Generally I think I am fairly healthy (and as the doctors always add: “For your age.” That being said, my blood pressure is somewhat elevated. For the high blood pressure I have for years been taking medicine; Chlorthalidone and Ramipril to lower my blood pressure. They seemed to work well.
Years ago I got gout and painfully limped around for a couple of weeks because of my throbbing big toe. I was very confused as to why I suddenly got gout. I always thought of gout as being caused by a diet of red meat and alcohol, neither of which I consume. The gout eventually went away, but reoccured a couple of years later.
As readers of this blog might remember, I recently found myself in the hospital with a case of Pancreatitis. Again I was mystified as to what caused it. The doctors really couldn’t give me a reason. It seemed like alcohol is one of Pancreatitis’s main causes, which I don’t use.
The other day I was doing a bit of research on those two drugs I took for my blood pressure and came across some probable reasons for my episodes of gout and pancreatitis. It seems that Chlorthalidone can cause gout, and Ramipril, in some cases can cause pancreatitis.
I was happy to finally find some reason for those ailments happening. I have yet to ask my doctor about these findings, and see if there are some other medicines that will serve me better.
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I find when I am not drinking enough water something seems to creep up on my otherwise healthy life. They recommend so much per day, not sure of the figure now. Cheers to a long and happy life. I don't drink alcohol either.
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