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I was taking a prescribed water pill due to my high blood pressure?



but i ran out...do over the counter water pills work just as well??

No Dana. You need your script. Diareutics work differently. Some are potassium sparing and others deplete your potassium storage. Don't mess around with this. You'll end up screwing yourself up.
Hypertension is sustained elevation of resting systolic BP (鈮?140 mm Hg), diastolic BP (鈮?90 mm Hg), or both. Hypertension with no known cause (primary; formerly, essential hypertension) is most common; hypertension with an identified cause (secondary hypertension) is usually due to a renal disorder. Usually, no symptoms develop unless hypertension is severe or long-standing. Diagnosis is by sphygmomanometry. Tests may be done to determine cause, assess damage, and identify other cardiovascular risk factors. Treatment involves lifestyle changes and drugs, including diuretics, 尾-blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and Ca channel blockers.
Preventive measures:-
Low sodium intake.(Sodium chloride, Monosodium glutamate, Sodium bicarbonate)
*Regular exercise.
*Stop tobacco smoking.
*Stop consuming alcohol.
*Reduce fat and oils in the diet. Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
*Obesity - In obese subjects, losing a kilogram of mass generally reduces blood pressure by 2 mmHg. (Abdominal circumference should be less than 100 cms)
*Control Diabetes Mellitus.
*Avoid worry and stress.
*Avoid occupational, aircraft and roadway noise exposure.
Please see the web pages for more details on Hypertension.
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec07/ch071/ch...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hypertensio...
honestly i dont know, but i do know that lasix is the bomb!!
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