I am a type 2 diabetic, my glucose levels are under tight control. My current A1c is 5.5. I am 63 years old and am overweight. I do not have high blood pressure. Today it is 114/74 and that is about usual for me. My doctor however insist I need medicine to " protect my kidneys " even though all my blood work and a 24 hr. urine test say they are working perfectly. He has tried me on 3 different meds. and 2 of them caused horrible coughing and 1 caused severe leg cramps. Now he wants me to try Altace. Have any of you ever heard of taking these meds when there is no clear indication for them? Considering their awful side effects why would he prescribe something like this for me?

[QUOTE=gabby1944;3339411]I am a type 2 diabetic, my glucose levels are under tight control. My current A1c is 5.5. I am 63 years old and am overweight. I do not have high blood pressure. Today it is 114/74 and that is about usual for me. My doctor however insist I need medicine to " protect my kidneys " even though all my blood work and a 24 hr. urine test say they are working perfectly. He has tried me on 3 different meds. and 2 of them caused horrible coughing and 1 caused severe leg cramps. Now he wants me to try Altace. Have any of you ever heard of taking these meds when there is no clear indication for them? Considering their awful side effects why would he prescribe something like this for me?

It is quite common for doctors to prescribe a certain family of BP meds to ********* to protect their kidneys. You don't have to take the meds, you can refuse, that is your right.