Diet Pills While Taking High Blood Pressure Medication?
Does anyone know if you can take Diet pills while taking high blood pressure medication.
I have a GP appointment next week and was wondering if anyone knew if you could take zenicol to aid a 6 stone weight loss programme while taking High Blood Pressure Medication
December 8th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Xenical (orlistat) does not really have any significant drug interactions.
However a couple of words of warning, first though chemically Xenical does produce weight loss, it does so by causing reduction of fat absorption. This causes wind, liquid diarrhoea, ‘accidents’, abdominal cramp and foul smelling liquid stool. These side effects can be reduced by eating a very low fat diet.
In supervised studies patients lost and sustained the loss of quite a lot of weight, unfortunately these experiences are often not repeated in the community.
Statistically diet + exercise is more successful for those that stick to it. Another advantage is that vigorous exercise also reduces blood pressure.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Combining drugs without the advice of a doctor or pharmacist can be a risky business.
According to the book From the Heart, over 50% of people don’t use their medications properly. They combine drugs that shouldn’t be combined, don’t follow the instructions for when or how to take them (morning or night, with food or fluids, etc.), they fail to take their medications regularly, or they take too much.
Ten percent of hospital admissions are due to medication misuse.
Self medicating with over-the-counter or herbal remedies in combination with your prescribed meds can be dangerous. The interaction between medications can increase, decrease, or change the effects of a drug.
To be safe, check with your doctor or pharmacist.
You can also check out http://www.smart-heart-living.com where you’ll find a wealth of information on exercise and diet that may help you in your goal to lose weight safely.
Good luck with your weight loss and take care you don’t get yourself into trouble by mixing meds.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:55 am
It depends entirely on the BP medication you are taking, what is the name of the drug? You need to check with your Doctor or Pharmacist. Tell them the exact name of the medications you are taking and they will tell you if there are any interactions.
If you edit your question with the name of the blood pressure medication you are taking, I will check and see if there are any interactions. There shouldn’t be any interactions.
Edit
Hi, there are no interactions between Amlodpine, Coversil and Zenical.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Yes I have taken them on blood pressure drugs. They didn’t bloody work but I took them!