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Dear David, You wrote: >Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 23:40:54 -0400 >From: David Moreland <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: nifedipine >I am a Parkie with a blood pressure problem some of the time. When my >blood pressure was first shown to be on the high side. ..... >The nifedipine is working. Then all afternoon my generic >Sinemet did not work for me. Has anyone else had a similar experience with >sinemet and nifedipine? I had a somewhat similar experience, except that nifedipine was making me nearly faint at least once a day. "Don't try to be a tragic heroine. You don't have the (sculptured) cheekbones for it," said my big sister. So I persuaded my internist to try something else. Very low doses of Vasotec seem to be working. But then nothing could be expected to work when the "blues" take charge, those times when we neglect the basics such as food, sleep and exercise. At a recent seminar at Hogue Hospital in Newport Beach, CA, Dr. Mark Stacey from the Barrows Inst. in Phoenix said, in effect, that Parkinson's "cures" high blood pressure. By that he meant perhaps that Parkinson medications can have a side effect of lowering blood pressure. He even highly recommended that people increase their salt intake! It would seem to follow that blood pressure medication could be tapered off if the PD pills are having the same effect. That's what I've been negotating with my doctor. People who don't have Parkinson's sometimes pop a blood pressure pill in anticipation of times of stress, even "happy stress". Maybe that would work for us too. Also this is where T'ai Chi and other forms of "mindful" meditation can help us. There's much more to learn! Mary, 48, diagnosed 1990 2x10mg Vasotec, 3x25/100 mg. Sinemet, 50mg Pamelor, a bunch of vitamins & ginger tea