Posted by stargazer2 on November 25, 2007, at 18:34:47
In reply to Re: HP crisis., posted by tepi on November 25, 2007, at 12:54:02
Tepi,
Would NEVER do to that as Nifedipine can drop your pressure the other way rather quickly and has to be monitored very closely. I was lucky in that I had my BP cuff ready to go, started at 230/130, laid on the BR floor to minimize any activity and just kept taking my BP and pulse every few minutes. Eventually it came down to 130/80 and I really felt relatively OK for what had happened.I have extremely low BP so the escalation to 230/130 made me fear a stroke if I couldn't get it under control.
BTW, your BP was more likely 200/150 since the bottom number is never larger than the top number.
I'm lucky in that most of the No-No food are ones I don't really like except for cheese. Occasionally I will have a slice of pizza and be OK, but that is it, no aged cheese ever, so cream cheese is one of my biggest treats.
Stargazer
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