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Rod P. (Albuquerque, NM) on 04/19/2022
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I take 40 mg of Lisinopril and 2.5 mg of Amlodipine Besylate for high blood pressure. How does one tell his VA doctor about Carditone? Do I stop taking my medications when I start taking Carditone? I had a TBI while serving in the Air Force and was in a coma for 16 days. Most VA doctors frown on taking a supplement for high blood pressure and I'm not sure on how to go about changing to Carditone.
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Replied By Art (California) on 04/20/2022

Rod P.,

I am not a doctor so I can not advise on dosing, I can only describe my and my friends' experience with using Carditone, but I don't think it would be good at all to just add it to your current regimen. That could be dangerous as it may lower your blood pressure too low!

Perhaps you can ask one of your doctors if it would be okay to go off your blood pressure meds for two weeks to test Carditone to see if it will help you as it will be easier to take one pill than two and you are also hoping to avoid any potential side effects from the Amlodipine and Lisinopril, of which there are quite a few as listed at these two links:

Side Effects of Lisinopril :

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/lisinopril-side-effects.html

You have to scroll the list to see all of the potential side effects.

Side Effects of Amlodipine:

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/amlodipine-side-effects.html

Art

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Replied By Preston (MA) on 05/01/2022

Be vey careful going off Lisinopril. It can and does cause heart attacks. NO lie!!! Lisinopril is a very dangerous drug..

Replied By Rod P. (Albuquerque, NM) on 04/29/2022

I stopped my medications for my HBP and have been taking Carditone for 5 days and my blood pressure has not gone down. In fact, my blood pressure is higher than what is what at the beginning of taking Carditone.
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Replied By Art (California) on 04/29/2022

Rod P. ,

Thank you for the feedback. Apparently Carditone is not working for you and you should stop it and go back on your previous meds as you don't want your blood pressure to go higher as you indicated it has while on Carditone.

Art

Replied By Rod Pastor (Albuquerque) on 05/08/2022

I stopped the Carditone and started my meds and then a few days later I started taking the Carditone along with my meds. I take my blood pressure meds early in the morning and the Carditone at 8pm. My blood pressure was 120/75 this morning, so I think that the Carditone is assisting in my blood pressure. Yesterday my blood pressure was 124/74 and I know that my blood pressure hasn't been this low for a long time.
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Replied By Art (California) on 05/08/2022

Rod,

Thank you for the update on your use of Carditone and I am glad it is allowing you to reach normal blood pressure readings which your two blood pressure meds were not able to do!

I have found that continued use of Carditone works better for me than the maximum dose of Amlodipine that my doctor had me on which never got my blood pressure into the normal range. It also outperformed Beet Root Powder that I tested. I also have not noticed any side effects from Carditone either.

Please keep an eye on your blood pressure regularly to make sure it does not go too low.

Art

Replied By Lauren (US) on 06/01/2022

Lisinopril almost killed me. It took me 8 months to "recover." If there is any way to avoid taking it, I'd run as fast as possible in that direction! :)
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Replied By srephanie (Australia) on 09/21/2022

Warning not to stop your medications suddenly even when told by doctor to do so. Some drugs are easier eg calcium blockers but you should still take time even when you are replacing it by other drug or remedy. You need to monitor your bp to guide you. I knew that people had bad problems with withdrawals from betablockers so I took 3 months even though the cardiologist told me to stop the bisoprolol and replace it with amlodipine. Even so, 2 days after my last dose I got palpitations and finished up in an emergency. The mistake I made was that I should have been taking amlodipine or other remedy to ease transition and I did not. Afterwards I was on amlodipine only 3 weeks and it was no problem to withdraw from it over next 2 weeks.

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