Revatio

I've been on Revatio for almost a month now. I started it August 16th, at a half a dose (meaning 30mg a day, not 60mg). My PH doc wanted to ease me onto it slowly, since a drop in blood pressure and headaches can be quite common when a patient starts it. I know that my body still needs time to adjust to it, and get used to it being in my system daily. I had some pretty horrendous headaches a couple weeks ago, but they are gone now. I really haven't noticed a change at all yet, though. However, the change of seasons always bothers me, and I also have not been on it all that long. Not to mention, I'm only on half of what I should be!

Today I called Svetlana, Dr. Gildea's nurse practitioner. I've been calling her weekly, to let her know how I've been feeling, how my blood pressure is, if I have headaches or any other weird symptoms, etc. I told her I haven't had a headache in awhile, and I've also been feeling short of breath lately. I told her I knew that was because of the weather. It's been getting cooler, and today was humid, and I could just feel it in my lungs. She asked if I wanted to just stick with half the dose until I see Dr. Gildea again on October 1st, or if I wanted to try taking 20mg for my last dose of the day. I decided to give the 20mg a go! I really didn't feel like waiting another 2 1/2 weeks before I got to increase the dose. So tonight I will be taking the first 20 mg dose. Actually, I will be taking it in about 10 minutes. lol I'm hoping I won't get a headache from it, but if I do, at least it's not that long before I get to go to bed. I'll make sure I take my blood pressure reading a couple times, too. I'll be calling Svetlana back again on Friday to let her know how it's going, and if it's causing issues, I can just decrease it again. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there won't be any! So wish me luck!! lol

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