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I take sinimet and symmetrel and was worked up for cardiac probs due to chest pain - done this year (on meds) and last year (pre-diagnosis) Maybe it's one of the many sequale of PD. I have high BP - otherwise heart is fine Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Landes" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: Very high blood pressure > Dear List Friends; > > A friend of mine who has Parkinson's just told me about the following > incident where she was experiencing chest pain. Can anyone shed any light on > this for her? She was told it was from stress and that her heart is strong. > > Sequence of events follows: > > Chest pains Wednesday. Went to doctor Thursday > > Took EKG - difficult to take because of Parkinson's tremor. > Blood pressure went bezerk > > Went to cardiologist who gave her nitroglycerine in case she needed it. > Took 4 of them. Chest pain went away. > > Tuesday had eccocardiogram > Wednesday had stress test and heart rate went beserk > Doctor panicked > > All tests came back negative. So they suggested an angiogram which she had > then in the hospital. > > Heart is apparently okay, but blood pressure was very high ... 136/110. > Normal is 138/80 for her. > > Her medications are as follows: > Sinemet CR 25/100 3x day > Requip 1 mg 4x day > Symmetrel 100 mg 3 x day > > Any input will be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Alison Landes > PTCG/Fran Landes, sister, 46/45/43