Migraine

I'm on 200 mgs of inderal and without inderal my BP is fairly normal (125/75 ish) but of course tended to be around 110/70 on the 80 mgs inderal.
Anyhow when I visited my friend yesterday I got her to take my BP on her parent's BP monitor and it was 96/63.
Given the inderal is still reaching it's maximum effectiveness (I'd say in 2 months at this dose) so I don't want to be prescribed less.
I'll be going to my GP in early Feb after having liver related blood tests so would this BP reading be a problem?
Cheers DJ

How do you feel? Are you experiencing any dizziness? If so, the dizziness could have various causes, but low blood pressure would be one possibility.

Maybe you should contact the doctor and ask whether you should check your blood pressure periodically while taking the Inderal, and find out what blood pressure readings your doctor considers safe. I'm sure the "safe" blood pressure for an individual depends on many factors.

Inderal doesn't seem to affect my blood pressure, but it does slow my heart rate. My doctor says she does not want my heart rate going below 60--but those are her parameters for me, not for everyone. So the best thing would be to talk to your doctor's office.

I would echo Nutcracker's advice to give a call to your doctor. Let them know the reading. They may want to check it themselves or just make a note of it.

Take care and keep us posted.

Cindy

IF you're going to watch your BP between visits, take your BP on the same machine every time. Machines can be calibrated differently. Call your doctor. (Where have I heard that before?)

Gretchen in Mississippi

I agree with the others, this is certainly a good time to call your doctor's office and ask. Even a nurse around the office should be able to tell you what the danger line is and what to watch out for. You should probably monitor your bp while adjusting to this new dose.

When I started verapamil, by the 3rd day my bp dropped increadibly, It was still at a level which they told me should be still safe but I was incredibly dizzy and freezing cold and felt like I was going to pass out at any minute. So even though I was within the safe zone, my bp was too low for my body to deal with.

Let us know how you are feeling and what the office says.

Laurelin

DJ-I wanted to follow up and see if you had reached your doctor yet??

Please keep us posted, k?

First off, take the home blood pressure kit reading with a grain of salt. I've heard they're not always the most accurate critters.

Most of the time, they base what's too low for you on how it's affecting you. There are guidelines as far as the numbers go in general. I know that in my ill-fated sojourn with Inderal a few years ago, mine dipped to around 80/50. They were very surprised that I was upright and coherent, and not seeming to suffer ill effects from it. Generally, I think they tend to look for dizziness, lightheaded feelings, reeling sensations, and the like. They can be more pronounced upon standing and changing positions, too. Still, though ~ even though there are general guidelines, it's somewhat individual. Definitely call your doctor.

I hope you have gotten an answer from your doctor, but I wanted to chime in on my personal history with this same question. My BP was low to begin with, before being put on Corgard (BP lowering medicine perscribed for migraine prevention). After taking the med (80 mg/daily) my BP readings were around 70/50 anytime it was taken morning or evening. There were even lower readings as well. The lowest being around 70/40. Of course, every time I go to any doctor (OB, Allergist, etc) they always ask me if I feel okay because my BP is so low.

I have spoken to my neurologist about this and according to his opinion about my personal situation, he thinks as long as I feel fine, I should be fine. However, if at any time, I feel dizzy, too tired to function throughout the day, feel faint, or weak, I am to contact him to discuss this. As others have mentioned, this seems to be very subjective to each person's own body versus symptoms.

I hope you are feeling okay.

Nancy W

Hi it's interesting to see how people's BP's react to meds and also the impact of the low BP. Fortunately I'm not getting dizziness or other impacts (I do get weakness when walking up hills and stairs with inderal and heart condition)
I haven't been back to the GP yet, will be going next Wed (1 week's time) for a few things including following up of liver function test results and of a pelvic ultrasound I had at the beginning of Feb. I'm hoping that this will be the last visit for a while as I return to uni next week and just want neuro appts. However I'm also aware that more liver related stuff could be needed including an ultrasound.
Anyhow I'm going to be asking about whether there are limits on asprin (which generally helps) I can take and what are they. The neuro hadn't seemed that worried about it and I forgot to ask him.
Cheers DJ

I asked my doc about this once. My BP tends to be in the 90's anyway, except at the docs where it's usually about 125. I took my BP at home on the same machine for about two weeks recording it. I then went to the doc with my machine and they did it on theirs and then on mine and they matched. I was told they don't worry about it unless it's in the 60's. At which point I kinda rolled my eyes and went on, it seemed to me that unless you were dying they didn't care. I think it's more that they don't have anything that they can do for it.
I was told when I was in the hospital and my BP was in the 90's that to be careful when you get out of bed, because of the dizziness. That was the only info I got.
I don't know if this was helpful,
Jen

DJ-You should check out this article on medication overuse if you haven't already.

Please let us know how your appointment goes, k?

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Anyhow I'm going to be asking about whether there are limits on asprin (which generally helps) I can take and what are they. The neuro hadn't seemed that worried about it and I forgot to ask him.
Cheers DJ