Becky Said:

What is the difference between Blood Pressure medicine?

We Answered:

There are several medicine for blood pressure.
It is not wise to describe all of them to you here. Your doctor should be the better judge to decide.

Usually beta-blockers are good medicine for young patients. But, any medicine has side effects, and some person are more prone to them compared to others. (asthma patient cannot tolerate beta-blockers). Beta-blockers sometimes causes disturbance in sleep.

If you feel the side-effects, it is advisable to consult your doctor.
And for blood pressure medicine, NEVER STOP THEM WITHOUT CONSULTING DOCTOR.

Beatrice Said:

What would happen if you took a whole bottle of blood pressure medicine?

We Answered:

If you lower your blood pressure enough, such as by taking a bottle of HBP medication, you will die as a result of insufficient blood supply to vital organs, especially the heart and brain.

Ernest Said:

Is it okay to take multivitamins while taking high blood pressure medicine?

We Answered:

yes. as long as it was prescribed to you by a doctor.

Johnnie Said:

How does a person know when it is time to start taking blood pressure medicine?

We Answered:

ONLY WHEN IT CHANGES !

-What has happened to your BP as you have described it is exactly normal, and happens to all healthy people.

The readings don't actually go up with age (although most doctors -including yours, and sadly, most on Yahoo Answers!- think they do!) -It's an illusion.

What happens is that the loss of elasticity of your arteries with age causes the high 'peaks' of the (pulsatile) pressures generated to be transmitted (without attenuation, -or being absorbed, that is) further down your arterial 'tree' and so the readings taken at your brachial artery (upper arm) APPEAR to be higher when you're getting older than they used to be.
But in reality, the heart generates very little more pressure when you're 80 than when you're 20.. .. it only seems to, if you believe the readings (and even those are not "real" .-- but that's another story!)

Difficult, perhaps, to understand, -especially because it contradicts all your Doctor has been spouting at you (and me!) these last 50 years.... But nevertheless, it's true.

Let me put it into context. If you go from a 'relaxed, resting' mode to working-out at Mets Level 4 on a cardio exercise machine -which is perfectly normal and you don't need to be an athlete to do it, the heart actually does in fact generate much HIGHER pressures than those classified by all doctors, the BMA, the AMA, the Hypertension Society, the WHO, and our Heart Foundation as "Hypertensive" (or "high blood pressure") and it's perfectly right for you to engage in strenuous exercise like this.

So, the answer to your question is "ONLY WHEN IT SUDDENLY RISES".

A gradual rise over the years is not only normal but essential. If it didn't happen (and often it doesn't) it means your cardiac function is impaired. i.e., your heart is gradually becoming unable to attain peak performance.

As a rule of thumb, most people's systolic pressure (the top one) is about "100 + your age". So are you about 55? Remember that your BP goes up and down all day and all night, so it can't be 155 ALL the time.. be honest to yourself.

I'm rising 81 and mine is 195 ! ..(Well, it ranges from 200 down to about 175) and I'm still going strong

Tracy Said:

Does anyone know the effects of mixing blood pressure medicine and liquor?

We Answered:

alcohol is alcohol........ and alcohol can thinur blood and with bp meds that can be serious if not deadly . once and a while im sure its ok but i would ask the pharmacist about it as they would know more and have more specific answers ...... if your bf doesnt care about his health its nice that u do , altho he will ultimately make the decision.
good luck

George Said:

Does taking blood pressure medicine cause premature ejaculation?

We Answered:

Dear in Clinical practice we have seen many cases where PE has been poped up after start of Anti hypertensive medicines.
In such cases as we can not prescribe medicines for PE as he is taking his BP prescription so we advice him to learn and practice SCREW technique.
If he can practice it then PE can be controlled surely.
Best wishes

Dr Anil Kumar
Specialist Sexual Medicine
dr.anilkumar@hotmail.com