hi all, glad i found this forum, i was put on ramipril 1.25 nearly 2 months ago, now upto 5, my bp is so eratic, i have now been given bisoprolol 2.5, am i right in thinking i take biso in the morning and ramipril evening, the only side effect so far with ramipril has been aching joints, i suffer with lack of sleep and anxiety, thanks in advance
That's what I used to do when I was taking Ramipril, I haven't heard of aching joints with it but I had to stop taking it because it caused a dry cough.
I now take Bisoprolol, Bendroflumethiazide and Losartan and, finally, my BP is under control!
Good luck Rob
thanks mrsmop, its all new (and scary) to me) i suppose time will tell, i have been at the doc's everyday now for a week, the nurse is a great help. back down next week so i will how things go from here.
Try not to worry Rob and come back here if you need some tea and sympathy, or to bounce any ideas off us!!
If the Ramipril is causing your aching joints, have you told your GP? There are dozens of alternatives that can be used, so perhaps you might benefit from changing but maybe when the Bisoprolol has settled down.
You might find that your anziety will lessen when you have been on these drugs for a while. They slow you down!
Mrsmop might I ask why you stopped taking ramipril?
Only I have been asked to take it and have been put off by the side effects.
Am on bisop 3.75 and digoxin 1.25 and know that ramipril increases the effectiveness of these meds. but BP is 133/82 average over last six months and pulse ranges 60-75
As mrsmop said try and relax (easier said than done I know) music helps me.
How has ramipril reduced your BP?
Try beetroot (juice) water melon .They act in different ways but have worked for me
Hi Bill, I stopped because of the cough that it caused.
I was put on Bisoprolol first and worked up to a daily dose of 10mg, they then added in the Ramipril for about 6 months, and changed it to Bendroflumethiazide. It is only recently I have had to have the Losartan too and now my BP is 120/70 a lot of the time, which is very low for me!
Your BP doesn't seem very high for them to be adding in another drug.
There was a piece in the series Trust me I'm a Doctor, wheere they tried 3 groups of men on beetroot, water melon and I forget the other thing. The beetroot [every day] produced a BP reduction of something like 10%
early days i see a therapist next week for my anxiety hopefully if i can control that then bp will reduce
Thanks mrsmop I saw that programme but missed the conclusion as I had to take a phone call and then forgot to catch it on iplayer
I eat/drink beetroot 3weeks out of 4. It does help reduce BP I am convinced
I like it anyway
Good luck Rob, let us know how you get on.
I eat beetroot too but I can't say I have noticed any reduction in addition to what the pills do.
I have been going overboard with porridge though, unadulterated, with no salt/sugar and my cholesterol has come down a lot. It was 8.2 as is now 7. Maybe that will help the BP too!
The 'other thing' was garlic - raw I think. There has been a lot of chat on this site about the benefits of beetroot, garlic and water melon after that TV programme. I seem to remember that the best of the 3 in reducing BP was beetroot, but lots of people here swear by garlic as well.
mrsmop - was "the other thing" garlic? That might have been a different programme I saw as they mentioned beetroot, cerely and garlic.
None of you have probably ever heard of "cerely" - no guesses for what I should have typed!!!
Ha ha, there's me thinking it was some obscure thing that I had never thougt of!
I remember the garlic now, it definitiely wasn't celery.
And I guess the water melon was included because it is a diuretic.
hello again, just a quick update. i was supposed to see a therapist yesterday, so 2 days spent with increased anxiety only to get a call when i was about to set off, that thay had to cancel because she was poorly. anyway another app made for today and ten mins later rung me back to cancel again, that one had gone(computer not updating or summat) anyway app now on the 29th of this month (unless they cancel that one as well.....bp at last visit was 156/90 which compared to 200/100 i was happy about. i'm of work until the end of january and really need to be sorted by then so fingers crossed, merry christmas to u all x
I have been taking 5mg Ramipril for about 5 years, and find that I get constant pains in my legs. I did not know that Ramipril could effect you in this way. I also take Simvastatin which I have now learned that it can also cause joint pains. I have been taking Simvastatin since I had my new heart valve fitted about 20 years ago. How come the doctors do not let you know this can happen.
Orthopaedic consultant told me that all drugs can cause joint pain.
I was on Statins and Warfarin after my Aortic tissue Valve replacement in 2012 and had musclee and joint pains as a consequence.
I stopped statins and the muscle pains went. I later stopped Warfarin ans went back to aspirin and the joint pains went.
I started taking Ramipril and Bisoprolol and month ago for my heart failure. I am now in eplernone also. My heart rate is now a nice 59 ish but the BP is still a bit high.
I do get a little dizzy sometimes but my body is adjusting now.
Should I take the Ramipril at night?