Posted by 10derHeart on October 24, 2005, at 21:56:28
In reply to Re: Hypertension » 10derHeart, posted by ed_uk on October 24, 2005, at 15:18:49
Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing, ed.
Can you tell me a little about what Norvasc and
candesarten are? I'm not familiar. (I know I could Google them, but would rahter hear it from you...)Yeah...all my adult life (I'm 46) the *cutoff* has been 140/90 unitl just the past 1-2 years. Guess doctors have learned that a sort of low-grade HPT (say in the 130/85-140/90 range) over years and years, together with some other risk factors, may be quite damaging to the cardiovascular system eventually - for some people. So, better safe than sorry to get folks to aim for lower readings, as young as possible, seems to be the idea now.
Mine would be much better with weight loss and exercise, just haven't quite got myself together in those areas yet, what with depression rearing its ugly head a bit too often :-(
But I still have hope. Love to get off BP meds entirely, unless it proves to be essential hypertension (I think that's the term?) where even with weight control and good fitness, it will still remain high. Time will tell, I guess.
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