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Suggest Treatment To Regulate BP

My husband is 52 and he has variable high blood pressure. Every time doctors tried to give him blood pressure medication his blood pressure dropped down too low. The last doctor said to try yoga and meditation.... His blood pressure is sometimes normal 123/83 or sometimes high as 168/105 ....Don't know what to do to regulate it...Any suggestions?
Fri, 24 Jul 2015
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Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query.

Now, the age of 52 years old is an age which is accompanied with a higher risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) diagnosis. However, this is not a rule or something that happens always. You should know that there are a lot of blood pressure fluctuations throughout a day, that can be caused by a lot of reason, such as stress, physical stress, diurnal and nocturnal changes in various hormonal levels etc. My recommendation, at this point, would be for him to be put on a 24/48-hour blood pressure monitor, to decide whether the diagnosis of hypertension is there or not. Also, even if it is there, there are a lot of drug classes for treating hypertension, and you should not be confined in using only one drug class, since various organisms can have various reactions to various drug classes, whether they are blood pressure-lowering drugs or other drugs. Feel free to ask me again.

Take care. Best regards.
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Suggest Treatment To Regulate BP

Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query. Now, the age of 52 years old is an age which is accompanied with a higher risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) diagnosis. However, this is not a rule or something that happens always. You should know that there are a lot of blood pressure fluctuations throughout a day, that can be caused by a lot of reason, such as stress, physical stress, diurnal and nocturnal changes in various hormonal levels etc. My recommendation, at this point, would be for him to be put on a 24/48-hour blood pressure monitor, to decide whether the diagnosis of hypertension is there or not. Also, even if it is there, there are a lot of drug classes for treating hypertension, and you should not be confined in using only one drug class, since various organisms can have various reactions to various drug classes, whether they are blood pressure-lowering drugs or other drugs. Feel free to ask me again. Take care. Best regards.