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I want to get off of my Hypertension meds. Is there anyway for me to use natural alternatives to ween myself off?

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  • 2 years ago

    Ask your doctor but when I done it I just missed a pill every second day and the 2nd week still missed a pill but sometimes I went 2 days without the pills and by the 4th week I had weaned myself off them

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    2 years ago

    Absolutely. (And there's no need to talk to your doctor first since you won't actually be taking yourself off the medication - your doctor will take you off of it.)

    Drink water.

    Blood is 94% water. When you get dehydrated it loses 8% of its water volume, causing it to thicken. This is the reason your blood pressure goes up - there isn't enough water and it increases the workload on the heart.

    When doctors claim that too much salt causes high blood pressure, it's based on the incorrect assumption that the salt holds too much water in the vessels and that this pushes against the walls with too much force ("high blood pressure").

    While it's true that we get too much salt in processed foods, the fact that the medical profession ignores is that the body was designed to take care of itself. It uses what it needs and discards the rest. This is true not just with salt, but with every other nutrient as well (when was the last time you heard of a doctor advising to avoid Riboflavin because you're eating too much?).

    If there is excess salt in the body it's because the body needs it. And the reason it needs it is that people don't drink enough water and so the extra salt is retained to hold water in the cells. Thus, the vessels aren't too full of water as the medical profession claims - they don't have enough water.

    Since water is the most important nutrient the body needs to live, you don't need a doctor's consent to drink it. And the best part is, you don't have to quit taking the medication either.

    Once the proper water levels are restored, the body will discard the extra salt and your doctor will adjust or take you off the medications entirely.

    As to the salt issue, you should not avoid salt. Adults lose around 2 quarts of water per day (breathing, kidney function, temperature regulation, and waste disposal). As you lose water, you lose salt also. This salt needs to be replaced along with the water - there has to be a proper balance maintained. Reducing your salt intake could lead to other issues like muscle cramps, mucus formation in the respiratory system, diabetes and more. Salt is second in importance in the body after water.

    In the Medieval days when they sentenced someone to die, they would deny him of all salt. This caused a slow, painful death. Salt was so important that it was used for money in the Roman days, which is where the word "salary" comes from and the term, "not worth a grain of salt".

  • 2 years ago

    Talk with your doctor first.

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