OT Blood pressure

philo · 2016-10-14T16:36:20+00:00

Since (self included) most here are a bunch of grumpy old men I thought this worth asking. I'm 67 years old and have always had good checkups. I also take my pulse occasionally and it's always been excellent...typical 62 or so. My assumption was "all ok." Have not had a physical in a few years but recently had one and my blood pressure was about 40 points high. Doc said not to panic...happens pretty often to men in my age group and I will return in a few days to probably get medication. In the mean time I got a blood pressure meter and have cut back on sodium intake. After a few days my pressure dropped about ten points and I also noticed that coffee (thankfully) did not affect things. Anyone else here taking blood pressure meds? If so, what are the results and how many pills a day do you take? thanks M

Oct 14, 2016 60 Replies

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gregz 9 years ago

I take one irbesartan a day. A vessel dilator. I used to take a diuretic for years. I used to drink too much alcohol too. At times I used to get up around 160/90.

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