Subject: Re: Blood Pressure
From: "Benjamin Stearn" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 21:42:26 -0400

Hi John,

Yes, that’s a definite side effect from amlodipine and probably going to get worse.  So, stop it.  (We had chosen that one because maybe it was going to help your Raynaud’s.  Too bad!)

Let’s try lisinopril 10mg a day.  It has a rare side effect of a dry cough, but otherwise well tolerated and dirt cheap.  I’ll call it into 4555 Wisconsin.  I’ll start with the low dose, and you check your BP and see if we need to increase the dose as time goes on.

Have a good week,
Ben

	On May 18, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Benjamin Stearn <[email-masked]> wrote:

	 
	From: John Podesta [mailto:[email-masked]] 
	Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 10:19 AM
	To: Dr. Benjamin Stearn MD
	Subject: Blood Pressure
	 
	Doc,
	My blood pressure has come down on the amlodipine. The systolic varies between 121-151; the diastolic between 81-85. But I am having some side effects which I thought I should report in. My ankles are swelling some although I have also flown 20,000 miles or more in the past few weeks. I also have itching on my ankles, wrists and particularly on and around my ears. More annoying than severe. Anything to worry about?
	John
	 
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