Q: About 6 months ago my husband was diagnosed with high blood pressure at the age of 48. We were surprised since my husband is in great shape, does not smoke, and eats really well….healthy living has always been a big part of our lifestyle. Given my husband’s healthy lifestyle, our family doctor immediately placed him on medication and since our sex life has been problematic due to my husband suffering from erectile dysfunction. We don;t know what to do since his blood pressure has gone down a bit – still not good enough – but our sex life seems tobe going down with it. Advise please?
A: Blood pressure medicines are known to affect sexual performance as a side effect. This is why I recommend the Resperate, the only FDA Cleared natural high blood pressure reducer. The device is clinically tested and proven to reduce blood pressure and there are no side effects, including erectile dysfunction. You can learn more about this unique product at What is RESPeRATE? – resperate.com. You can also use Resperate while still on medication. Maybe you can encourage your husband to speak with the doctor about this alternative solution to lower high blood pressure.
I hope this was helpful & good luck.
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1. Beta blockers are the worst blood pressure drug for causing ED and are far less protective than other blood pressure drugs.
Worse, taking beta blockers prevents the exercise you do which is normally MORE protective than the drugs from working!
Beta blockers are simply a very bad choice for long term treatment.
So, if he is taking one of the beta blockers, have his doctor or pharmacist help him withdraw slowly as suddenly discontinuing beta blockers can be dangerous.
2. If his blood pressure was less than 160 over 100 to begin with such as 147 over 93, he should take action to lower it. BUT at levels below 160 over 100 any of the drugs are not very protective and are optional in my view. Why have him accept taking any?
So if other drugs than a beta blocker are causing the problem and his blood pressure was lower than 160 over 100, stop the drugs slowly to be safe, but consider just not taking them and using the Resperate or Tai Chi practice and eating a DASH II diet and possibly fitting in a bit more exercise instead.
3. If his blood pressure was above 160 over 100, have him try other drugs than beta blockers and do the things that lower blood pressure I just listed above.
Low dose ARB drugs seem for most people to have the fewest side effects and best brain protecting effects. If he isn’t in work or a climate that makes him sweat a lot, low dose diuretics are inexpensive and taking them with a multivitamin & mineral and added magnesium can work.
One or both of those each at a low dose might be quite effective for lowering his blood pressure below 160 over 100 and do it without causing ED.
The problem is it may not be over 160/100 at the moment but tomorrow it might be 180/125 for example, and that is not controlled BP. I have tried every natural trick in the book (diet, exercise, supplements, etc) and nothing stabilizes my BP better than the prescribed meds.
BTW, I disagree with the 160/100 being ok, it’s not. I do think some people may have some degree of success lowering it with lifestyle changes but most will need to resort to medication to ultimately control it.
I agree with you too. 160/100 is not ok, and that we have to accept that there are patients who will need medication when everything else fails. We don’t do people who have to take medication a favor by saying lifestyle changes help everybody.
Lifestyle changes are definitely worth a try though and also keeping them up even when on medication.
Can you tell me what a DASH II diet cosnsists of compared to the DASH diet? I’m familar with the DASH diet but not DASH II. Has this personally worked for you?
Dear Jose,
To answer you question about the DASH II diet it is a subsequent study following DASH that looked at the effect of following the DASH diet while also restricting salt intake to 1500 mg per day. Under the DASH 2 diet, people with Stage 1 hypertension had their blood pressure decrease even more.
In regards to medication, we advise you to consult with your doctor and also discuss with him/her various alternatives to medication or additional steps you can take in conjunction with medication.
For example, Resperate, an FDA Cleared high blood pressure reducer, has been clinically proven to reduce blood pressure without medication. The great thing about Resperate is that it just requires high blood pressure patients to engage in a simple breathing technique 15 minutes a day for at least 4 times a week. The product has a 90% success rate and people start seeing positive results in about 4 weeks. Why not discuss with your doctor Resperate as an option?
If you would like to learn more, please check out this site http://www.resperate.com.
We hope this was helpful information.
Good luck,
LowerPressure Team
My Blood Pressure is approx 147 to 160 over 73 to 80
I am 73 years of age.
Should I be lowering these figures and why is the lower figure OK but higher figure above recommended level.
would a Resperate be helpful for me
Dear David,
We suggest that you first speak to your doctor about your blood pressure and discuss with him/her what your best options are to manage it.
In regards to Resperate, it is a FDA Cleared medical device that has been clinically tested to naturally reduce blood pressure. It only requires that you breath into the device as it guides you with music for about 15 minutes, at least 4 times a week. Most Resperater owners start to see positive results within a month. It’s a very simple and unique technique invented by Dr. Benjamin Gavish.
If you go to http://www.resperate.com you can learn about the device and listen to many testimonials from Resperator owners.
We hope this information was helpful.
Good luck,
LowerPressure Team
Yes, BP meds are notorious for exacerbating (and causing) ED in many men, however, I would also point out that ED can indicate problems in the arteries such as atherosclerotic plaque buildup. this may be an indication of impending vascular disease. The same vascular disease that can cause heart disease can also contribute to ED. It would be worth getting complete advanced blood testing and closely scrutinizing one’s diet.
I’m about the same age as this commenter and thought I was eating a “healthy” diet until I really honed in on the details. I eliminated all meat, dairy and oils from my diet and my BP normalized in a few months without medication. I’m absolutely convinced the answer to eliminating hypertension is eliminating the western diet.
I am in the 10% catagory of failure with Resperate. My BP is 140/85. The doctor is satisfied with it. I am 72 years old.
Totally agree with Jason!
Also, I think a problem is that one can not predict who with high BP, when everything else is right, will go on to suffer a stroke or heart attack. High BP certainly increases that risk. Medicating everybody is the only way to ensure that the risk in everybody is reduced, i.e. many people who never would go on suffering a stroke or heart attack, despite higher than ‘normal’ BP, may be unnecessarily medicated. I believe, statistically, about 400 people need to be treated to prevent one stroke, the rest are being treated unnecessarily. One of ‘those things’ I guess, and only statistics, has nothing to do with the individual patient’s history. Doctors have to chose whether to treat statistics or patients. It must be difficult! Treating everybody is the only way to ‘prove’ that medication works.
One of our children once played a game and said: “Now, I have three strangers, one of them will do me harm but I don’t know which one. What shall I do?” My answer was: “Get rid of them all. You’ll harm two innocent ones, but getting rid of them all is the only way to protect yourself”. I see it similar with the treatment of hypertension. Doctors may be in a difficult position deciding when and when not to treat. They are damned if they do (over-prescribing), and damned if they don’t (patient has an adverse event).
I too believe that a vegan diet reduces the risk, even if blood pressure does not come down to 110/70. It definitely is worth a try and I think many doctors these days would agree with that.
I think ‘target treatment range’ with medication is now just below 140/90. With a vegan diet there is a possibility that one may achieve this without medication.
I use Zestril and moduretic, what is the best alternative for my BP?
Many people have been helped with a plant-based diet, no dairy, eggs or meat, no oil. It’s actually easier to do than imagined, and the food tastes wonderful. There are many websites to help people get started. Weight loss can lower blood pressure as well as daily exercise. I did try Resperate and it did not work for me, but I might be one of those stubborn cases.
Dear Gale
You don’t seem to have any fat in your diet. Some vitamins (eg the absolutely vital vitamin D) are fat soluble. You MUST have some fat for your body to absorb them.
Incidentally, I am 68, have hypertension, can’t tolerate any medication tried so far and have failed with Resperate (bp went up!)
Best wishes from Wendy
Dear Wendy,
Thank you for sharing your experience with Resperate. Since Resperate has a very high success rate, we are always curious why a small percentage of users are not able to successfully lower their blood pressure.
The majority of the 10% Resperate customers that were not able to lower their blood pressure with the Resperate reported that they did not use the device at least 4 times a week for 15 minutes at a time. Please let us know what your experience was like and we may be able to assist you or better advise others.
We hope this information was helpful and we looking forward to learning more.
Regards,
LowerPressure Team
Dear Dr Rowena
I have no idea why Resperate didn’t work for me. I was deeply disappointed as I had used it every day for two weeks. My breathing was controlled without problem, though I did find it stressful to change my normal breathing patterns.
I often try to recreate the breathing pattern of Resperate but, again, find it stressful to change my usual patterns. Part of this is that, as a young woman, I was taught to breathe with my chest, not abdomen, ie breathe shallowly, as this was more elegant. And, for more than 50 years, this is what I do (except, of course, when I exercise).
Sorry if this isn’t helpful.
Dear Wendy,
Thank you for sharing with us your RESPeRATE Experience, which we found helpful.
We would like to explain to you how to effectively use RESPeRATE in order to see positive results, but first, do you still have your RESPeRATE device?
If you still have the your device, a RESPeRATE assistant can contact you directly and assist you with achieving better results.
In regards to your usage of RESPeRATE, the device takes at least 3-4 weeks of consistent usage before a user sees a drop in their blood pressure. No matter how often the user uses the device each day it still will take this long. It is important to give RESPeRATE the time it needs to work effectively.
Secondly, you are right that the RESPeRATE teaches users to breath better or regulate users natural breathing patterns, which takes time to get use to. Therefore, we recommend that users, at first, use the device once a day so that they can gradually get use to it and within a months time start to see results. We understand that at first it was stressful for you to breath in accordance with the device, but with time and the assistance of the RESPeRATE support team you should have discovered that it became very easy and your blood pressure declined.
The way RESPeRATE works is that through regulated breathing the muscles around your small blood vessels will dilate and relax and then blood flows more freely. By your blood flowing more freely, your blood pressure would have decreased.
If you still have the device, we can have a specialist call you and provide you both with usage tips and coach you through the process.
If you returned the device and would like to give it another chance, we have a special offer now that will save you $100.00 and you have 60 days to return the device.
If you would like to give the product another chance, please email us here to let us know where you are located and we will provide you with the customer service phone number in your area.
We hope this information was helpful and you will consider giving RESPeRATE another chance.
All the best,
LowerPressure Team
Dear Gayle,
We are sorry to learn that Resperate did not work for you. We are interested in learning why since it has a 90% success rate. The majority of the 10% Resperate customers that were not able to lower their blood pressure with the Resperate reported that they did not use the device at least 4 times a week for 15 minutes at a time. Please let us know what your experience was like and we may be able to assist you.
That said, we agree with you that diet and exercise are critical to lowering blood pressure. Better yet, no matter what strategy works for you to lower your blood pressure, it is important to incorporate healthy eating and exercise. If that strategy involves medication or the natural approach offered by Resperator, it is still important to eat right and exercise. There are many foods that are advisable to eat that will help reduce blood pressure: sunflowers, bananas, spinach, berries, baked potato and much more. And there is an exercise routine for everyone, regardless how busy one’s life style may be.
We hope this information was helpful and we look forward learning more about your experiences.
Regards,
LowerPressure Team
Please let me know the type of food I will eat during break ,lunch,and dinner in order to reduced my blood pressure thanks
I too have not had any positive results with Respirate. I have used it now for 3 months almost every day, and my BP readings are much of the same about 14/90 average. Only after I have gone running does my bp come down. I will keep trying it for now, but I think after 6 months if my BP is still at 140/90 I will stop using it. I s an expensive machine for what it does. I’m not on any medication for high bp.
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding your interaction with the RESPeRATE device and I would be happy to assist you.
First off, I would like to say that some people do take longer than others to see results from the device. I have personally spoken with a number of people who used the device consistently for 2-3 months and saw no drop in their BP. These people stayed committed to the device and most of them saw a drop within 6 months. While I understand you would like to see results quickly each of our bodies are different and respond differently to treatments. Most people do see results from the RESPeRATE within 4-5 weeks, but as with anything in life there are always exceptions and sometimes it takes longer.
I would like to ask you a few questions regarding your usage of the device and you can reply via email at [email protected] or you can call me at 877-988-9388 to discuss the answers.
1. How do you feel both during and after a session?
2. Have you checked the stats that the device records lately? If yes, are they within the acceptable ranges?
3. Do you ever feel like you are straining to follow the tones during the session?
4. What time of day are you monitoring your BP at home?
I look forward to speaking with you soon and I will do my best to ensure your experience with the device is a positive one.
Regards,
Marc Ferrara
RESPeRATE Support