Q: I have been having elevated blood pressure for over the past year or so, my pcp will start me on meds and over a period of time the meds work, then they wont so the Dr.changes my meds and its the same thing over and over, so again for the 2nd time she has referred me to a Cardiologist for a stress test.
On the day of the appointment my bp was too high to complete a stress test. He added Bystolic, referred me for a whole work-up of labs and wants me to go for an MRI of the kidneys. My question is, is this normal for a person’s bp to be regulated over a period of time then stop working? What would your suggestions be?
A: Your body changes with age. You can see the gray hair and wrinkles as they develop but the inside of your body is aging too. Your blood vessels and organs may not function as well because of the normal aging process. As a result, your blood pressure medication may need to be changed. Regular exercise and eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables is the best way to help keep you body fit as you grow older.
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Some good advice here! Regular exercise and eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables is the best way to help keep you body fit as you grow older.
Even better advice is that every time you take any kind of medicine it impacts all functions in your body. Including killing many good bacteria in the digestive tract. With poor digestion comes poor absorption of essential nutrients. More medicine is great for the drug companies, but puts the body through even more stress.
Nature compensates for everything you put into your body and often in a way that is bad for your health. If Doctors treated the person, instead of lining the drug companies pockets, we would all be better off.
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Sorry, I meant AMA, not AMX.
Please do have the kidney MRI. I had somewhat the same BP problems you describe. Turned out I have a renal artery disease, which caused the BP to shoot up at times and be just fine at other times. Upshot–have stents in both renal arteries, and take one BP med a day which works just fine.
If you local health club has a sauna start taking a sauna at least three times a week. Work up to 3 ten minute rounds. It can lower your blood pressure in 3 ways. It’s a vasodilator, it removes excess sodium & it removes excess fluids like a diuretic.
what if your on blood pressure meds will the Sauna effect your BP with mybe could lower it ?
Sadly we are living in “overdosed America” were health issues are treated primarily with drugs instead of trying first natural approaches: healthy nutrition and regular exercise appropriate to each person’s age. Most people will be surprised to learn that only systolic blood pressure readings above 170 will warrant drug treatment on patients 65 years of age and older. Prescribing drug treatment to a 30 something or even 40 something person that shows a reading of, say 145/95 in a routine office checkout without considering the very common “white coat hypertension syndrome” (people who get scared at doctor’s office, but who are otherwise normal in their daily lives), is to condemn this person to a plethora of unpleasant and even harmful side effects without a real benefit to his/her cardiovascular system with the added danger that once these drugs are started, they must be taken continuously to avoid withdrawal rebound effects (specially with the beta blockers, eg: Bystolic, Atenolol, Toprol, and in general all those ending in “ol”). And you will all become more shocked when you learn that all of this insane fixation with blood pressure started with a misinterpretation of crucial clinical data from the touted Framingham study. To get more information on this and other medical issues that are similarly mistreated and mismanaged by modern medical practice I recommend the reading of the enlightening book “Malignant Medical Myths”, by Leonel Kauffman (Amazon Books). I challenge any of those practicing doctors, (to me, more legal drug pushers than anything else)to rebate any of the arguments and solid scientific evidence that the author presents in this book, in my opinion a true masterpiece of its genre.
The Doctor didn’t answer the patient’s question!!! It’s not about his B/P changing over TIME, it’s only been over the last year that he has had this issue.
Re: Sauna:
Sauna may be a good idea if you have no other symptoms such as chest pains, shortness of breath, etc. and are able to do other moderate exercise without any problems.
However, I still would suggest to check with your doctor first. Moving back and forth between hot and cold may raise blood pressure and you want to make sure that you can tolerate this.
Regarding the Sauna to sweat out sodium. Potassuim is also lost this way. A better approach is to take the natural product Hypervera available at the applehealthstore.com. This is a natural diuretic that removes excess sodium and spares potassium. It also dilates blood vessels to help lower BP. Works for me. I’ve used it for two months now. It also results in weight loss, about 7# per month.
If it’s not the drug co.’s pockets we’re padding, then it’s the govt’s!! They allwant your $$’s!! Have a good spiritual life and look for he world to come; amen.
Amen
Has anyone ever had chelation therapy for atherosclerosis?