Blood pressure

[Pan1900]

Several days prior to your medical start eating a table spoon of raw garlic once a day. You will notice you blood pressure go down gradually. Don't take garlic vitamins- does'nt work.

 

[gear_guy]

Several days prior to your medical start eating a table spoon of raw garlic once a day. You will notice you blood pressure go down gradually. Don't take garlic vitamins- does'nt work.

Good advice. However, I have found that the "Kyolic" brand DOES work.

 

[Scarabus]

Keep track of it your self at home. Then get a few samples of blood pressure medicine, take one before your visit. Good to go. Just don't fool your self doing that. Keep track of it and if it starts to stay elevated talk to your doc.

 

[dondk]

140/95 is pre-hypertension, garlic is fine so is a diuretic a day or so prior to the exam may work just as well.

Regardless, start with your diet, cut back on the sodium, fried foods, and definitely the fast foods. Exercise is okay, but make sure you are not pushing over 145/95 before you work out, if so you best get to a cardiologist first.

Homeopathic's do work, just note that NOT all homeopathic's work for EVERY person. In other words, garlic may work on one person but not on another, or it may work less efficiently, but still show some signs of success.

As others have suggested, monitor at home, rotate arms, check orthostatic BP, (lying, sitting, standing) your lowest should be lying, the highest should be standing.

keeping a FAA first class with BP meds is not an issue in most cases. Especially since you are borderline pre-hypertensive. Any of them should bring you to an acceptable level within weeks. The main thing is to make sure you can handle the side effects (if any).

 

[brownie]

Keep track of it your self at home. Then get a few samples of blood pressure medicine, take one before your visit. Good to go. Just don't fool your self doing that. Keep track of it and if it starts to stay elevated talk to your doc.

If you take the sample before your visit it will do the trick but what about your 8500 form, are you gonna say you're presently on the medication??? if yes then you need s..t load of paper work and if say no, you're not xactly being honest r u?:0

 

[Scarabus]

That's for them to decide. I hopefully won't need to worry about that for another 30 or so years.