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pilgrim37 · 07-20-2011, 09:58 AM

Hi all:

I've been doing well but blood pressure is a little high -- just over the line. PCP presribed Lisinopril. I asked if it was okay as a breast cancer survivor -- sure, he said. I've learned to do my own research so before I took it today I hit google. It turns out new research came out in April finding that breast cancer survivors who take Lisinopril & other ACE inhibitors have a 56% increased risk of recurrence. ARGH. I'm angry. Moving on, apparently breast cancer survivors taking beta blockers had a reduced risk of recurrence. Is anyone taking a beta blocker for high blood pressure, and if so, can you share the medicine name and dosage? Then I can ask my PCP about it. Many thanks!

P.S. if anyone is interested the study was done in UCLA & was published online in the peer-reviewed medical journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Apr. 10, 2011).

07-20-2011, 09:58 AM	#1
pilgrim37 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 13	blood pressure meds Hi all: I've been doing well but blood pressure is a little high -- just over the line. PCP presribed Lisinopril. I asked if it was okay as a breast cancer survivor -- sure, he said. I've learned to do my own research so before I took it today I hit google. It turns out new research came out in April finding that breast cancer survivors who take Lisinopril & other ACE inhibitors have a 56% increased risk of recurrence. ARGH. I'm angry. Moving on, apparently breast cancer survivors taking beta blockers had a reduced risk of recurrence. Is anyone taking a beta blocker for high blood pressure, and if so, can you share the medicine name and dosage? Then I can ask my PCP about it. Many thanks! P.S. if anyone is interested the study was done in UCLA & was published online in the peer-reviewed medical journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Apr. 10, 2011).