WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2000: Re: High blood pressure and lupron question ,Dr. update

Re: High blood pressure and lupron question ,Dr. update

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 May 2000 13:20:47 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 25 May 2000, Peggy wrote: >
>I had my appointment with my gyn yesterday and decided to give lupron an
>another month on the advice of my Dr. He told me that I really have to
>give the Lupron a full 3 months to see if it is going to work. I asked
>him about add back estrogen to help with the joint pain and menopause
>symptoms and he told me that doing that would be defeating the purpose
>of the Lupron. If by my next appointment June 20th, I have not seen any
>improvement we will discontinue the Lupron.Here's my question- When I
>first saw the nurse yesterday she took my BP and it was 170/100,I
>questioned the Dr. whether this was something to be concernded about
>and he said yes, it should definetly be watched and thought that it
>might be related to the lupron due to the fact that my pressure has
>always been normal.( on average 130/70 )Before I left he had the nurse
>check it again and it was down to 158/90 which is what it was last
>month.Is this normal with Lupron? have the Drs. on here seen high blood
>pressure with women doing Lupron? Thanks in advance, Peggy

Hypertension is not listed as either a serious or a common complication of Lupron. I have not heard of this relationship ever being put forth. Since your BP was higher on arrival and lower later, you could have so called White coat hypertension. Seeing the white coat makes the person nervous and leads to an increase in BP. Getting your BP checked in a less threatening location might be helpful.

RDB

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