Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Question, If you are in great pain, your Blood Pressure should go up. But if you are on strong narcotics is that still true? (And the pain is constant 24/7.) Cindy C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 > Question, If you are in great pain, your Blood Pressure should go up. But if you are on strong narcotics is that still true? (And the pain is constant 24/7.) > Cindy C. > No - I just checked " Drug Facts and Comparisons " for Narcotic Agonist Analgesics - which is what Dylan is on. What it says is: " Hypotensive effect: Narcotic analgesics may cause severe hypotension in individuals whose ability to maintain blood pressure has been compromised by a depleted blood volume, or coadministration of drugs such as phenothiazines or general anethesthics. In ambulatory patients, orthstatic hypotension may occur. " The above description doesn't exactly match Dylan's case, but the point is that hypotension by definition is lowered arterial blood pressure. So the answer to your question has to be that strong narcotics can in fact lower blood pressure depending on circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 > Question, If you are in great pain, your Blood Pressure should go up. But if you are on strong narcotics is that still true? (And the pain is constant 24/7.) > Cindy C. > No - I just checked " Drug Facts and Comparisons " for Narcotic Agonist Analgesics - which is what Dylan is on. What it says is: " Hypotensive effect: Narcotic analgesics may cause severe hypotension in individuals whose ability to maintain blood pressure has been compromised by a depleted blood volume, or coadministration of drugs such as phenothiazines or general anethesthics. In ambulatory patients, orthstatic hypotension may occur. " The above description doesn't exactly match Dylan's case, but the point is that hypotension by definition is lowered arterial blood pressure. So the answer to your question has to be that strong narcotics can in fact lower blood pressure depending on circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 > Question, If you are in great pain, your Blood Pressure should go up. But if you are on strong narcotics is that still true? (And the pain is constant 24/7.) > Cindy C. > No - I just checked " Drug Facts and Comparisons " for Narcotic Agonist Analgesics - which is what Dylan is on. What it says is: " Hypotensive effect: Narcotic analgesics may cause severe hypotension in individuals whose ability to maintain blood pressure has been compromised by a depleted blood volume, or coadministration of drugs such as phenothiazines or general anethesthics. In ambulatory patients, orthstatic hypotension may occur. " The above description doesn't exactly match Dylan's case, but the point is that hypotension by definition is lowered arterial blood pressure. So the answer to your question has to be that strong narcotics can in fact lower blood pressure depending on circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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