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Forum - High Blood Pressure Forum
Topic - Updated power blood pressure reduction list (43 items)
Here is my power blood pressure reduction list. Each of these has potential to lower blood pressure 2 to 5 points. The idea here is that although each one might have a small effect, combinations of 7 or more of these may allow for substantial reductions...
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HBP with pregnancy and fainting
Topic - Pregnancy & Menopause
Q: Does high blood pressure associated with pregnancy cause fainting?
A: Fainting occurs when not enough blood gets to the brain. Blood pressure is too low. The medications used to treat pregnancy induced high blood pressure can cause fainting with a rapid change from the sitting or reclining position to standing. Also, blood loss that occurs with delivery of the baby and dehydration from nursing can be factors in fainting. Women who develop high blood pressure with pregnancy are at risk for hypertension later in life.
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Medication: Inderal/ propanolol (Beta blocker)
Topic - Medication: Inderal/ propanolol (Beta blocker)
How Inderal Reduces Blood Pressure
Inderal is one of a class of blood pressure medication called Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agent or more commonly known as Beta Blockers.
Beta blockers are a class of drugs that block beta-adrenergic substances such as adrenaline. By blocking the action of the involuntary nervous system on the heart, beta blockers relieve stress on the heart.
Inderal slows the heart beat, lessens the force with which the heart muscle contracts and reduces blood vessel contraction in the heart, brain, and throughout the body, thus lowering blood pressure.
Other Beta Blockers include Coreg, Tenormin, Toprol XL and Ziac.
Although these medications...
