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Can fludrocortisone increase a resting heart rate as its increasing blood volume, which would make it heart have more work to pump it around? right?

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Wrong: Fludrocortisone is typically taken to increase blood pressure in people who have problems with low blood pressure. As blood volume is increased and BP increases, the heart rate typically drops as the heart does not have to pump as frequently to maintain the higher bp.

Answered 8/1/2015

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