Hi DavesMom/Michelle!
Since my OHS in Dec. 2008, I am on the same stuff the rest of "the gang" is on--metropolol plus in the last 3 years I have, for bp, taken cozaar (hyzaar for me for a bit of diarhetic, or however it is spelled). (I think there is a thread somewhere on this site about the miracle cure, or so it seemed, of Cozaar, which had been found to shrink aneurysms--at least in Marfan people. I learned about Cozaar from Dr. Hal Dietz at a presentation at Johns Hopkins.)
Hey Maryka!
Interesting that you brought up Cozaar. I had my echo and annual cardio appointment today and all was fine. (Yay me!) Of course my echos are always good - I'm more concerned about the CT scan to check the aneurysm and that won't come until March.
The only concern my cardio had was that my BP still runs in the 130s and 140s, although I know it's much higher at work. She wants my BP no higher than 120/85 so I have to get back to her in three weeks with more readings. If they're still high she wants to add Cozaar.
I may fight her on this. I'm already really fatigued thanks in part to Coreg (and probably my seizure med as well) and don't want to be comatose. Perhaps I heard her wrong about taking both at the same time - maybe I would switch the Coreg for Cozaar - but seems to me that both would be overkill.
We'll see what happens.
Hope all's well. Take care.
Cheers,
Michelle