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Borderline hypertension, does exercise really control it?

specialmom

Has anyone had luck keeping off of blood pressure medication through exercise and diet? Or is it a given you will be on medication once ...

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What over the counter medications increase blood pressure?

specialmom

When you are worried about increases in blood pressure, are there any over the counter meds to be careful with that might raise blood pre...

How much salt is too much salt?

utest14

Is 200mg of salt per day too high?

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Is Amlodipine appropriate for 27yo male?

judithmhol

My son 27 years old. Very active, healthy eater. No history of overweight, no history of smoking, avg. drinker socially. Experiencing fac...

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Losartan internal body tremors & hypersensitive hearing,.

BunnyRoo

Losartan 50 mg tabs. Anyone experiencing internal tremors or vibration or Hypersensitive hearing. The fridge seem louder or constructio...

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I was suffered a bite from a brown recluse spider.

dnr1623

Could this bite cause the elevated blood pressure? I did not have hypertension before this brown recluse spider bite. My doctor gave me...

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