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

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

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 May 2000 21:01:10 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 25 May 2000, Peggy wrote: >
>At Thu, 25 May 2000, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>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
>>
>>In my practice we've seen several people with high blood pressure
>>secondary to Lupron. the company acknowledges it as a known side effect
>>which is of concern. It may necessitate discontinuance of the therapy.
>>Keep in touch with your doctor about this potentially serious problem.
>
>>Dr M.
>>Is this something that requires to be watched throughtout the next month or is it o:k to wait until my next appointment on June 20th? What are the things I should watch for and be concerned about?THanks again, Peggy
>

Get the BP checked every week or so. As I said, we had a few patients with this and the company agrees that this uncommon side effect has been reported. If watched routinely, it should be able to keep it safe.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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