Oops..did my post read wrong?
I was put on Vioxx Jan 2000. No side effects.
Feb of 2002, I started Enbrel.
Within 5 weeks, my BP went from 120/70 to 152/102.
Doc said that it could not be Enbrel and that it was the Vioxx.
He took me off Vioxx and I went on BP med.
When on the BP med, everything has been under control. If I skipped a pill, it went back up.
Now during x-mas vacation, the BP med caused my BP too low. (mid 90's / mid 50's).
I had always blamed the Enbrel and / Vioxx. Now I'm beginning to think that it is just work and unrelated to medication. I will monitor the BP the next few weeks to see if it really is work, my lifestyle (no sleep) or AS medication.
Betty
