Re: CCB can mask the diagnosis of Conn’s syndrome

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you want spironlactone.My experience is the same. CCBs don't seem to block low K.But this may be a more advanced case.CE Grim MDwhy me, i take my amlodipine and still my endocrinologist knew that i have hyperaldosteronism for the first test.i will show it to u.BTw, i am going to see another endocrinologist to prescribe different kind of medicine alternative to my Rasilez.Subject: CCB can mask the diagnosis of Conn’s syndromeTo: hyperaldosteronism Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 3:47 PM Calcium-channel blockade can mask the diagnosis of Conn’s syndrome J Brown, Ruth V HopperSummaryA 30-year-old woman presented with hypertension and hypokalaemia, and was found to have primary aldosteronism due to a Conn’s adenoma, whose removal cured the hypertension. Before surgery, the characteristic biochemical changes which enabled the diagnosis were completely masked by administration of a calcium-channel blocker, amlodipine. It is likely that widespread use of this class of drugs contributes to under-diagnosis of Conn’s syndrome as a curable cause of hypertension....