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Originally Posted by caroline2
Thanks, I have water bottles everywhere and forever hydrating. Of course, I'd like to be off that diuretic I take for BP, maybe I'll start taking less. I know the doc gave me amlopodine some time back and sure enough after on it about 30 days, ended up with edema, which is the first possible s/e of this drug. Grape Seed Ex up dosing got rid of edema, but I have since cut the drug in half. IF only I could get off them all.
I worked so long and hard not to go on any.
Got to thinking about this diuretic since your coments, and since I trust my pendulum pretty much, just asked "Pen"...
With tab under pendulum, asked: Is this diuretic doing me any good? Got a Negative swing... Then asked in same
position, should I wean off this drug and I got a Positive swing. ummmmmmmmm
Canagirl, didn't mean to hijack, this happens so often, one thing leads to another etc in our threads.
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Caroline, I think you should get a blood pressure cuff and start recording your pressures several times a day.
once in the morning, before breakfast,
1 hr after breakfast,
around 4pm
and after supper.
Armed with this data,
then contact your doctor and discuss whether you need the drug at all. Considering your age,
this is important to do with your doctor's permission --whether to stop using the diuretic.
Your BP log will show if you need all 3 drugs. You can mark the log at the times you take them as well.
BPs tend to be highest in the morning.
In the meantime watch for signs of gout. That might be quicker to manifest than kidney stones.
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