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Hypertension?
No need to stress
BY KATHY DONDZILA KING

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE isn't unusual
among pilots. When blood pressure
numbers approach the 155/95 FAA
hypertension limit, doctors will want
to prescribe medication to keep the
hypertension under control.
The FAA allows aviation medical examiners to issue medical
certificates in the office using the
CACI (Conditions AMEs Can Issue)
worksheet for hypertension. First, you
should download the FAA's hypertension worksheet (www.aopa.org/pilot/
hypertension) and show it to your
treating physician, who will provide
you with the information outlined on
the sheet.
Then, take the worksheet and
the medical reports from your treating physician to your AME, who will
review them and determine your eligibility for certification. If the reports
indicate you have had stable clinical
blood pressure control on the current antihypertensive medication for
at least seven days, without symptoms
from the hypertension or adverse
medication side effects; no treatment
changes are recommended; and you
are determined to otherwise qualify for
the medical, the AME can issue a normal-duration certificate in the office.
Applicants for first or second class
medical certificates must provide this
information annually; applicants for
third class must provide the information with each required exam.
Questions? Call AOPA Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Eastern time, at 800-USA-AOPA (8722672).
AOPA
KATHY DONDZILA KING is AOPA technical

communications manager and an
instrument-rated private pilot.

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