Weight gain?

Neil Michels,

Thanks for your question. 

Lozol is a diuretic often used in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension).  By causing your system to lose some extra fluid, your pressure can come down, but this fluid loss effect is usually short lived.  It is believed that diuretics have an effect on blood pressure separate from water loss. 

The Aceon is an angiotensin converting enzyme blocker, a common class of drug used for hypertension.  This drugs works by blocking the production of powerful hormones responsible for salt and water reabsorption in the kidney.  Blocking this hormone results in lowering the blood pressure.

Aspirin is a mild blood thinner, which works on the platelets in the blood.  When platelets stick together, clots form.  Aspirin helps prevent the platelets from sticking to each other. 

Your combination of medication should have no effect on your weight.  There should be no change in appetite, and there is no fluid retention. In fact, you might be losing a bit of extra fluid by using the lozol.  So, it's difficult to give you an answer.  Should there be a concern, then a visit with your doctor is in order, and he will perform a history and physical, and get to the bottom of things. 

Please review our website for other information about hypertension, medications used to treat it, as well as some tips and suggestions to help keep your pressure under control.

Thanks.

Martin Cane, M.D.