Approved Blood Pressure Medications

Steve Robertson wrote:
Can anyone list or point me to a list of blood pressure medications that
the FAA will accept for a 3rd class medical? My regular doc will likely
start me on meds next week and I want to know what's okay and what's
not.

I am not a physician but I'm sure that in any case, you will not get
your 3rd Class certificate immediately. You must be on the medication for
some months while submitting to evaluation by your physician. That includes
periodic BP measurements and blood tests. The BP is to see if the meds are
working and the blood work is to see that the chemistry is not destroying
your liver.
Do go to the AOPA medical info site and put questions to those folks.
Their job is to make sure you are correctly informed.

Having had to do this, I think it's more correct to say that you WILL
probably get your medical, but the FAA will review it and may revoke it a
few months later...

When I had to do this, here's what happened:

- The doctor put me on the drugs, I had to pay a few more visits to get
"official" BP readings, EKG, etc.
- The AME did the rest of the exam, submitted the paperwork along with my
doctor's report, and issued the medical.
- A few months later the FAA sent me a letter saying that they'd reviewed
the information and I could keep my medical.

best of luck,
mark

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
...
Steve Robertson wrote:
Can anyone list or point me to a list of blood pressure medications
that
the FAA will accept for a 3rd class medical? My regular doc will
likely
start me on meds next week and I want to know what's okay and what's
not.

I am not a physician but I'm sure that in any case, you will not get
your 3rd Class certificate immediately. You must be on the medication for
some months while submitting to evaluation by your physician. That
includes
periodic BP measurements and blood tests. The BP is to see if the meds are
working and the blood work is to see that the chemistry is not destroying
your liver.
Do go to the AOPA medical info site and put questions to those
folks.
Their job is to make sure you are correctly informed.

You might want to consider getting your medical out of the way
*before* you start your BP meds.

The FAA seems much less worried about high BP readings than it does
about medications.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:00:52 GMT, "Casey Wilson"
wrote:

Steve Robertson wrote:
Can anyone list or point me to a list of blood pressure medications that
the FAA will accept for a 3rd class medical? My regular doc will likely
start me on meds next week and I want to know what's okay and what's
not.

I am not a physician but I'm sure that in any case, you will not get
your 3rd Class certificate immediately. You must be on the medication for
some months while submitting to evaluation by your physician. That includes
periodic BP measurements and blood tests. The BP is to see if the meds are
working and the blood work is to see that the chemistry is not destroying
your liver.
Do go to the AOPA medical info site and put questions to those folks.
Their job is to make sure you are correctly informed.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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