Vasotec -Any opinions?
OK. My kidneys are fine at this point, by the usual lab tests. My
doc wants to put me on a pharmaceutcal like ‘vasotec’, which inhibits
enzymes in one’s body necessary for vasoconstriction…Thus lowering
my blood pressure. He says there is evidence that even diabetics with
normal blood pressure (like me) benefit from this drug because it
increases blood flow through the kidneys, also extremeties…So it is
like a preventitive measure against possible future kidney
problems….I have a knee-jerk "Quick! Run!" response to suggestions
like this. In an effort to be ‘reasonable’ I thought I’d ask here if
any of you have been on a similar drug, and what you think about it.
Do/did you feel better on it? Any side effects? Are others amoung us
getting this line of reasoning pressed onto them from their
physicians? It’s really kind of comical - I get so nervous when I go
to the doctor that my blood pressure rises, so i test high in the
examining room. As soon as I get home I sit down and test again with
my home kit and clock in at 120/64 or so….I’ve explained this to
them, but I’m just a patient, and a renegade one at that, so maybe
they don’t believe me..? My heart and cholesterol levels are fine too.