High Blood Pressure Treatment - Are Drugs the Only Option?
High Blood Pressure Treatment - Are Drugs the Only Option?
Have you been trying to find a way to deal with your high blood pressure treatment that would control your condition but also free you from relying on medication each day? Well you're not alone. Literally millions of Americans are taking high blood pressure medication and thousands of them are seeking a way to avoid both the side effects and the expense of the drugs.
You probably already know the lengthy list of medications available for prescription. Typically you are started on a diuretic and then depending on how you respond, the numbers game begins.
Combinations of drugs like alpha blockers, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers and all the rest are combined or prescribed separately until some combination works for you. And just how much are these drugs costing you a month?
In the meantime while this drug puzzle is being worked out, you are religiously taking your daily pill (or two or more) because you fully understand how serious high blood pressure can be. In fact if the threat wasn't so serious, you may even think twice about taking your medication.
Here's a tip. Don't ever stop taking your meds cold turkey. Some of these medications can have really serious side effects if there is a sudden withdrawal. If the side effects you are experiencing are just too much to handle, call your doctor and he can change the dosage or try something new.
So are drugs the only effective treatment for high blood pressure? Would it surprise you to learn that the American Heart Association says drugs can be useful when diet and exercise plans don't work? That's right. The position of the AHA is that lifestyle changes in diet, exercise and stress management, not drugs, should be the first line of treatment for controlling and lowering high blood pressure.
Think about that for a moment. If today were three weeks from now and you had your BP checked and discovered your reading had dropped by 20 points, and you did it without medication, what would that mean to you?
Would having a normal blood pressure and not having to deal with side effects and the expense of BP medication be enough motivation for you to make some changes in the way you live your life?
I'm not talking about turning into a vegan or becoming a fitness fanatic, but would you be willing to go for a walk once a day? Could you find the time to start cooking with fresh or frozen food rather than microwavable packages? Could you find 15 minutes out of the day that you could call your own and practice some stress relieving exercises be it breathing, or relaxation tapes or even a simple form of yoga?
If you can honestly answer yes to these questions then you have a 90% chance of controlling your condition naturally. You don't have to jump into a natural plan with both feet. In fact if you do you'll probably fail just like most people who try out new fad diets.
You can ease into a natural remedy. You can evolve into a diet regimen that doesn't take all of your salt away from you at one time. The only thing to remember, is you have to work on all three legs of the blood pressure cure stool, diet, exercise and stress, at the same time. You can't just go for a walk and expect a lower pressure.
Drugs are not the only effective high blood pressure treatment. If you want to free your self from medication, lower your pressure and live a longer, healthier life, then you owe it to yourself to investigate natural remedies.
Natural Remedies for Back Pain Relief - Instead of Using Drugs
I've been bothered by a bad back for many years now. I haven't been able to figure out the exact source of the pain, so I have done a lot of things to try to keep from triggering the back pain. I've done pain pills, but I don't believe that is a healthy or reasonable strategy for healing. I would much rather look at non drug solutions like natural remedies.
A plan that includes physical therapy is one natural option. Just stretching to strengthen the muscles helps, basically getting some movement going in the area of the pain. Chiropractors will recommend these exercise therapies. In addition, some people have reported positive results from adding yoga and Tai Chi to their daily routine. I have been experimenting with these low impact exercises.
People also get effective results from acupuncture or chiropractic treatments. These treatments are effective for natural back pain relief. Acupuncture is often misunderstood so people dismiss it without giving it a second thought. People can't see how the sticking of needles into the body can do anything. A little education about how acupuncture works can change these perceptions.
Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years and is used effectively all over the world. Chiropractic care and treatments was also not understood early on, people called it quackery. Now it is a widely accepted and use for health care form. Both chiropractic and acupuncture treatments do often require multiple treatments to really get good results.
Anyway, these are some of the most common natural back pain relief alternatives that have worked for myself and others. There are not generally any miracle cures or anything like that, but I do know that you can have hope. We will be able to painlessly stand, sit, walk, or lie down for long periods. Some of these natural options are well worth a try! Getting long term relief and actual healing is a far better goal than just getting temporary relief with drugs that you have to keep taking indefinitely.
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