Do I have to have my blood pressure controlled before surgery

[CHUNKII4335 0]

I was suppose to have my surgery on Feb 14th but had to be rescheduled because my blood pressure is high, like extremely high, so my pcp wont sign off for my surgery. Now my new surgery date is March 14th and im afraid it will have to be rescheduled again because my pressures are still high. Has anyone had this issue before??

[clc9 644]

My surgeon didn't like my blood pressure (mid 130s over mid 80s every time I went to see him) because he said it can go haywire during surgery if it's not controlled beforehand and that's dangerous. For me it was anxiety. He still went ahead with it. After surgery it's really good. My last visit just a week post surgery it was 106/70.

Do they have you on blood pressure meds? If not, they absolutely should to give you time to adjust.

[Middus 491]

I was hypertensive before surgery. I was told to discontinue my hypertension medications 2 days before surgery. They didn't want the medication interacting with their peri/intra-op medications..

[triplethreat 257]

I also had to discontinue my meds two days before surgery. I still take meds for it, but it's a much lower dose.

[PatientEleventyBillion 851]

On 3/5/2017 at 8:21 PM, Middus said:

I was hypertensive before surgery. I was told to discontinue my hypertension medications 2 days before surgery. They didn't want the medication interacting with their peri/intra-op medications..

Makes me wonder.. I'm on those meds myself (HCTZ/metoprolol). Thus far nobody has said anything about needing to be off those but still ages away. I believe I also have 1 more pre-op appointment with my surgeon a week or two before surgery so maybe I might get the news there.

Edited March 7, 2017 by PatientEleventyBillion