High blood pressure

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Tnguyen
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High blood pressure

Postby Tnguyen » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:28 pm

Hello everyone,
I feel like every time one problem gets solve, another problem arise. So the story is...
My mom has been on stivarga for about 1 week, and before she was one 1 pill and just yesterday she started on 2 pill. And the main side effect that she has is fatigue..or so I thought. One night I decided to measure her blood pressure because she was just so fatigue and I was shocked. Her bp was so high, 165/105. That's extremely high for her, because her regular bp is under 120/80. She is also on 40mg lisinopril for her bp and usually that would help her bp a lot.

In the morning before she takes her 2 Stivarga pills, her bp would be "normal" @ 130/80. But after 3 ish her bp began to rise. And I think it's part of the cause of her discomfort along with stivarga.
After measuring her bp for 2 days and seeing the increasing pattern, I decided to give her onc nurse a call and left a voicemail, but she never even called back. So I decided to call her once again, and finally the PA called me back and ordered my mom another bp medication called metoprolol @25 mg and advice my mom to take 1 pill a day. For one day it seemed to help bring down the bp a little but today her bp went off the roof again @ 175/110. I decided to call the on call nurse and he told me to give my mom another of that 25mg pill in the evening to help lower it....but nope. It's still high.
Even though my mom says she isn't in pain nor dizzy, no headache...I still worry for her...because this isn't normal. Ever since taking stivarga, My mom has also been having more of that discomfort I talked about in my other thread. But there no pain and her bowel movements are fine. I'm now at a point where I think her discomfort is due to her high bp or its due to her tumor...but if it's her tumor...wouldn't she be in pain? I also talked to Janie who is also on stivarga, and she also said she had high bp for first few weeks. Since we can't see the onc till Wednesday, has anyone ever been in this position or have any advice on naturally lowering the bp? Any story or advice will be appreciated
Thank you
Mom Diagnosed with CC stage iv with mets to liver and lung
16 rounds of folfox - failed
folfori- some growth, some shrank
folfori+vectibix- failed after 4 months (scans came back with some growth)
currently- (oct12/16) stivarga (2 pills a day)

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meatie
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Location: San Jose, CA

Re: High blood pressure

Postby meatie » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:40 pm

Hi Natalie,

Could you put your mother's concise medical history in the signature, so that forum members know at a quick glance what treatment you mother had and could offer relevant advice based on that information? If you don't know what to include in ( and exclude from) the medical history, take a look at the signature of forum members to get some ideas.

Good luck!
Mother DX @59 8/14
cln+lvr res 9/14, stage 4
FOLOX+Avs 12-rd 10/14 to 4/15
Reoccurrence, KRAS mutant 11/15
Folfiri 18-rds 11/15-8/16
FOLFIRI with Ramicirumab 28-rds 8/17-9/18
Regorafenib 10/18-10/19
Lonsurf 10/19 onward
Folfox rechallenge 05/20
Regonivo (Opdivo+Stivarga) 08/20
External Peace 09/12/2022

canadiandaughter
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Re: High blood pressure

Postby canadiandaughter » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:08 am

I can't help you but am interested to see how she does. This was what our oncologist mentioned might be my dads next choice. I am torn because I am not sure he can handle it. Our oncologist is meeting with a panel of specialists from around our province next week and will present my dads case. I asked for a immunotherapy trial that is currently going on. Crossing my fingers! My dads bp was a bit high this last appt but might have been white coat syndrome.
DD to 81 year old father
dx 24/07/14 iv cc mets liver/lung
folifiri started 19/07/14
shrinkage of all mets
growth in the liver,started folfox/avastin 80% 13/01/16
reduced to 70% due to side effects 27/01/16
First scan on folfox shows shrinkage in lungs, but liver just stable
6 rounds of vectibix-fail. 3cm growth and new spots showing Waiting for panel recommendations
At peace January 8, 2017

jhocno197
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Re: High blood pressure

Postby jhocno197 » Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:52 pm

Stivarga does raise blood pressure for some, it's one of the biggies listed in the potential side effects & should be monitored pretty closely by the doctor. Since it is likely being caused by the drug, I don't know that there is anything natural y'all can do to bring it down.
DH - dx Dec 2014, stage IV with bladder & peritoneal involvement - non-resectable
Colostomy
FOLFOX failed
FOLFIRI failed
Tumor actually distending pelvic skin
Not a candidate for last-ditch pelvic exenteration
Stivarga finally begun 2/19/16
Tumor growing/fungating
Lonsurf started 11/18/16
Died 3/10/17


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