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What Could Be The Reason For Prescribing Anti Depressant For High BP?
My son-in-law is 34 years old, he s been on one high blood pressure medication after the other, nothing is helping. Yesterday he was scheduled for a stress test, they shaved his cheat, had him all ready to go, took his b/p . It was 164/118. They cancelled the test & sent him home. His general practitioner called & told him he d called in another medication. He went to pick it up and found out, it was an anti-depressant, side effects included possible suicidal thoughts and violent tendencies . He left the medication at the pharmacy, he didn t want to hurt his wife or 3 children as a result of medication. Why would a anti-depressant have been prescribed for high blood pressure?
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Sun, 12 Jan 2014
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In my view none of the available antidepressant help in high blood pressure. Only rational I understand is that many a times high blood pressure is due to anxiety and many antidepressants work in anxiety.
If you can name the antidepressant that was prescribed to him than only a conclusive answer can be given.
I request you to take proper care of his blood pressure as 164/118 has definite risk to him.
Feel free to contact me with further details.
Thanks
Thanks for using healthcare magic.
In my view none of the available antidepressant help in high blood pressure. Only rational I understand is that many a times high blood pressure is due to anxiety and many antidepressants work in anxiety.
If you can name the antidepressant that was prescribed to him than only a conclusive answer can be given.
I request you to take proper care of his blood pressure as 164/118 has definite risk to him.
Feel free to contact me with further details.
Thanks
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