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June 24, 2005

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Eric

Oddly, dieting and exercising can aggravate my blood pressure, at least in the short term. I'm sure when each workout is less of a life-threatening event, maybe my blood pressure will change and I won't have to be on any meds either. I'm up to 4-5 meds per morning, and I feel I'm too young for that mess...

DisappearingJohn

An excellent point on the BID thing. I have that same issue myself. I take Lopressor, and, while the first dose of the day is a sure thing, (with my daily vitamin and other med) the second dose is a 50-50 proposition, at best. It sure saves me money on the refils, but, maybe that's not as good a thing as it initially sounds.

I was also on an ACE inhibitor (Norvasc) but had it stopped, since my blood pressure has fallen off significantly since my weight loss (Its amazing what losing 176 pounds will do to your blood pressure). I started to get a little orthostatic in the mornings, so the Norvasc went away. Hopefully sometime soo, the lopressor can go away, too...

John

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