Re: MCBs do What to your Numbers Say ?

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Excellente!May your pressure be low!CE Grim MS, MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertensionOn Jul 12, 2012, at 16:14, <jclark24p@...> wrote:

With all the postings going on I thought it would be fun to share my experience. To recap, I was doing well on spironolactone until I had to stop due to gynecomastia. Since the VA allows me to see all my labs online I was able to go back and capture snapshots. What follows is: (range) 2 months prior to stopping spironolactone/off all MCB for 1 month/1 month on eplerenone.

createnine (0.5-1.5) 1.05/.76/.88

eGFR (>60)71/103/87

BUN (7-25)21/12/16

Glucose(65-100)127/87/116

K+ (3.5-5.0)4.6/4.3/4.2

The comparison is not exactly equal because both spiro and epler dosages were 25mg bid. I just increased epler to 50mg bid so I will try to remember to update in a few months. BTW, BP was 127/67 and BS 111, it was 95 yesterday!

FWIW department, draw your own conclusion!

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Hmm seems to me u are doing well on this dose. So I would not increase eplere as my goal at home is <135/<85. Taken properly. May your pressure be low!CE Grim MS, MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertensionOn Jul 12, 2012, at 16:14, <jclark24p@...> wrote:

With all the postings going on I thought it would be fun to share my experience. To recap, I was doing well on spironolactone until I had to stop due to gynecomastia. Since the VA allows me to see all my labs online I was able to go back and capture snapshots. What follows is: (range) 2 months prior to stopping spironolactone/off all MCB for 1 month/1 month on eplerenone.

createnine (0.5-1.5) 1.05/.76/.88

eGFR (>60)71/103/87

BUN (7-25)21/12/16

Glucose(65-100)127/87/116

K+ (3.5-5.0)4.6/4.3/4.2

The comparison is not exactly equal because both spiro and epler dosages were 25mg bid. I just increased epler to 50mg bid so I will try to remember to update in a few months. BTW, BP was 127/67 and BS 111, it was 95 yesterday!

FWIW department, draw your own conclusion!

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I'm humoring Dr. Webster at the moment! Flank & testis pain have become

unbareable so I'm trying to shorten the 10 months that spiro took to resolve it!

She also caught me at the end of a rough 2 weeks and new info re:agent orange!

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> > With all the postings going on I thought it would be fun to share my

experience. To recap, I was doing well on spironolactone until I had to stop

due to gynecomastia. Since the VA allows me to see all my labs online I was

able to go back and capture snapshots. What follows is: (range) 2 months prior

to stopping spironolactone/off all MCB for 1 month/1 month on eplerenone.

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> > createnine (0.5-1.5) 1.05/.76/.88

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> > eGFR (>60)71/103/87

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> > BUN (7-25)21/12/16

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> > Glucose(65-100)127/87/116

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> > K+ (3.5-5.0)4.6/4.3/4.2

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> > The comparison is not exactly equal because both spiro and epler dosages

were 25mg bid. I just increased epler to 50mg bid so I will try to remember to

update in a few months. BTW, BP was 127/67 and BS 111, it was 95 yesterday!

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> > FWIW department, draw your own conclusion!

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