Unfortunately the world is not all glitter and unicorns. Hypertension runs in my mothers family and 2 year ago it ultimately killed her as she died from the long term effects of not controlling her blood pressure. We can debate the use of blood pressure meds all we want but the bottom line is my blood pressure was too high even on a low fat diet and getting plenty of exercise. I’ve tried several types of anti-hypertension meds and the Angiotension II types drugs have been wonderful at controlling my BP without any type of negative side effects. I get a yearly multiphasic blood test to monitor any changes in hy kidney and liver function and so far all is well. After seeing what my mom went through I’m not going to walk around pretending I don’t have high blood pressure.
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