High blood pressure remedies?

Paddyann - I've been on statins for years, I'm wondering which of the various aches and pains I have can be attributed to their side effects!

printmiss avoid simvastatin at all costs ,they have horrific side effects ,we researched alternatives and spoke to my OH doctor about him coming off them.OH now takes ubiquinol (co enzyme q10) instead and his cholesterol AND blood pressure is fine .He was put on statins after a heart attack 5 years ago but only took them for around 4 months

Losing weight and exercising is the way to go. I was on two different pills but after losing a stone I was able to drop one of them.

Celery helps

Only time I had high blood pressure was when my 7 year gd came to live with us for 4 years. Had to go on medication but when she was able to live back at home it dropped so much I came off medicatiob. So I put it down to stress

My son in law followed the DASH diet and had very good results in lowering his BP
ukhealthcare.uky.edu/fact-sheet/dash-diet/

VERY good Mawbroon!

20 years ago I was on 2 Meds for high blood pressure. MY husband started making all our bread. Bought bread has high levels of salt. I changed to de caffe coffee. I started line dancing and best of all left my very stressful job. Now the only Meds I'm on is Calcium with Vit D as a preventative, I'm 74.

Six months ago, DH went to the opticians with blurry vision.We then discovered that the cause was a small bleed in the eye,caused by undiagnosed high blood pressure. Six months treatment at the hospital,and all is now well. Last week I went for an eye check, and - guess what - I've been advised to go to the doctor to have my blood pressure checked.I have dreaded the thought of being on medication for anything, but if that is what's needed, so be it.
I won't compromise my eyesight.

Hi. You might want to google Hawthorne, and Cayenne.

www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-527-hawthorn.aspx?activeingredientid=527

It seems that this effect is due to a component in hawthorn called proanthocyanidin. Food sources of proanthocyanidins: beetroot, grapes (seeds and skins), apples, unsweetened baking chocolate, red wines, blueberries, cranberries, bilberries, black currants, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios. The highest concentrations of proanthocyanidins in fruits known to date were detected in black chokeberries. Probably everything purple, to be fair.

About cayenne pepper:
www.naturalnews.com/030039_high_blood_pressure_prevention.html

Obviously you must be very careful. I have high BP, and could not readily take the cayenne, it was too indigestible. Have not yet tried the hawthorne. BP started post meno-pause, and I have lost some weight (could do with losing more), exercised, gave up salt, etc but had to take the drugs in the end. My GP Suggested that it is a family tendency.

A qualified medical herbalist should be able to guide you through using these herbs.

My mum introduced me to holy basil, and it's brought my blood pressure down nicely I'm still on meds as well but it wasn't very well controlled with meds alone and I couldn't find a tablet which didn't cause unpleasant side effects. I make it into a tea with a decaff teabag

Will try the breathing exercises Rosina and do a bit more meditation. Also will try the magnesium tip. About to have a magnesium flake bath.

I'm on BP medication and didn't really lower it to how I wanted. I have trie Beetroot tablets and these seem to lower the lower reading, however, I have carried on taking my medication as well, as I don't want to compromise my life insurance.

A lot of 'helps' there - sorry.

Breathing exercises really do help; breathe in to the count of three (one and two and three and) hold for the count of two, and then breathe out to the count of four. A medical friend tells me that this helps get rid of extra carbon dioxide in the blood and helps lower blood pressure, and you can do this anywhere.

You seem to be looking for an effective medication that hasn't been noticed by doctors. Not going to happen. Which is quite a different question to whether you might be able to affect your BP by other means.

Thank you, Mamie.

Have a look here NotTooOld. If you follow the Diet Doctor link at the top you will get a good explanation.
www.gransnet.com/forums/dieting_and_exercise/1228651-Low-carb-support-thread-2016-Part-2

What's the LCHF diet, please?

I agree BBevan. LCHF diet's the way to go for losing weight, and this has added benefits of lowering cholesterol and BP in many people.

I went on the LCHF diet last year to Reverse my diabetes. That was successful. The added bonus has been lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Not of medication for it yet, but who knows.

DH didn't want to take the bp tablets prescribed and has been taking magnesium (with calcium) and his blood pressure has come down more than it did on the prescribed tablets.

great one MawBroon ?

Not ideal, fall over, break a hip, spend 9 days in hospital and come home with a note for the doctor to stop blood pressure medication. I bought a home monitor, and thought my blood pressure was higher than it should be, but evidently as one grows older higher blood pressure readings are acceptable. Going to have another bp test on Tuesday, hope all is well. At the moment sinvastatin(?) is my only vice.

Yes, tanith the Doctor gradually reduced my tablets. My BP was getting lower and as I have a machine at home I had to keep an eye on it and report back to him every few weeks. I have a review next month so hoping I can try without the last one.