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Q: My blood pressure spikes a lot, i.e. I have 155/94 at 5 AM in the morning, go out for a 3 miles run and my blood pressure goes down to 133/83. I am not on any medication and don’t want to take any medications. ...
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Q: My wife is taking Almetic plus one tablet daily for the last 3 months. She has normal blood pressure with this medicine like 120/80. But for the last few days she observed white small patches all over her body. Do we say it a...
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Q: I have done all the right things: lost weight (over 50 lbs) excercise twice of a day. Six weeks after I started using RESPeRATE, my blood pressure dropped below 90/60. I reported it to my cardiologist and he took be off my meds (50/12...
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Q: I am an asthmatic who has had a series of bad chest infections and numerous courses of antibiotics over the last 3 months. I have now discovered that my blood pressure is high – recent readings from 146/77 to 162/88. Should I start asking...
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Q: I’m a caregiver for seniors and people with disabilities. My patient/friend passed away so I don’t have insurance, and wont be getting my medicine anymore. Can Ii take something over the counter or is there something I could take naturally?
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Q: I have been taking 50 mgs of atenolol for years plus Losartan/hctz.. 100mgs-25mg 1tab daily..I have heart palpitations now. I am very concerned. Do my blood pressure medications cause heart palpitations?
A: The blood pressure medicine losartan (Cozaar) can cause heart palpitations and other forms...
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Q: I am taking maintenance medicines for hypertension particularly amlodepine 10mg and Losartan 50 mg. I was advised to take these medicines (the 2) once a day after breakfast. However, another doctor told me that taking these 2 medicines at the same time might make...
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Q: I am on coversyl 8mg and amlopine 2.5 per day. With this my blood pressure came down low to 116/72 range. I was advised to reduce the dose to alternate days. With that reduction the BP is odd at 138/66 to 142/70. The systolic...
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Q: I retired and since then I have diagnosied as having high blood pressure. My general practitioner has prescribed me Candesartan 16 mg and bumetanide 1 mg in the mornings. I find that I am having paranoiac thoughts and also occasional aches. Is this to...
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Q: I have had menopausal hot flashes for 12 years now – can these affect high blood pressure for which I am being treated?
A: Heart disease starts being diagnosed in women about ten years later than in men. For women this is in the 50’s....
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