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Oral budesonide and pressure
My bp pressure was normal 120/80 but ever since I start taking budesonide oral(budez CR)6 mg per day for crohn's ileitis since last 3 weeks my bp has become quite high almost 140/95 on an average ..
Can budesonide steroid cause this bp increase or it due to some other issue ?
I have active crohn's disease due to which I am taking this medicine along with mesalamine
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Can help you with the next course of action and treatment plan. Would like to discuss in details and provide apt solution. Kindly consult.
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Yes it can cause
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Steroid is the culprit
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Yes, your raised bp is likely to be caused by the medication you are taking. No need to worry unless you got symptoms like headache/dizziness.., kindly consult if so.
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Dr. Ravi Kumar Nadella
General Physician
18 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Medication side effect
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
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6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly provide me detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some infection like crohn's disease.
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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Budesonide is glucocorticoid so After taking this blood pressure can be increase.
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Please follow good life style as take plenty of fluid and take less spicy and fatty food and
don't take outside food and
take less salt in the diet and do excercise regularly with yoga and meditation.
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
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13 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
It might cause
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Dr. Animesh Gupta
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17 yrs exp
Patna
Yes it may rise ur BP
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