesterol tend to have higher occurances of depession (a curious finding).
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