Spiro Meds

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Why do some of you have to take this medication?

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Hi Ann;

Because people like me can not take any blood pressure medication. My bp without spiro can be as high as 250+/140+ because of the high amount of aldosterone in the body. Meds such as spiro, inspra, aldactone, etc. are aldosterone blockers,. Once the amount of aldosterone is reduced, bp eventually comes down. This med also helps with the low potassium in the body as it blocks the potassium loss.

Although I am suppose to do sergery, my md and surgeon both wanted me to take the med to bring down the bp and reduce the amount of ald. so that I dont have a sudden loss of ald. after the adrenalectomy.(supposedly the med helps to slowly bring it down until they do the surgery).

I hope I am not giving mis-information as I am not a physician and this is my two cents worth of understanding.

Good Luck,

Farah

Farahannc999 <annc999@...> wrote:

Why do some of you have to take this medication?

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In a message dated 4/14/05 16:59:47, farahbar@... writes:

Hi Ann;

Because people like me can not take any blood pressure medication. My bp without spiro can be as high as 250+/140+ because of the high amount of aldosterone in the body. Meds such as spiro, inspra, aldactone, etc. are aldosterone blockers,. Once the amount of aldosterone is reduced, bp eventually comes down. This med also helps with the low potassium in the body as it blocks the potassium loss.

Although I am suppose to do sergery, my md and surgeon both wanted me to take the med to bring down the bp and reduce the amount of ald.  so that I dont have  a sudden loss of ald. after the adrenalectomy.(supposedly the med helps to slowly bring it down until they do the surgery).

I hope I am not giving mis-information as I am not a physician and this is my two cents worth of understanding.

Good Luck,

Farah

Sprio and INspra do not reduce aldo, indeed the level tends to go up but the effect of the aldo is blocked. As aldo is blocked renin goes up which increases the aldo more.

May your pressure be low!

Clarence E. Grim, BS (Chem/Math), MS (Biochem), MD, FACP, FACC, FAHS

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

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