RE: Marge and Orthostatic Hypotension

[Guest guest]

Hi Marge,

Welcome to the group, and sorry you have to be here. I am caregiver to my

husband, Jeff, who was dx'd (diagnosed) with probable MSA in 2001. The

management of the OH symptoms can be tricky in MSA patients because BP does

elevate when the patient is lying down. So it takes some trial and error

to find the right combination of medication and diet that will hopefully

bring it under control. One thing that helped Jeff tremendously was

physical therapy, specifically pool therapy. The water puts pressure

against the body in equal distribution and has a tendency to normalize

blood pressure. Unfortunately, we went the medication route exclusively

until Jeff symptom's got so bad that the doctor finally recommended

Physical therapy. He has felt much better in the past two weeks than a

long time. And we have reduced his dose of florinef successfully so that

he does not getthe BP spikes anymore.

Hang in there,

Maciejewski (Pronounced ma-je-ski)

[Guest guest]

Hi Marge,

Welcome to the group, and sorry you have to be here. I am caregiver to my

husband, Jeff, who was dx'd (diagnosed) with probable MSA in 2001. The

management of the OH symptoms can be tricky in MSA patients because BP does

elevate when the patient is lying down. So it takes some trial and error

to find the right combination of medication and diet that will hopefully

bring it under control. One thing that helped Jeff tremendously was

physical therapy, specifically pool therapy. The water puts pressure

against the body in equal distribution and has a tendency to normalize

blood pressure. Unfortunately, we went the medication route exclusively

until Jeff symptom's got so bad that the doctor finally recommended

Physical therapy. He has felt much better in the past two weeks than a

long time. And we have reduced his dose of florinef successfully so that

he does not getthe BP spikes anymore.

Hang in there,

Maciejewski (Pronounced ma-je-ski)