Sunday, August 26, 2012

Side-effects Of Blood Pressure Medicine

By Abby McDonnis


When you have been identified as having hypertension and prescribed blood pressure treatment then you possibly have experienced some side effects. As you probably already know, one blood pressure medication does not fit all. You may have gone through a period of time where your doctor modified the dosage or possibly added another or third drug to your daily dose.

If you are on a diuretic you may simply have annoying side-effect of needing to urinate frequently. However, that diuretic is eliminating a lot more than just sodium. Potassium, calcium and manganese are lost on this process. Deficiencies in these types of minerals can result in gout, irregular heartbeat and hypoglycemia.

And when you do not do something about the way you live life, you will likely graduate to one of the stronger blood pressure medications and those factors can come with some really serious unwanted effects.

Beta blockers reduce the heartbeat in an attempt to lower pressure. If however, the heart is reduced to the point it can not totally pump all of the blood in the chamber, you risk congestive heart failure, heart attack or heart stroke.

Alpha blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers and ACE Inhibitors almost all work similar risks with calcium channel blockers being cited by a Wake University study as leading to 40,000 unwanted heart disorders annually.

And you're on this stuff for life. Is that what you had thought? I haven't mentioned the most typical side-effects which include fatigue, dizziness and a loss of libido. This really is a quality of life question isn't it? You can't disregard high blood pressure because it's a killer however the treatment is no cake walk either.

Do you know here's a way to avoid all of this? Did you know the American Heart Association reveals that "drugs can be useful when diet and exercise have failed"? You heard right. Your BP problem can go away if you dig in and commit to changes in what you eat, workout habits and stress control.

You can single handedly eliminate these side-effects if you really want.

A large number of Americans have turned to the "cure" that a natural approach provides. Eating nutritious fresh food, abstaining from unhealthy foods and convenience foods, getting a half hour of walking in everyday, and working on their stress has allowed thousands to say goodbye to the silent killer.




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