Sartans, Side Effects and My CKD Journey
Hi everyone, where ever you are in the world! This is a post about blood pressure medication, specifically Sartans . Have you ever taken blood pressure medication with the name ending 'sartan'? There are many sartans including Candesartan, Losartan, and Olmesartan, which I have taken myself. Nephrologists like their patients to take this type of blood pressure medication for 2 reasons that I am aware of. They lower blood pressure but also they help reduce proteinuria, aka albuminuria, which is common in people with CKD. I shied away from taking sartans and stuck with the Labetalol I had been prescribed during pregnancy (the first time I ever needed blood pressure medication). That was until my Dad died of a heart attack. He died at home and I immediately set off on the 60 mile journey by train to see him before he was taken away by the silver van waiting outside. When I got there his medication was on the bed by his feet. It was a poignant moment reminding me how...
