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Taking Hydralazine, Coreg, Doxazosin. Low Pulse, Sweating, Feeling Faint. Due To Medicine?
Am on meds for high blood pressure--Hydralazine 50-3x, coreg325 2x, doxazosin4 2x, and dr just added clonodine1mg 2x daily. can't really say the latter is making much diff except to lower pulse @50/bp still 180-200/70. most times okay, but 4x's in these 3 weeks I have had "spells" never experienced before--feel weak, fainty, sweat breaks out on forehead, then suddenly water will pour out of me, soaking hair, clothes, bedding-often experience vomiting with it, lasts @3 hours but leaves me "wrung out" for rest of day. I believe it is something w/clonodine--could I be bottoming out or having interaction with my drugs? I have tried taking clonodine at separate times from other meds but it still reoccurs.
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Hello, and thank you for posting on Healthcare Magic!
Clonidine is a powerful blood pressure medicine. It works by causing your blood vessels to dilate (open up). If you were taking too much clonidine, you would feel tired and possibly dizzy when you stand up (this effect would be from blood pressure that was too low). Clonidine will not make your heart rate slow down (in fact, the opposite would happen if it dropped your blood pressure too much).
I understand that the symptoms you are describing started around the time you started the clonidine. But I believe that something else is causing them. The symptoms you describe are very non-specific, meaning that they could be caused by multiple different medical problems. It is unlikely that they are related to a particular blood pressure medicine or to an interaction between medicines. You should make an appointment with your doctor to be evaluated for these new symptoms.
I hope I have given you some useful information, and wish you the best of health.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kinney
Clonidine is a powerful blood pressure medicine. It works by causing your blood vessels to dilate (open up). If you were taking too much clonidine, you would feel tired and possibly dizzy when you stand up (this effect would be from blood pressure that was too low). Clonidine will not make your heart rate slow down (in fact, the opposite would happen if it dropped your blood pressure too much).
I understand that the symptoms you are describing started around the time you started the clonidine. But I believe that something else is causing them. The symptoms you describe are very non-specific, meaning that they could be caused by multiple different medical problems. It is unlikely that they are related to a particular blood pressure medicine or to an interaction between medicines. You should make an appointment with your doctor to be evaluated for these new symptoms.
I hope I have given you some useful information, and wish you the best of health.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kinney
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