Anybody lose weight while taking blood pressure meds?

Ctmikey1980
Ctmikey1980 Posts: 8 Member
edited December 17 in Health and Weight Loss
Just started my BP meds, for elevated levels of 160/100 ish. Was given 240MG Cartia XT, generic for diltiazem. Read online reviews of weight gain and am worried. Hoping members here have lost weight while taking it. Thanks.

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  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    Yes I’ve lost weight on BP meds. Keep going it will come off.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Not that one; I take a low dose of Lisinopril. I had hoped to be able to ditch it with weight loss, but I'm within the normal BMI range now and still need it.

    160/100 is high enough to outweigh any worries of potential weight gain at this point, if the medication works to lower your bp. If it doesn't, sit down with your doctor and discuss alternatives. There are several other possible options.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited December 2018
    I've had difficulty losing weight since I moved in with my OH and have been blaming him :lol:

    But I also started taking Metoprolol about that time and wonder if it is increasing my appetite. I'm take it for heart palpitations, not high blood pressure, but it is a high BP medication.

    I've been noticing that a 1.5 mile walk is harder for me than a longer walk with more hills was where I used to live.

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/expert-answers/beta-blockers/faq-20058385

    ...Doctors aren't sure exactly why some beta blockers cause weight gain. It could be that beta blockers slow your metabolism.
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    Yes. I’m on an ACE inhibitor for kidney protection — I’m a type 1 diabetic — and lose weight as expected, based on deficit from tdee.
  • jo_nz
    jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
    I take quite a low dose of metoprolol (for migraine prevention, not blood pressure), and am losing okay - if anything I have been able to lose weight better since taking it as I feel much better which has led me to eating better and getting active.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    Many different types of blood pressure pills - I was on amolodopamine and had to switch to losatran because of some side effects - feel night and day better and weight slowly coming off
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    I take a moderate dose of Lisinopril and lost weight (183-130).
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    jo_nz wrote: »
    I take quite a low dose of metoprolol (for migraine prevention, not blood pressure), and am losing okay - if anything I have been able to lose weight better since taking it as I feel much better which has led me to eating better and getting active.

    @jo_nz how much metoprolol are you taking? I'm on 12.5 mg.
  • bluesheeponahill
    bluesheeponahill Posts: 169 Member
    On a low dose of Antentol, weight loss has been difficult for sure. In winter the weight comes off, come summer i hold all the water. Drives me crazy. About to head back to Specalist to ask for something else. And I need to lose the weight to bring down BP too. Keep working out, drink water, eat heailtly, even with weight gain (which is often temporary) something has to give and eventually it will come off. It’s just slower, sadly!
  • jo_nz
    jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    jo_nz wrote: »
    I take quite a low dose of metoprolol (for migraine prevention, not blood pressure), and am losing okay - if anything I have been able to lose weight better since taking it as I feel much better which has led me to eating better and getting active.

    @jo_nz how much metoprolol are you taking? I'm on 12.5 mg.

    Oh! Maybe my dose isn't all that low! I take 47.5mg per day.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    A change in medication can cause a bump or a drop in weight but that is usually caused by water retention/loss. It doesn't mean it will happen to you and even if it does it has nothing to do with fat gain or loss. You still have to eat more calories than you burn to gain fat weight.
  • New_Heavens_Earth
    New_Heavens_Earth Posts: 610 Member
    Yes my parents did, largely through eliminating high sodium foods that contributed to HBP. They were also on diuretics, but of course that was water weight loss. Any weight they regained (and they fluctuate) was from them being lax on their eating habits.
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