Who’s on telmisartan?

[Ruhlfreak55]

I am. just 20 mg and stay on it for now.

 

[T swol]

I just started in the last week. 4 days at 20mg. Last 2 days at 40mg before bed. Anyone else get diarrhea on 40mg?
Hopefully that’s not a side and it goes away.

 

[BBSQ5]

I think diarrhea is a common sensitivity from a lot of cardiovascular meds, like Micardis, Norvasc, Lisinopril, etc…. I’m pretty sure you’ll adjust fairly quick to the 40MG dosage.

 

[carnivor]

I’m taking 80mg daily along with 5mg Nebivolol. My blood pressure is still in the 140s but better than it was. I have no noticeable side affects from either.

 

[juggy38]

Telimisartan +nebivolol here. Telimisartan AM, nebivolol PM. 40mg+5mg. 120/77.

I like the neb in the evening, it’s extremely selective for B1 receptors, but it does relax me a little bit, which is nice after 12-13h of chaos at work.

I’ve tried 5mg an hour or so pre long runs to see what happens, and it does lower my average HR, but no changes in output (mileage/pace). I just feel sluggish the first 30 minutes or so

 

[mr. miyagi]

Was taking 40mg on cycle. Decided Cialis was what made me feel better year round. Now I just stock pile my Teli.

 

[rAJJIN]

80 mg for me daily prescribed by doc.
Night time before bed. The only noticeable”
Effect I have seen is my HR does t get as high on the bike or stepper.
Brought me from 160’s to 120

 

[oneofakind]

Started at 40 mgs about a year ago, worked great but recently BP started creeping back up so my doctor raised it to 80 mgs. Some days have good readings some are still a bit higher than I want. My next appointment I'm going to suggest lowering back to 40 mgs and adding bystolic at 5 mgs. I think adding a different med instead of maxing a dose of 1 may work better..

 

[bbxtreme]

IMO one of the benefits that many overlook as a benefit of Telmisartan is its ability to regulate inflammation and lower CRP.

The two things every bodybuilder should do- keep BP and inflammation in check this med does. Need I say more.

C-reactive protein (CRP)-lowering agents - PubMed

C-reactive protein (CRP) plays a role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. It is a marker and predictor of cardiovascular disease. CRP possesses numerous cardiovascular effects (clotting, generation of oxygen radicals, increase in the expression of adhesion molecules and plasminogen...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Telmisartan inhibits AGE-induced C-reactive protein production through downregulation of the receptor for AGE via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma activation - PubMed

Our present study indicates a unique beneficial aspect of telmisartan: it may work as an anti-inflammatory agent against AGE by suppressing RAGE expression via PPAR-gamma activation in the liver and may play a protective role in vascular injury in diabetes.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Impact of telmisartan on the inflammatory state in patients with coronary atherosclerosis--influence on IP-10, TNF-α and MCP-1 - PubMed

Telmisartan reduced blood pressure in patients with atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension within a short time period, whereas the inflammatory status of these patients remained largely unchanged. An involvement of telmisartan in the regulation of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Mute]

I’m on 20mg Olmisartan, not sure if it’s any better than Telmisartan.

 

[climber]

been moving from 80-60—- bp still a little high… I’m in my late 50s.. tried neb last time i was on hgh and even small dosage drastically lowered rhr but made me TIRED…. gonna be starting up some hgh soon and want to find a way to do it safely

 

[madg]

IMO one of the benefits that many overlook as a benefit of Telmisartan is its ability to regulate inflammation and lower CRP.

The two things every bodybuilder should do- keep BP and inflammation in check this med does. Need I say more.

C-reactive protein (CRP)-lowering agents - PubMed

C-reactive protein (CRP) plays a role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. It is a marker and predictor of cardiovascular disease. CRP possesses numerous cardiovascular effects (clotting, generation of oxygen radicals, increase in the expression of adhesion molecules and plasminogen...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Telmisartan inhibits AGE-induced C-reactive protein production through downregulation of the receptor for AGE via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma activation - PubMed

Our present study indicates a unique beneficial aspect of telmisartan: it may work as an anti-inflammatory agent against AGE by suppressing RAGE expression via PPAR-gamma activation in the liver and may play a protective role in vascular injury in diabetes.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Impact of telmisartan on the inflammatory state in patients with coronary atherosclerosis--influence on IP-10, TNF-α and MCP-1 - PubMed

Telmisartan reduced blood pressure in patients with atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension within a short time period, whereas the inflammatory status of these patients remained largely unchanged. An involvement of telmisartan in the regulation of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

What dose for someone that has no bo problems and nust wants the protective effects ?

 

[bbxtreme]

What dose for someone that has no bo problems and nust wants the protective effects ?

Unless you have elevated BP or high CRP you don’t need it IMO.

Starting dosages are 20-40mg.

 

[bg65]

Was.
80mg/day just wasn't getting me down low enough.
Went back to Amlodipine (Norvasc) 10mg/day.
Keeps me in the 125-130/70 range.
Only frustration I have is the 2+ pitting edema in my shins it can cause.

Edema is pretty common w amlodipine. Taking the amlodipine with an ACE-I or ARB can help to reduce the edema. Something abt each drugs effect on either side of our capillary bed helps to positively alter the pressure changes that result in the edema. Maybe ask your doc to add a low dose of an ACE-I or ARB and run it with 5mg amlodipine. Generally good to avoid polypharmacy but 2+ pitting edema is pretty bad

 

[EnhancedFatGrappler]

I freely admit that I only jumped on Micardis and Nebilet because I read fancy articles and youtube videos about it. They do control my BP, but can't say that it does anything else that gets spouted on the forums and fitness videos.

Once my supply is gone, I'll taper off slowly and see where my BP is at, and if it remains too high, I'll go with what my GP prescribes me. I'm done with running this stupid poly pharmacy crap because I read it somewhere, that was retarded of me.