I was in shock a couple of weeks ago when my dentist indicated that my bp was 170/105 and it was too high for him to clean my teeth. :(
i went to the doctor and she took me off of my over the counter drug I was taking sometimes prior to working out. I return to her over 5 days later and was placed onn benicar 20mb/12.5mg. My husband check my bp 2 days later after taking a pill a day and it was 120/78.
Since I had recently lost weight and had been working out for some time the doctor felt that the only other option for us to try was to stop taking birth control pills.
Next month she will take me off of the bc and benicar and we will see how my body reacts to this. I was surprise to her her say that high blood pressure can occur in some women taking birth control pills.
I wish you luck.