Blood Pressure

I strongly recommend you try it.

In the countries it's available, it's very often used to replace Amlodipine in patients who can't tolerate it due to edema. Off the top of my head it worked as well as Amlodipine for BP control, without the edema side effect in over 90% of people who had edema with Amlodipine, Then you consider the other health benefits from opening micro vessels in the kidney and liver, and it's a no brainer.

Keep in mind you need 2x the dose of Cild to get the equivalent BP reduction effect of Amlodipine.

If you're adding it to your current combo, I'd start with 5mg (=2.5mg Amlodipine). If after a couple of weeks all is well, and you want to lower BP further try 10mg.

PCT24 has Cildipidine

5mg 1x10 60¢
10mg 1x10 80¢
20mg 1x10 $1

They're splittable, so I'd get the 10s. That will allow you to try 5mg, but I think it's likely you'll end up using 10mg.
Not aware of any issues combining an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a beta blocker, and a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker?
 
A low reading recently was 133/73, but if I skip cardio for a couple of weeks when work gets really busy, the systolic creeps up into the 80s and sometimes even the 90s. Diastolic goes to high 130s to low 140s. Occasionally higher. Not good numbers for being on two blood pressure medications.

You've probobly seen me say this before, but it's now widely accepted that minimum doses of multiple BP meds with different mechanisms of action are more effective with fewer sides than higher doses of any single class. In this case 1+1=4 (or in this case 2+1=6).

ARB/CCB is increasingly becoming the "gold standard" for dual class, with beta blockers and diuretics used when a 3rd or 4th is needed, so a CCB would be ideal if this one works for you as it does for so many that have problems on Amlodipine.

You really want to be as close to 120/70 or slightly below as possible to achieve with meds you can tolerate.

Remember if you feel a little lightheaded initially that almost always resolves within a a couple of weeks to a month, so try to stick with it if your numbers look better.
 
Not aware of any issues combining an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a beta blocker, and a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker?

No that's a common combo, though beta blocker is often tried before diuretic, since it's better tolerated by most, that's not an issue for you since you already know it works, and you've had edema issues. By the way, the diuretic works synergistically with Cildipidine to lower its already very low likelihood of edema to practically zero.
 
Not aware of any issues combining an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a beta blocker, and a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker?
Amlodipine gave me edema also. Oddly enough only in my hands while I was sleeping. But it as bad. So I switched to Cilnidipine and I have had no issues. I take 20mg Telmisartan and 10mg Cilnidipine at night, then 10mg Nebivolol in the morning. So an ARB, CCB and a BB daily. Works great for me.
 
PCT 24 doesn't ship to Europe, unfortunately.
Do you know where I can find it with shipping to the EU at an affordable price?

However, I’m going to try lercanidipine—it seems to be somewhere between amlodipine and cilnidipine in terms of side effects.
I'll be combining it with telmisartan + HCTZ and bisoprolol, all in micro-doses
 
PCT 24 doesn't ship to Europe, unfortunately.
Do you know where I can find it with shipping to the EU at an affordable price?

However, I’m going to try lercanidipine—it seems to be somewhere between amlodipine and cilnidipine in terms of side effects.
I'll be combining it with telmisartan + HCTZ and bisoprolol, all in micro-doses

Which country?
 
You've probobly seen me say this before, but it's now widely accepted that minimum doses of multiple BP meds with different mechanisms of action are more effective with fewer sides than higher doses of any single class. In this case 1+1=4 (or in this case 2+1=6).

ARB/CCB is increasingly becoming the "gold standard" for dual class, with beta blockers and diuretics used when a 3rd or 4th is needed, so a CCB would be ideal if this one works for you as it does for so many that have problems on Amlodipine.

You really want to be as close to 120/70 or slightly below as possible to achieve with meds you can tolerate.

Remember if you feel a little lightheaded initially that almost always resolves within a a couple of weeks to a month, so try to stick with it if your numbers look better.

No that's a common combo, though beta blocker is often tried before diuretic, since it's better tolerated by most, that's not an issue for you since you already know it works, and you've had edema issues. By the way, the diuretic works synergistically with Cildipidine to lower its already very low likelihood of edema to practically zero.
Alright, I might give that a try.
 
I am very curious how much of a reduction actually occurs when adding a third component, like, in this case, Cildipidine.


Ghoul posted on another thread a Quad study of 4 classes of BP drugs used at low doses. Here is a similar one (or the same) that concludes adding a 2nd low dose drug is 5 times more effective than doubling the dose of a single drug. And another trial concluded adding a 3rd showed a reduction of 17.4/9.4-mm Hg.

“There is strong evidence that the BP-lowering effects of different classes of drugs are independent and fully additive.15 , 18 The effects of adding a second BP-lowering agent are closely concordant with those predicted by independent effects, occur across all pairs of medication classes, and are about 5 times more effective than doubling the dose of the first agent.18 The additive effects across 3 classes of low-dose drugs were also demonstrated in a placebo-controlled, crossover trial of 3 half-dose BP drugs in 86 participants aged >50 years without a history of cardiovascular disease.19 Overall, a 17.4/9.4–mm Hg BP reduction was observed compared to the anticipated 17.9/9.5–mm Hg decline expected from the cumulative effects of the 3 separate agents.

This study found that 70% of participants in the triple-pill group achieved their target BP versus 55% in the usual-care group“
 
I'm having a hard time getting my BP down. I've been taking 80mg Telmi for a couple weeks now and it's not going down. Wanna say my BP monitor been avg close to 145/79.

Before I got into AAS it was fine (120/70) and I was a lot heavier then than I am now. I got some amlodipine coming to go with the Telmisartan. Anything else I should try?
 
I'm having a hard time getting my BP down. I've been taking 80mg Telmi for a couple weeks now and it's not going down. Wanna say my BP monitor been avg close to 145/79.

Before I got into AAS it was fine (120/70) and I was a lot heavier then than I am now. I got some amlodipine coming to go with the Telmisartan. Anything else I should try?

Is this pharma or ugl telm?

Have you seen zero noticeable drop in BP, or a little of you know?
 
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