Hello doctor, I had hip pain mostly related to sciatic and hip muscle pain. The doctor gave me Methylprednisolone 1000 mg yesterday. The pain subsided but blood pressure slightly elevated at 135/75 and heartbeat at 110 to 120. Earlier, it was 125/80 and heartbeat at 90 to 95. I feel slight heaviness at center and back. It may be due to long bed rest or something else. Fast heartbeat bothers me. It is like I am in full-time anxiety. What should I do? Can I continue with that or should I take blood pressure lowering drug like Propranolol HCL? Please advise how to relieve these symptoms resulted due to Methylprednisolone.
Hello. You are having this tachycardia and hypertension due to the intake of steroid in a high dose. Once when you are off the medicine, your vitals will normalize. There is no need to take any anti-hypertensives. For fast heart rate, I suggest you take tablet Metoprolol Sustained Release 50 mg at 8 a.m. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and with their consent take the medicines. I suggest you do a D-dimer test to rule out pulmonary embolism. Review with a repeat ECG (echocardiogram) and report. For more information consult a cardiologist online -->