Reply #56: She doesn't have chronic high BP [View All]

[laundry_queen]

Never has. FIL DOES (his was caused by kidney damage from some experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis meds in the 70's), and so they have a BP monitor at home. She told me what her BP was at home all the time. It was normal, sometimes a smidgen high. I believe she just has 'whitecoat' hypertension. She also has an autoimmune disease and is on several different meds. It's possible the meds interacted with something else she was taking. The thing is she had several normal kidney function tests in the weeks before she started the meds, and then in the weeks after starting, her kidney function started to suddenly decline. Seeing as her tests were normal BEFORE and abnormal AFTER, the only thing the dr can think of is the meds, or a certain combination of them.