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relation to high blood pressure [if any]

relation to high blood pressure [if any]

my wife who has MS has been diagnosed as also having high blood pressure.  is there a connection?  she is taking Betaseron and we wonder if there is any relation or adverse affects?
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Dear Joseph:

I am not aware of any hypertensive side effects.  The usual ones that we see are fatigue, depressed WBC and HCT, mild bump in the liver transaminases, mild depression, flu-like symptoms, and skin irritation around the injection site.

CCF Neuro MD
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