Can My High Blood Pressure Medications Affect My Cholesterol?
Can My High Blood Pressure Medications Affect My Cholesterol?Answer: High blood pressure and high cholesterol are the most common conditions that can lead to heart disease if ignored. The good news is that they’re both very treatable. There are many medications that can be used to help control your high blood pressure, but in some cases, these drugs can also affect your cholesterol levels. Some may help, some may make it worse. Fortunately, even if some of these medications raise your cholesterol levels, the effect is only slight and temporary. The following blood pressure medications have little effect, if any, on your cholesterol levels, including: • reserpine (Sereplan) • hydralazine (Apresoline) • potassium sparing diuretics, like spironolactone (Aldactone) • angiotensin converting enzyme inh
