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Re: high blood pressure on Effexor

Posted by King Vultan on September 21, 2004, at 23:02:31

In reply to high blood pressure on Effexor, posted by artemiss on September 21, 2004, at 16:54:52

> My blood pressure has gone up since I started Effexor XR 37.5 mgs. I am also taking Triphasil birth control. Has anyone had their blood pressure increase since taking Effexor? I used a blood pressure monitor that a co-worker brought into work, and it read 136 over 93! That's high! I'm hoping there is something wrong with the machine. I recently had a full physical about a month ago, just before I started Effexor, and it wasn't nearly that high.
>
> I'm going to the doctor this Friday to get it professionally checked!
>
> Artemis


It's possible, but that's a very low dosage of Effexor to be experiencing high blood pressure on. Anything is possible, though. Don't panic--your BP is just barely over the borderline 140/90 threshold. I went in with a similar BP to my doctor once, and he did not even think it was worth treating. He said if it was consistently over 140/90, he would probably want to start treating it, but if it was just on the borderline, he suggested waiting. That's just his philosophy, however; I'm sure that some doctors would have a different opinion.

Todd


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