Guest guest Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hello Experts, Your expertise is needed regaridng ACE Inhibitors, specifically lisinopril and cycling anaerobically for a 46 year old male who is currently active, cycles 2-3 times per week mostly aerobically and weight trains but would like to do some anaerobic interval cycling. Any contraindications with this medication and exercising at higher heart rates in an interval fashion? Would this medication compromise his abiity to recover quickly from an interval? He is also taking lipitor. I looked this class of drug up but I could not find any information on how it relates to exercise. Essentially, I know what it is and what it does I just am not sure how it will affect his goal of wanting to do anaeobic interval cycling. Any sites, articles, studies you can provide would be most appreciated. If anyone could provide an explanation of how this drug would affect exercising heart rates if at all, that would be great too. I would very much like to work with him but not until I can do the research. Thanks and I look forward to your input. Huntsman Florida, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 --- Huntsman wrote: > Hello Experts, > > Your expertise is needed regaridng ACE Inhibitors, > specifically lisinopril and cycling anaerobically > for a 46 year old male who is currently active, > cycles 2-3 times per week mostly aerobically and > weight trains but would like to do some anaerobic > interval cycling. > > Any contraindications with this medication and > exercising at higher heart rates in an interval > fashion? Would this medication compromise his > abiity to recover quickly from an interval? He is > also taking lipitor. , the medications this patient uses (Lisinopril, Lipitor) present no contraindications for anaerobic work and if anything may improve this man's ability to work harder. However there is a very important caveat. The reasons he is taking these medications are because he has hypertension and hypercholesterol and therefore once presume that there is a certain degree of atherosclerosis. Not knowing this person's overall medical condition or history it would be impossible for me to state that increasing the intensity of his exercise is safe for him (I am not saying it is unsafe). I would at least recommend he get clearance from his prescribing physician. > I looked this class of drug up but I could not > find any information on how it relates to exercise. > Essentially, I know what it is and what it does I > just am not sure how it will affect his goal of > wanting to do anaeobic interval cycling. Any > sites, articles, studies you can provide would be > most appreciated. If anyone could provide an > explanation of how this drug would affect exercising > heart rates if at all, that would be great too. I > would very much like to work with him but not until > I can do the research. > > Thanks and I look forward to your input. > Huntsman > Florida, USA These drugs will not affect his heart rate. The only class of blood pressure drugs which will affect heart rate are beta blockers. These are no longer considered first line in the treatment of hypertension. As for a website you might consider starting with WebMD.com http://www.webmd.com/drugs/index-drugs.aspx Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions. Ralph Giarnella MD Southington Ct USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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