High Blood Pressure Medication

[ManjiB]

Hello @Gorrie

I am sorry you have been given distressing news over the phone and are now having to wait to speak to someone.

Having read your post, I hope I can give you some reassurance. What you have experienced is exactly what happened to my Mum. I discussed this in a post in December 2024 - extract as below.

@ManjiB

On one of these visits to the hospital, it was discovered that Mum’s sodium levels had fallen below acceptable level and so this had to be addressed. I can’t remember exactly how, but the consultant asked what medication she was on and so we mentioned the blood pressure medication – we were told to stop it immediately! We kept telling the GP but they would not listen, but now, the hospital consultant has done it for us.

I would suggest you do as advised - stop the BP meds (Amplopedin?) and if you have a BP monitoring device, check your BP. But please do not worry - if it was an emergency or life threatening, 111 would have referred you to A&E.

In Mum’s case she was not on BP lowering meds before the stroke and was only on it post-stroke which was caused by a blood clot.

Mum has never been back on BP lowering meds since she stopped and she has been fine - her BP is normal.

You should wait for your GP to advise you how to address the low sodium levels, but Mum’s case as she was in hospital she was “normalised” with IV drips and then discharged.

The hospital gave no further advice (only stop the BP meds). But we later discussed this with her dietician as the sodium level was still low (though not critical) and for us the dieticians advice, which is what they advise all their patients in this situation is to add a half teaspoon of salt to the water as part of the daily fluid intake.

I am not suggesting you will be advised the same, but please try not to stress.

Mum is totally fine with no BP meds and just a half teaspoon of “additional” salt in her daily fluids.

You will be fine too

Namaste|