Re: Results of Renin activity and Aldosterone

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It was not going off the ACE it was the salt retained again.CE Grim MDOn Mar 6, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Vicki Ritchie wrote:Also, I am very surprised that going off of the ace inhibitor lowered my renin so much! Sent from my iPodOn Mar 6, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Clarence Grim <lowerbp2mac> wrote: Contgrats you have PA as I think I suggested early on. Spiro and DASH recommended.ACEs make renin and aldo go up because the block the conversion of AI to AII and/or lower BP. AII lower renin. As renin goes up it can still overcome ACE and more AII kicks adrenal aldo production.Recall that normally I charge $500/yr for this sort of detailed consultation. Guess you can send me what you think this has been worth or not.CE Grim MDOn Mar 6, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Vicki wrote:Hi Dr. Grim and members of this wonderful board! I finally got my results back from my lab work that I had done earlier in the week. These were the second set of results that I have had as I was on an ace inhibitor when I had the first labs done. I will give you the results of both labs. Feb. 2, 2010aldosterone urine 28 ref range 2 - 21aldosterone serum 45.9 ref range upright 4.0-31.0renin 1.86 ref range upright 1.31-3.95March 3, 2010Renin 0.27 ref range upright 1.31-3.95aldosterone serum 27.8 upright 4.0-31.0So, my aldosterone went down as well as my renin. If I am calculating the ratio correctly, it was 24.67 on Feb 2 and on March 3 it was 102.96 So what does this all mean? Why would my aldosterone go down?Any insight would be appreciated! Vicki