hi..

I have a quesiton about Blood pressure...and losing weight, I am wondering if anyone that has had the band, and been on Blood pressure medication, has your medication decreased, or have you been able to get off competely?..if so, when did you know it was time to get it decreased or talk to your dr about it?...

I have been having headaches for the last few weeks..and feel tired...and before when I was losing I had so much more engery...something just does not feel right...my yearly physical is not due till Feb..but wondering if I should go see my family dr and see if maybe I need to adjust my medication....

I would like to hear what other people have experienced...which there blood pressure medication...

thanks for any info you can give me..

Jenny

I would strongly recommend that you check with your doctor. That being said, I did go off of my BP medication about 2 weeks ago. After I'd lost about 40 lbs., I started checking my BP every couple of days for a couple of weeks. It was consistently lower than normal, so I went off the med (Norvasc, 5 mg). Since then I've checked several times, and it's never gone above 130/80. Usually it's more like 120/70.

By the way, I also went off of my diruretic and potassium on my own, right after surgery. Now I just take thyroid hormone replacement. I won't adjust that without lab work indicating a change is necessary.

Tami

thanks...for your reply..I am going to call my dr tomarrow....I am on a very high dosage and maybe I need to decrease it somewhat....

Jenny

I was taking Norvasc, 10 mg after being band for only 2 month they cut my meds in half.

Yes, it is very important to check with your doctor. The first time I started feeling a litte dizzy so the doctor dropped my prescription from Toprol XL 50mg to 25mg. After losing another 20lbs (total of 50lbs) my blood pressure dropped so low that I was dizzy, light-headed and almost felt like I was going to pass out. It was 80/50. After dr. checked me he took me off Toprol all together.