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> > 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 Be careful with this one. My husband has had severe hypertension for years. We have discovered that it is best to avoid long acting anti-hypertensive meds which tend to cause episodes of low blood pressure. Since most internist think that long acting meds are superior to shorter acting ones, it is hard to convince them that PD patients need to fine tune anti-hypertensives because of the action of Sinemet. Jamies hypertension persists, but is controlled (he takes Lopressor). ----- Regards Mary Ann