High Blood Pressure

[beechy]

does anyone have any natural or herbal remedies
for lowering of blood pressure,have been trying to get
mine down using prescribed drugs,only having bad side effects.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by beechy

does anyone have any natural or herbal remedies
for lowering of blood pressure,have been trying to get
mine down using prescribed drugs,only having bad side effects.

My pill pusher gives me asprin & furosimide, down to 140/107. sometimes as low as 126/100.

What have you been taking.

If I'm going any where special I don't take furosimide.

Retlaw.

[MargaretR]

I don't have that problem, but have many herbalist websites bookmarked, so will search and get back to you

[beechy]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

My pill pusher gives me asprin & furosimide, down to 140/107. sometimes as low as 126/100.

What have you been taking.

If I'm going any where special I don't take furosimide.

Retlaw.

im currently taking. Losartan,...155/110..and one hell of a bad stomach

[ossylass]

I'm on prescribed drugs - furosemide, bisoprolol and valsartan, after the doctor tried various combinations of drugs - he's obviously got it right this time as my B.P. is now 127/74 with no ill effects. But I would not take prescribed and over-the-counter medication at the same time !

[MargaretR]

I have done some websearching about blood pressure but I cannot safely recommend anything because high blood pressure has many different causes.
Not knowing what causes yours, with the added dilemma of a possible adverse reaction with prescription drugs, makes recommending anything 'dodgy'
I have found this
Blood pressure - the causes of, and treatment - updated June 2008 | Dr Myhill
Dr Myhill is a british Gp with a practice in mid Wales.
She is renowned for successfully treating chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.(using food supplements and no drugs)

As a Gp she treats a wide variety of conditions and this page on high blood pressure may help you.
It is interesting to note that she suggests taking a magnesium supplement.
That will not conflict with your meds if you stick to the dose on the bottle.
I am taking magnesium malate as part of a CFS cure.
Beware - not all magnesium supplements are the same - some are like Epsom salts which give you the trots big style

[West Ender]

I've been on Amlodipine and Ramipril for over 15 years with no side effects and very stable, low blood pressure. I take furosemide for another medical problem and, I'm with Retlaw here, only take them when I'm staying home.

I don't know of any herbal remedies for hypertension but anything's worth a try if the chemicals are a problem.

[MargaretR]

I take no prescription drugs whatsoever (not even paracetemol)
My current problem is CFS due to vitamin B12 deficiency which was caused by prescription drugs (antacids in particular)
I am following Dr Myhill's food supplement recommendations and am getting better
My lounge does resemble a stockroom at Holland and Barretts - but I import mine from California where they are cheaper.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Lloyds Pharmacy sell a machine which controls your blood pressure.
OK, it isn't cheap at £199 but it was on TV and Dr Chris Steele said it was effective in controlling blood pressure...tha machine is called Resperate......and I'm not sure if i haven't read somewhere that they do a money back guarantee.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Lloyds Pharmacy sell a machine which controls your blood pressure.
OK, it isn't cheap at £199 but it was on TV and Dr Chris Steele said it was effective in controlling blood pressure...tha machine is called Resperate......and I'm not sure if i haven't read somewhere that they do a money back guarantee.

The nurse at the pill pushers surgery is always checking my blood pressure.even though I have a machine of my own, and she's forever
trying to take blood samples, last time she gave up after 3 attempts,
I keep telling her to put a tap on my shoulder.

One time I had taken my blood pressure and it was a bit high, I'd been doing a bit of milling in my workshop, and I must have cut myself on some swarf, face aches always complaing about blood dripping on the kitchen floor, when I come out of my workshop, (can't feel pain from cuts and things) when she'd stopped the bleeding and put a plaster on it, out of curiosity I took my blood presssure and it was way down from the earlier reading, by 20.

Retlaw.

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

The nurse at the pill pushers surgery is always checking my blood pressure.even though I have a machine of my own, and she's forever
trying to take blood samples, last time she gave up after 3 attempts,
I keep telling her to put a tap on my shoulder.

One time I had taken my blood pressure and it was a bit high, I'd been doing a bit of milling in my workshop, and I must have cut myself on some swarf, face aches always complaing about blood dripping on the kitchen floor, when I come out of my workshop, (can't feel pain from cuts and things) when she'd stopped the bleeding and put a plaster on it, out of curiosity I took my blood presssure and it was way down from the earlier reading, by 20.

Retlaw.

Cant imagine you turning up at your appointment with the nurse with a little device that was used in the Zulu wars that cut into your flesh.
Bleed me, Bleed me, was the cry............sod that I will stay on the pills.

[MargaretR]

I found some discussion on the machine in the forum at Martin Lewis site here-
RespErate for high bp? - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums

[suedarbo]

Originally Posted by beechy

im currently taking. Losartan,...155/110..and one hell of a bad stomach

I used to take Losartan but it made me feel ill. I told the doctor and he swapped it for Irbesartan 75mg. Blood pressure is perfect now.