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Is It Safe To Use Resperate Machine Instead Of Pills For BP?
Hello Doctor, My B. P. 1st thing in the morning is 155/78, later on in the morning I may have a 3mile walk, and it comes down to 132/75, then up again in the evening, When I was on prescribed Olmetec 10mg ,my BP was always under 120/80, however I did not like the side effects breathless, chest pains, etc, The Olmetec have been changed to Ramipril 2.5mg,I have stopped taking them for different side effects headache, etc, I am now using a Resperate machine (breathing exercises) to reduce BP naturally, been using it for a couple of weeks now,Is it safe to stop ttaking BP pills and wait for the Resperate machine to help, I am a 70 year old male. Thank you in anticipation of reply
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
In my opinion, you should continue exercise for half an hour daily. Along with it decrease your salt intake and quit smoking if you smoke. Measure your blood pressure 2-3 times and take average of three. If your B. P. is more than 150/90 mmHg then you should start your anti hypertensive medicines.
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