messtafarian
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This is a pretty thorny problem.
I've finally gotten a diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy through an ecohcardiogram. Because of this the doctor has added another drug to my regime called Lisinopril -- this is an ACE inhibitor to go along with my calcium channel blocker. I dropped the calcium channel blocker for a while to see if I could fix it on my own using Peat; and I have to say I really had some success but every once in a while my blood pressure would spike and really worry me. So I went back on the blocker and then had a real scare in the ER where my blood pressure really just hit outrageous scary numbers.
The next day, (today); I woke up and applied everything I knew. I took 1/4 teaspoon progest-e; 4 grams of chewable calcium; 2 grams of "orange juice pills" with dolomite for potassium; 100 mg of magnesium, Vitamin K -- and had tortilla chips with SALT; plus a couple cups of sugary coffee. I also took two regular aspirin, and my calcium channel blocker.
When I went to the doctor my blood pressure, in multiple readings, averaged 125/80 and I actually felt really great -- calm, with energy.
She then told me about the hypertrophy and prescribed Lisinopril.
I am really on the fence about this. According to the attending cardiologist, if I take this medication and am seriously compliant, it is possible that the hypertophy will resolve -- in other words my ventricle will go back to normal. Plus, if I don't take it -- well, I could have a stroke or a heart attack. It's possible.
The problem is that this drug somehow interacts somewhat badly with aspirin, which I want to keep taking almost more than I want to take the lisinopril, because I *absolutely believe* in its protective powers. Taking aspirin with the ACE not only doesn't work -- they also antagonize each other, or so the literature theorizes. But aspirin is also protective against all kinds of other inflammatory conditions and I was happy about taking it -- in fact I wanted to work up to taking even more of it since all I've been getting for six months is one dose of radiation after another. I am worried about getting cancer and I have no doubt whatsoever that aspirin is chemopreventive.
However I am also sort of over my head reading the literature here. Maybe I'm wrong -- maybe I can keep taking aspirin or maybe it will still have protective effects despite the ACE inhibitor. Is anybody into these studies at all or; does anyone have any insight into ACE inhibitors and their interactions with Peat recommendations?
Thanks in advance for replies, this is a tough one.
I've finally gotten a diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy through an ecohcardiogram. Because of this the doctor has added another drug to my regime called Lisinopril -- this is an ACE inhibitor to go along with my calcium channel blocker. I dropped the calcium channel blocker for a while to see if I could fix it on my own using Peat; and I have to say I really had some success but every once in a while my blood pressure would spike and really worry me. So I went back on the blocker and then had a real scare in the ER where my blood pressure really just hit outrageous scary numbers.
The next day, (today); I woke up and applied everything I knew. I took 1/4 teaspoon progest-e; 4 grams of chewable calcium; 2 grams of "orange juice pills" with dolomite for potassium; 100 mg of magnesium, Vitamin K -- and had tortilla chips with SALT; plus a couple cups of sugary coffee. I also took two regular aspirin, and my calcium channel blocker.
When I went to the doctor my blood pressure, in multiple readings, averaged 125/80 and I actually felt really great -- calm, with energy.
She then told me about the hypertrophy and prescribed Lisinopril.
I am really on the fence about this. According to the attending cardiologist, if I take this medication and am seriously compliant, it is possible that the hypertophy will resolve -- in other words my ventricle will go back to normal. Plus, if I don't take it -- well, I could have a stroke or a heart attack. It's possible.
The problem is that this drug somehow interacts somewhat badly with aspirin, which I want to keep taking almost more than I want to take the lisinopril, because I *absolutely believe* in its protective powers. Taking aspirin with the ACE not only doesn't work -- they also antagonize each other, or so the literature theorizes. But aspirin is also protective against all kinds of other inflammatory conditions and I was happy about taking it -- in fact I wanted to work up to taking even more of it since all I've been getting for six months is one dose of radiation after another. I am worried about getting cancer and I have no doubt whatsoever that aspirin is chemopreventive.
However I am also sort of over my head reading the literature here. Maybe I'm wrong -- maybe I can keep taking aspirin or maybe it will still have protective effects despite the ACE inhibitor. Is anybody into these studies at all or; does anyone have any insight into ACE inhibitors and their interactions with Peat recommendations?
Thanks in advance for replies, this is a tough one.
