Re: Which BP Med Has the Least Side Effects

In article <8oqch3dm1r1d8bt78cs4gs51c45otggs8i@xxxxxxx>,
Jim Chinnis <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Joe Doe <None@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

In article <ti6ch3pl20t22qctjchvcfl7jcpbhf4gno@xxxxxxx>,
Jim Chinnis <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I'm sticking with the reduction. But I'm doing heavy work putting in a
stone
patio and paths (when my day job allows) and the rapid increase in pulse
when straining is uncomfortable.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

I read somewhere that arm exercise raises blood pressure
disproportionately. This is one reason cited for sedentary snow
shovelers getting an MI. Combined with increase in BP with resistance
exercise in general (you might be holding your breath etc when doing
heavy stone work) you may be putting a lot of stress on your heart. So
if you approached it more mindfully - say be conscious of breathing etc.
you might be able to handle it with less distress.

Roland

Thanks, Roland. I'm nowhere in the vicinity of "sedentary," though. I doubt
that I could find it with a map. While doing the digging and stone work,
though, I've stopped going to the gym every day.


I knew you were a regular exerciser and well conditioned aerobically and
otherwise. Lifting heavy stuff just introduces a different kind of
stress (acute rise in blood pressure) which I was reminding you about.

On another note you mentioned you could see your abdominal muscles- you
have to be very lean for this to be true (bodyfat in the 8-10% range for
a male slightly more for a female). By most peoples standards at that
bodyfat % the probability of having pathologically active VAT is very
low. In many studies the "lean" control group is in the 14% range.

Roland





I put on an exercise heart rate monitor while working today. Digging in this
heavy clay soil keeps me around 100-110. Pushing the heavy loaded
wheelbarrow up the hill that is my backyard can bump it all the way to 145.
Trying to keep the barrow from tipping over in the wrong place on the hill
sent me very briefly to 162 (and I failed)... If I push myself and keep at
it without breaks, my heart rate stays elevated 10-15 bps or so for quite a
while (an hour or so) after I stop.

None of that sort of thing happens with 25 mg/d of atenolol. Now that I've
cut the dose to 6.5 mg, it does, and it feels strange after having my pulse
kept steady with 50 mg/d of atenolol.

These internet interludes are my breaks, BTW. Tomorrow my day job will take
me away from my stone, unfortunately.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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