Last night I informed the community in this post that I might be facing a health problem, given a seriously elevated level of blood pressure.
As a result of seeing my physician, we made some changes.
One of things I had been taking to address a severe allergic reaction had been some oral steroids. In the past when I had severe allergic reaction, I had wound up in the emergency room and got a shot of prednisone. This time the reaction had not been as severe, when I went to the medical practice they did not have injectables, so i was given a prescription for a different steroid to be taken orally.
At this point, it seems that is what accounted for my seriously high blood pressure at the dentist’s office.
My physician double my dosage of my basic blood pressure medication (lisinopril) from 5 MG to 10 MG. In addition, I was given a standby prescription for 100 MG of Labetalol, to be taken any time either my systolic BP was over 180 or my diastolic over 110. This morning when I took my BP, it was just high enough to warrant taking the Labetalol.
For most of today, my BP was well within normal levels. So I thought that the only issue was the steroids.
Now I am not so sure. Measurements this evening are higher, outside the normal range, albeit not so high has to take the Labetalol.
So, as of now we do not know if there is another underlying issue. I will keep monitoring my BP, talking the additional meds if needed.
I am scheduled to revisit my physician on Monday.
So as of now — no crisis, but even with elevated meds not consistently within normal range for BP.
When I know more, I will let people know.
Thanks for your concern.
