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Forum - RESPeRATE Support Forum
Topic - MEDICATION & RESPRATE

My mother, at 83 used your product and decided it worked so well she could stop using her blood pressure medicines. She ended up in ICU. Please tell everyone not to stop your medications just because your blood pressure goes down temporarly.

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Relationship between hypertension and bradycardia

Topic - Blood Pressure & Hypertension

Q: How can a person have hypertension and bradycardia at the same time and what does this mean? A: High blood pressure and a slow heart beat, bradycardia, are two different problems that may or may not be related. A side effect of certain drugs is a slow heart beat. Damage to the heart from uncontrolled high blood pressure and other conditions may result in a slow heart beat. To understand the source of your bradycardia, you need to talk to your doctor.

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Medication: Dyazide (Combination)

Topic - Medication: Dyazide (Combination)

How Dyazide Reduces Blood Pressure Dyazide is a combination of (triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide)(HCTZ). Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is a thiazide diuretic (water pill) that decreases the amount of fluid in your body by increasing the amount of salt and water you lose in your urine. Triamterene is a potassium-sparing diuretic that also prevents your body from absorbing too much salt and keeps your potassium levels from getting too low. The combination of these two drugs forms Dyazide which is used to treat blood pressure. Other combination drugs include Benicar HCT, Avalide, and Lotrel. Although these medications are beneficial, many times they are not enough to control...