Study Finds High Blood Pressure Medications Make The Issue Worse

The following report is from Study Finds:

Patients are being urged to routinely review the pills they take, especially those available over the counter, as one could be interfering with blood pressure-lowering efforts. It is estimated if half of Americans with hypertension (high blood pressure) were to discontinue taking a blood pressure-raising medication, up to 2.2 million patients could be able to achieve their goals without additional medicine.

Around 9% of patients with high blood pressure take antidepressants, while 8% take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs like ibuprofen. Another two percent take oral steroids to tread conditions like gout, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

Other medications associated with blood pressure elevation were also reported, including antipsychotics, certain oral contraceptives and popular decongestants.

Nearly half of Americans with high blood pressure do not have it sufficiently controlled, researchers say.

Among the 27,000 participants in the study, 19% report using one or more blood pressure-raising medications, and 4% are using multiple. Nearly one-quarter (24%) of women with high blood pressure reported using a blood pressure-raising medication compared with 14% of men.

These are medications that we commonly take — both over-the-counter and prescribed medications — that may have the unintended side effect of raising blood pressure and could have adverse effects on our heart health. We know that high blood pressure leads to cardiovascular disease, stroke and death and even small increases in blood pressure can have meaningful impacts on cardiovascular disease. Based on our findings, we need to be more aware of polypharmacy (the use of multiple medications by a single patient) in older adults who also have the highest burden of high blood pressure.

Dr. John Vitarello, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in a statement

Dr Vitarello says the findings suggest, in some cases, rather than treating high blood pressure with more medications, there may be opportunities to lower blood pressure by de-prescribing or substituting safer medications.

For example, there may be other classes of medications to treat the same condition that have less impact on blood pressure.

The research is part of the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Revelation 22:15

WinePress readers have probably become accustomed to me saying this, but it bears worth repeating, that the Greek word for ‘witchcraft’ and ‘sorcery’ is “pharmakeia,” where the word ‘pharmacy’ is derived from. These so-called medicines that are manufactured by the big pharmaceutical companies do more harm than good. People are just given the perception that they are good because it may temporarily relieve the problem, but it never truly fixes the problem. But the drugs are designed in a manner that causes the body and brain to create a dependence for them; so, if someone were to stop taking blood pressure medication cold turkey, their body is going to have a wide variety adverse reactions that could result in death in an extreme scenario.

But the drug companies are fully cognizant of that, as it is all by design to make them seemingly endless amounts of MONEY (1 Timothy 6:9-11, 17).

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And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

Ezekiel 47:12

[13] He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. [14] He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; [15] And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart. [16] The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

Psalms 104:13-16

The list of things in God’s creation is far too large for me to number that can be used to treat blood pressure. Do your own due diligence and homework, but here are some of the things you can eat and drink to have healthy blood pressure.

• Beet Root Juice
• Pomegranate
• Turmeric
• Garlic
• Cocoa – Dark Chocolate
• Spinach
• Celery
• Tomatoes
• Olive Oil
• Pistachios
• Coriander
• Fish Oil
• Cinnamon
• Chili Peppers (Cayenne, Bell, Serrano, Jalapeño, Banana, Anaheim, etc.)
• Valerian
• Carrot

• Potassium
• Magnesium
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin K
• Trace Minerals (Selenium, Chromium, Zinc, Iodine, Manganese, Boron, Copper, Molybdenum)

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