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is there anyway where you can get rid of taking maintenance medicine for blood pressure, i know it can helps but i believe several years of taking it will create an impact to our internal organs, but i dont understand i was on a low blood pressure before then suddenly when i reach age of 32 i became hypertensive specially in hot places i am not really used too.. i dont understand what ive felt. i have always a neck pain though i already take ampodipine 5mg
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loxie jen76758
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I sympathise. My partner is on long term BP meds and it is a concern that they will cause other issues. If anybody responds they have found an effective alternative way to maintain BP levels we'd be very interested to hear. My partner is vegetarian, doesnt eat saturated fat of any kind, is active and is a non drinker, non smoker - there isnt much else he can do regarding lifestyle and diet to help the matter so he's stuck on meds.
jen76758 loxie
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would mind telling age of your partner?Its been very difficult to counter this issue, i really don't know why blood pressure strikes when you actually living a healthy lifestyle..I really envy those people who got normal BP and living their life to the fullest.. enjoying whatever food they want to it drinking alcohol as long as they want
loxie jen76758
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He's 63 but has had a history of high BP for many years. I agree, it seems very unfair. I am the same age and until I also became vegetarian during the last few years have eaten anything I like, good or bad. I smoke too. Never been a heavy drinker tho. I was recently unwell and visited the doctor who took my blood pressure, which was near perfect - to be honest I was surprised as I have inherited high cholesterol. I also have good blood glucose levels but his can be a little on the high side. It's luck of the draw I guess. Both of us have families with a history of heart problems, I just avoided the BP problems somehow.
jen76758 loxie
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however is it good that striking blood pressure manifested to him at later age. but I am only 35 now and started to suffer it at age 32 .. friends and acquaintances told me that Im still young to take those kind of maintenance..huh
kitekato jen76758
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its imperative that your blood pressure is maintained to safe levels consistantly.
its never wise to suddenly stop your medication.Many of us have to utilise anti hypertensive medication on a long term basis and in many instances for a lifetime.Do speak to your Gp to perhaps discuss ways of slowly reducing your dose in tandem with your blood pressure readings if your Gp feels this is suitable in your case.
Personally my body had an adverse reaction to amniodipine and numerous other blood pressure tablets.IT took almost a year to find a tablet that my body could accomodate with no awful side effects.
if your medication is proving to be incompatible please do see your Gp....theres no point in suffering if a heath benefit of a medication impacts negatively on your body in other ways. .Best wishes to you.
jen76758 kitekato
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thank you.. by the way how young are you?what blood pressure meds that suits you finally?
MrsO-UK_Surrey kitekato
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Well done in finding a pill that your body can tolerate. My doctors are scratching their heads over my extreme sensitivity to medication. Have just trialled Amlodipine for the second time together with a diuretic to see if it would counteract the swelling and inflammation in my ankles/legs on the previous occasion. It didn't and this time also caused episodes of scary severe body shaking. My BP is dangerously high so I'm at very high risk of stroke/heart attack. What had proved to be the magic pill for you? I already take Losartan, Bisoprolol and Moxonidine.
It seems I am now not only sensitive but also resistant to medication.
kitekato jen76758
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Hi there Jen
Thank you for responding.
Please don't be despondent.
You may be able escape from anti hypertensive medication if your body allows this to occur.
My aqusition of hypertension was related to my pregnancies over a decade ago...which revealed also a slight structural deficiency in my left kidney.
My blood pressure did settle to normative levels after two years on a low dose medication which was eventually withdrawn and discontinued under close supervision.So yes indeed i had over 10 years of medication free ....due to normal blood pressure readings.
I am middle aged ...as predicted when i was younger I did aquire hypertension again....due to my renal pysiology as previously mentioned.
The medication I take now is Lercanidipine a calcium channel blocker .Since being on these tablets I feel so liberated....as in no sore eyes...unexplained pains,drowsiness ....exhaustion etc.
So I can enjoy life .....immeasurably more as a consequence.
You can do too.....with the right medication that suits your body....eventually you may be able to be medication free in the future if your body allows for this.
hope my brief history helps ......
Best wishes
kitekato MrsO-UK_Surrey
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Dear Mrs O
As afore mentioned I was totally relieved to have been prescribed Lercarnidipine .My GP had tried so many different types of anti -hypertensive medications including other calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARBs), and beta blockers.
It got to a point where I refused to take any medication for a while as the side effects were so debilitating .
I would swim regularly and use apple cider vinegar and mauka honey as natural products to try and keep my blood oressure lower. with some positive effects.
please remember as my wonderful G p stipulated its perfectly normal to have individuals who have strong adverse reactions to anti-hypertensive medication.....IT can thus be a long process of trial and error.When a suitable medication is sourced that is conbatible with how ones body works then its totally liberating.Best Wishes.
louis33188 kitekato
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I concur and stipulate to the aforementioned..resipsaloquitour..
jx41870 jen76758
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Hi Jen, well first, how is your BP even with the meds? If your BP is under control, that's good. And, the usual advice is the good advice! If you're overweight, got to lose it. If you smoke, stop. Watch your diet for fat, salt, and excess carbs. Get regular exercise - doesn't have to be exhausting, but it has to happen pretty much every day, even twice a day.
And as best you can, control anxiety. Mellow out! Smile!
There's a wide variety of causes, treatments, and success with BP, a fair number of people do manage to get off the drugs, but it can also be a lifetime battle, with or without.
I'm happy if I can get by with minimal drugs, even get off them now and then when my BP, for no real clear reason, just gets normal/low for a while.
There are also foods that will knock your BP down for a few hours or a day or so, dark chocolate, eggplant, shiitake mushrooms, beets, they work, but like any med you have to keep taking them.
jen76758 jx41870
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hi thank you honestly I am not overweight i started to have a BP prob when I was at 53kg. thats why i am bit worried I am not fat or obese but my blood pressure. its actually runs in our blood line as my mom and other members of the family are hypertensive too but mine its too early for me to get this.. at age of 33
will2390 jen76758
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Hi Jen! I'm 28 was diagnosed with hbp when I was 18 I truly understand your concern about being on meds for the rest of your life it's a very scary thought, lifestyle changes help a lot to lower bp but in my case isn't enough by itself, the only way would be if I have a very restricted diet for the rest of my life which is not a sustainable plan in the long run specially being young and it only causes more problems specially my mental health whenever tried a drastic lifestyle changes I developed severe anxiety and mild depression. what I try to do is balance both, being healthy but still enjoy the things that I love and low doses of meds. The risks of developing complications caused by hbp are higher than those caused by meds, I think balance is the key.
patricia93428 jen76758
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well it seems that mist of these drugs do some damage however please check forums here and elsewhere on the drug AMLOPODINE which you say you are on it has terrible side effects worse than many others it seems .
there are alternative things that lower blood pressure if yours is only marginally raised also on internet