Re: Very Labile Hypertension Sensitive to MSG and NSAIDS

From: Dorkus (Dorkus_at_eatme.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:58:02 GMT

"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote in
news:4198F50F.77DA@heartmdphd.com:

> bbesler wrote:
>>
>> For the past two years, I have been having chronic daily tension
>> headaches and very labile hypertension. I have my own (Omron 705CP)
>> auto inflation blood pressure measuring instrument, so I take my BP a
>> few times a day. After two years of journaling the headaches, BP,
>> stress, levels what food I have been eating etc, the following is
>> evident. The headaches are not caused by the BP elevations. I am
>> extremely sensitive to MSG and NSAIDS. When I eat Thai or Chinese
>> food in cetain restaraunts, I will start getting a severe tension
>> heacache and my BP will hit 170/100. Needless to say I completely
>> avoid Thai and Chinese food now. I assume it is the MSG. Salty food
>> does not do this to me. My resting BP is normally 130-135/80 on
>> medication (2 x 80/12.5 mg Micardis HCT in morning, 300 mg labetalol
>> q 5hr). Also I seem to be very sensitive to NSAIDS. Vioxx 50 mg,
>> Bextra 20 mg, and 550mg naproxen sodium within a couple of hours will
>> cause my BP to rise to 160+/100. This is an effect from taking one
>> dose, when I had not had any for days before. Now I only use Norco
>> 10/325 to control the headaches with Trileptal and occipital Botox
>> injections as preventatives.
>>
>> I have been through the ringer, including testing to pheochromocytoma,
>> coorcation of the aorta, renal hyptersion, Conn's syndrome done at the
>> Cleveland Clinic and/or William Beaumont Hospital, both of which are
>> top cardiology places. Three brain MRI's (two with contrast), a head
>> and neck MRA, and two echos are all negative, except for a minor
>> aortic valve leakage.
>>
>> Has anyone here every seen sensitivity to NSAIDS's or MSG like this?
>
> Chronic pain such as headaches can make labile hypertension difficult to
> manage. If NSAIDs and MSG exacebate your headaches, one would expect
> these things would also exacerbate your blood pressure problems. And
> indeed, that has been my experience in the care of patients like you.
>
>
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I think the msg thing is a semi-fabricated syndrome Americans suffer from,
It seems the condition is not a common thing in asia where msg is used the
most. I have a can of Ve-Tsin gourmet powder (msg) and use it in various
asian dishes and my chili. I don't get headaches from msg, I don't get
colds from not dressing warmly enough or when the weather gets warm after
several cold days, I don't think wine, mixing drinks or sugary drinks gives
you a bigger hangover than your normal beverage of choice and I think
fussel oil hangover is another crock of ***. So many wives tales and so
many retards beliving it. I love msg.

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