Posted by Nadezda on September 3, 2008, at 10:31:56
In reply to Re: HELP PLEASE! MAOI and high blood pressure, posted by FrequentFryer on September 3, 2008, at 4:50:11
Desolationrower is right that a lot of people have higher BP at the doctor's office and at the chemist's (did he measure your BP personally, or was it a machine?).
It's important to monitor your BP at home for a few days though to see it if's really that high. If it is you do need to do something, maybe cutting down on the Maoi, if that's causing it.
When my BP went up that high from parnate (which it did a little at the very beginning) my pdoc definitely would have taken me off it. Actually, it wasn't that high-- it was more like 150/90-- which he said was too high if it was ongoing.
It could just be an artifact of where you had the pressure taken though. I'd buy one of those home BP devices, and take it three times a day for several days and see where it levels out over that period.
Nadezda
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