Casodex/HT and high blood pressure-- anyone else having this issue

Yesterday, I was just not feeling so great. I was not really short of breath, but every so often I felt the need to take a deeper breath.

Then last night, I was feeling worse and on a whim took my blood pressure. It was scary high, about 210/110.
We were ready to go to the ER. I do know that I have been rather sedentary the past week. I've been having some shoulder issues so I stopped doing upper body workouts. I am doing P/T for the shoulder and I hope to return to my workouts soon. Also, I have not done much walking or cardio stuff -- just lazy for the past 10 days. I've also been very busy with other stuff.

So, before heading to the ER, I headed to the treadmill. I did some regular brisque walking on it for 15 minutes. I then sat down and 5 minutes later did my BP. It was down to about 150/99. Still not good, but enough to cancel that ER trip, and enough to warn me to get off my rear end and get back in the groove.

So today I woke up feeling much better. I went back to the gym to do some cardio stuff. It amounted to about a 40 minute workout (brisque walk to and from gym -- about 0.8 miles each way and a 20-minute harder workout on the elliptical). Tonight I took my B/P and it was 115/65. That's much more like it, and more typical.

In fact, I've felt fine today. No need to breathe extra deep. No issues. I also gave myself a break from my meds (casodex and metformin).

Any ideas what might have caused this? I strongly suspected metformin, but I do not see these issues listed as SE. But I DO see these issues highlighted as Casodex SE. I am also on Lupron.

Anybody else have such as issue. I might add that I have had some sudden bouts of higher B/P (nothing close to the figures of last night) that did resolve when I increased my exercise regimen.


Mel

about 4 years ago I went to the ER due to some issues. I was there for 3 nights and did various tests, including a stress test and other stuff. I had suspected it was a reaction to a statin drug I was taking at that time.

Anyway, they found nothing. I spent most of that time waiting around. I hated it so much we swore never again unless we REALLY felt it was a true emergency.

Well, had the bp remained that high, we would have gone.

Anyway, Logo, I know your advice is probably correct, because if someone else made that post, I would have said the same thing: get to the ER NOW.

Anyway, I seem to be just fine now. Not sure what that was. I am going to get back on the medications tonight and we shall see.

I am posting this to see if anyone else had this happen.

Mel

Mel, not sure how I missed this thread till now, but now that I'm reading it, I agree with logo.
Seriously, it's great that you are feeling better, but you should still see a cardiologist, tell him what happened, and let him do whatever tests he thinks necessary. This is the kind of stuff you don't mess with, trust me, I know.
Get it checked out, without delay. It's probably nothing ,and maybe the side effects as you suspect, but better safe than sorry.

That, and almost complete loss of feeling in my left leg (which hid the fact that I was having massive gout issues as well), are the two big reasons they pulled me off casodex. Add that to the fact that my PSA rise did not slow in the slightest with several months of casodex on top of Lupron.

I would bump up the next doc visit. Call and explain the issue, get in there sooner.

Thought I would give an update. The issue I mentioned in my OP has not repeated itself. I am about 90% convinced that one of my medications is causing the issue. When I take all my meds., about 5 hours later (like clockwork) some of those breathing symptoms return. I now take the meds at night.

I also took a one-day vacation from the meds and had no issues. I am now back on all meds except metformin, and I am going to see what happens. I suspect it may well be the Casodex, but it could be the metformin. So far, no issues. Assuming that continues, I'll add back the metformin and see what happens.

Recent BP readings have pretty much been in the 115-128/65-85 range, mostly at the lower end.

Anyone else have any ideas? I am also taking vit. D-3 and Pomi-T and and Mega Red Joint Relief (krill oil, for knee issues). I guess it could be anything. But right now, all is well, sans metformin

Mel

had high blood eligard mo said it was not from shot primary care doc. beat it down doubled pressure pill finally got it down with water pill SE,s yes good luck

Compiler, have they done liver panel bloodwork on you?

I was taking 50mg Casodex, daily and my liver numbers went through the roof. I had to cut back to every other day. Dr. Turner of Scholz-Lam-Turner.

Plus, I found that blood pressure varies 10 points in a two minute interval. Should average a few tests.

I've had low, healthy blood pressure all my life. Just before my biopsy, I went for for the pre biopsy check up. Had high blood pressure then. I don't know if it was stress or just being nervous. I work out a few days a week and don't each too much garbage. Plan to get it checked again soon. Jack