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Treatment of High Blood Pressure: When Medicines Don’t Work

March 8, 2017 79055 56
Alain Bouchard, MD

The treatment of high blood pressure can be very challenging, especially when medicines don't work. Normal blood pressure is when the systolic blood pressure is less than 120 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure is less than 80 mm Hg. Hypertension is defined as a consistent elevation of blood pressure. Blood pressure is considered elevated when…

Filed Under: General Health, Heart Health, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Risk & Prevention

Ideal Blood Pressure – What Do the New Guidelines Say?

March 16, 2015 53103 20
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

blood pressure guidelines

Blood pressure is perhaps the most accurate “2 minute” health test that exists. However, what used to be considered a healthy diastolic or systolic count isn’t necessarily still the same. Get up to date with the most recent blood pressure guidelines released by the World Health Organization & Center for Disease Control. It’s information worth knowing!

Filed Under: General Health, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Chronic Illness

Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect

June 20, 2014 163669 22
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Amlodipine Side Effects

The most likely reason to be started on amlodipine is for blood pressure control. It causes relaxation and dilation of the blood vessels leading to lowering of blood pressure. The other reason people are started on amlodipine is for control of chest pain in people with coronary artery disease, amlodipine is thought to achieve this…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Vascular Disease Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Hypertension

June 27, 2013 19903 2
Dr. Julian Booker

Hypertension aka High Blood Pressure

Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, is the condition where one or both of your blood pressure values are elevated. When looking at your blood pressure recording you will notice two numbers. The top and bottom numbers of your blood pressure measurement are called the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure respectively. For years,…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Tagged With: Blood pressure, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

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