BCP and high bp

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-25-2003
BCP and high bp
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Sun, 01-21-2007 - 11:35pm

I've been taking BCP for around 2 years now, maybe a little longer. I never really monitored my bp too much, but it seems like when I go to the gyn, it's fine there, but everywhere else, usually at my primary care physician, it's high.

I know some about medicine (starting PA School in May, yay!), but could this be caused from the bcp? Could it also be from the "special hormone" in Yasmin, what I take?

TIA!

-L

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-01-2005
In reply to: babe0206
Sun, 01-21-2007 - 11:42pm
i had to be switched to a low dose pill before because my bp kept going up on the pill i was on but that was over 4 years ago.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-25-2003
In reply to: babe0206
Mon, 01-22-2007 - 12:08am
What are you on now?