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In <3sqb3b$…@grape.epix.net> dutch…@epix.net (The Dutchman) writes:
> I’m 44 yrs old, male, 260 lbs and I have hypertension. My unmedicated
blood pressure is 150/100. My doctor tried dozens of medication
>combinations on me and finally got results from the rather large
doseage of: 10mg of PRINIVIL and 60mg of PROCARDIA XL once a day,.
>My blood pressure is down but I feel lethargic, experiece impotence,
and my legs and ankles swell and give me much discomfort.
> I hate taking this medication and actually felt better on the few
occasions I forgot to take it, but the blood pressure went up then.
> I love to ride bicycle for long distances, 20-100 miles in a day. It
helps me lose weight and aerobic excercise but the leg swelling is
interfering.
> I’m ready to find a doctor that treats hypertension without these
chemicals but don’t know where to find one.
> I need to get off this stuff soon.
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You can get fairly quick results (and lose weight also– your primary
problem) with the Pritikin/Ornish diet. I suggest you get cracking it
it; it’s a lifesaver for folks like you. Meanwhile, ask your doc for
small dose of diuretic, like Dyazide or even a small dose of Lasix,
which should potentiate your current therapy a lot if you are retaining
a lot of salt and water (edema)– thus allowing you to cut the dose of
your other stuff. Don’t forget to take magnesium supplements with it,
and eat lots of fruit. If you stick with the (very low fat) diet you
should eventually be able to get off drugs entirely.
Steve Harris, M.D.
Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
D > dutch…@epix.net (The Dutchman) writes:
D > I’m 44 yrs old, male, 260 lbs and I have hypertension. My unmedicated
D > blood pressure is 150/100. My doctor tried dozens of medication
D > combinations on me and finally got results from the rather large
D > dosage of: 10mg of PRINIVIL and 60mg of PROCARDIA XL once a day,.
D > My blood pressure is down but I feel lethargic, experiece impotence,
D > and my legs and ankles swell and give me much discomfort.
D > I hate taking this medication and actually felt better on the few
D > occasions I forgot to take it, but the blood pressure went up then.
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There are non-drug approaches to controlling hypertension as well.
Why not consult someone that can run a complete chemical analysis
(like a clinical nutritionist), to check for chemical imbalances
not tested for by the average GP or specialist.
You may be low in magnesium, potassium, zinc, Vit E, or even sodium
(*very* low Na can trigger hypertension as well), or you may be too
high in iron, nickel, cobalt, etc. The simple correction of one’s
mineral status will frequently bring high blood pressure quickly
under control – minus the side effects of prescription drugs.
* Ron Roth
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Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
You’re right and this type of medication can be dangerous and have
terrible side effects. Cayanne pepper is known to lower blood pressure.
You just need to contact a naturopath. Try Enrich’s SBP. They say its
great, so that might be an avenue for you. There are several herbs that
control blood pressure.
Hope you get some relief.
Betty Martini
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Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
In article <3sqb3b$…@grape.epix.net>, The Dutchman <dutch…@epix.net> wrote:
>I’m 44 yrs old, male, 260 lbs and I have hypertension. My unmedicated
>blood pressure is 150/100. My doctor tried dozens of medication
>combinations on me and finally got results from the rather large
>doseage of: 10mg of PRINIVIL and 60mg of PROCARDIA XL once a day,. My
>blood pressure is down but I feel lethargic, experiece impotence, and
>my legs and ankles swell and give me much discomfort. I hate taking
>this medication and actually felt better on the few occasions I forgot
>to take it, but the blood pressure went up then. I love to ride
>bicycle for long distances, 20-100 miles in a day. It helps me lose
>weight and aerobic excercise but the leg swelling is interfering. I’m
>ready to find a doctor that treats hypertension without these chemicals
>but don’t know where to find one. I need to get off this stuff soon.
Calcium channel blockers like Procardia often cause edema in the legs.
Sometimes adding a diuretic to the regimen can help with both the
hypertension and the edema (though if you’re already on these two,
both your and your doctor might want to avoid adding another drug
into the mix.)
Dropping as little as 20-25 pounds or so (or more) would likely make a
big difference in your BP, perhaps enough that you could be medication-
free, or at least able to be managed with fewer drugs.
–
Steve Dyer
d…@ursa-major.spdcc.com
Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
> In article <3sqb3b$…@grape.epix.net>, The Dutchman <dutch…@epix.net>
wrote:
I hate taking
> >this medication and actually felt better on the few occasions I forgot
> >to take it, but the blood pressure went up then.
I got so accustomed to how I felt with higher blood pressure that when the
drug actually started working and my bp was at a lower, healthier level, I
felt yucky for awhile till my body got used to being at the lower bp
level. Now if I goof up with taking the meds, I get a headache when my bp
shoots up.
Good luck.
Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
I have been taking bp med for years. Do you remember Hank Gathers? He was
a basketball player who went cold turkey on his med, and dropped dead on
the court. with regular and proper dosage, one can maintain a normal
lifestyle. Stay on the recommended dosage…stay alive!
Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
In <3snqr3$…@keystone.intergate.net> m…@intergate.net () writes:
>There are new alternatives in medicine for cancer patients in the
>United States by AMERICAN DOCTORS
American "naturopathic doctors." An oxymoron if ever their was one.
What fraction of your "doctors" got degrees by homestudy?
>If you don’t like the idea of submitting to chemotherapy or radiation,
>or if you have already tried these harsh prescriptions without
>success, there ARE alternatives.
There are always alternatives. Every problem always has an alternative
solution, which simple, neat, inexpensive, and wrong. We’d like to know
alternatives that work. If you have some, we’d like to see YOUR
evidence.
Steve Harris, M.D.
Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
In <3t48er$…@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> sruss…@ix.netcom.com (Sandra
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Russell) writes:
>In <3snqr3$…@keystone.intergate.net> m…@intergate.net () writes:
>>There are new alternatives in medicine for cancer patients in the
>>United States by AMERICAN DOCTORS
>American "naturopathic doctors." An oxymoron if ever their was one.
>What fraction of your "doctors" got degrees by homestudy?
>>If you don’t like the idea of submitting to chemotherapy or radiation,
>>or if you have already tried these harsh prescriptions without
>>success, there ARE alternatives.
>There are always alternatives. Every problem always has an alternative
>solution, which simple, neat, inexpensive, and wrong. We’d like to know
>alternatives that work. If you have some, we’d like to see YOUR
>evidence.
> Steve Harris, M.D.
Screw this constant demand for evidence. You still haven’t read "The
Controlled Clinical Trial" by Harris Coulter, Ph.D, who rips apart the whole
concept as bogus. Who cares if someone learned by home study? My great
grandfather was a teenage medic in the civil war. He learned to read on the
battle field. After the war he returned to the small village he was from in
the Appalachian mountains in Tennessee and became the doctor by popular
demand, because no one else knew how. He was a self taught naturopath, who
learned a lot about herbal remedies from the indians, and from the Scottish
settlers in the mountains where he lived who brought many folk remedies back
from the old country. My grandfather helped him deliver babies on people’s
kitchen tables. He also helped do appendectomies, and all sorts of stuff.
The village passed a hat and my Grandfather ended up as a radiologist and a
member of the dog assed AMA, an organization which he often spoke of as
rotten to the core- because he was an honest man, and by God it IS rotten to
the core! But I’ll tell you one thing, he was an humble man. He wasn’t into
putting other people down just because they got their knowledge in
alternative ways.
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Comment by admin — November 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am