My blood pressure was spiking as high as 210/105 and no lower than 140/87. Before going on medication I was asked to take the average of 12 readings taken over 3 days and that was 176/89. My dr placed me on an 80mg dose of Micardis (Telmisartan) and a few days later once blood work came back he added Simvastin 40mg for cholesterol. Almost 2 weeks went by and my bp was still averaging in the same range as before and so I sought out a cardiologist. She added a 10mg dose of Coreg CR along with the Micardis because my Pulse rate averaged around 100 and she felt that it would drop my pulse. I have now been on all 3 meds for almost 2 weeks and I just took my bp and it was 137/84 with a pulse rate of 73. I am scheduled on Monday for a Nuclear Stress Test; is the fact that I am on 2 higher doses of bp medicine + cholesterol medicine an indication that they may find something during the stress test? As you can see I am very nervous about it and I know that being nervous probably is not helping my bp. Your response is greatly anticipated.




