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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

drray23

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1. "I have read on the Net that some High Blood Pressure medicines can be dangerous."

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2019, 09:03 PM

May 2019

Thats you problem right there. Every drug has side effects. Better trust Your doctor than some random stuff on the internet. He will run the proper tests if necessary and make sure they are correct for you. The risk of not taking meds when your BP is 175 is far greater than potential side effects which are rare. As far as being on it for life, this depends on your condition. If you are overweight and lose weight for example, the BP will go down and your doctor will take you off them.

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"I have read on the Net that some High Blood Pressure medicines can be dangerous." drray23 May 2019 #1

First, I'm not a doctor, but... Mersky May 2019 #2

My wife has chronic high BP Stonepounder May 2019 #3

Welcome to D.U. Mersky.. busterbrown May 2019 #4

Hi, thanks & you're welcome Mersky May 2019 #5

In societies where salt is not used as a spice Soxfan58 May 2019 #6

Thanks for the input. busterbrown May 2019 #7