High Blood Pressure and weight loss
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on 6/10/09 12:38 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 6/10/09 12:38 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Hi all
So a great benefit to losing all this weight is I have been able to wean myself off the high blood pressure meds (with my dr's approval of course).
I noticed each time I cut the doze that I retained a little water.....would go up 1-3 lbs and then it would level off.
I'm finally off them altogether and I feel great, better than I have in 15 years.......but I am retaining a couple lbs of water (I think it's about 2 or 3)
I did a little research on the internet and it did say that HBP meds can act as a slight diuretic. My Dr is very blessed with how I am doing......I just wish I could shed the 3 lbs.
Has this happened to anyone else? Or have you heard the HBP pills can have a diuretic effect?
Any thoughts??
Thanks!
Ruth
So a great benefit to losing all this weight is I have been able to wean myself off the high blood pressure meds (with my dr's approval of course).
I noticed each time I cut the doze that I retained a little water.....would go up 1-3 lbs and then it would level off.
I'm finally off them altogether and I feel great, better than I have in 15 years.......but I am retaining a couple lbs of water (I think it's about 2 or 3)
I did a little research on the internet and it did say that HBP meds can act as a slight diuretic. My Dr is very blessed with how I am doing......I just wish I could shed the 3 lbs.
Has this happened to anyone else? Or have you heard the HBP pills can have a diuretic effect?
Any thoughts??
Thanks!
Ruth
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on 6/10/09 8:34 am, edited 6/10/09 11:12 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 6/10/09 8:34 am, edited 6/10/09 11:12 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
I haven't heard that cranberry juice has that effect.......I love the stuff....I'll pick up a bottle tomorrow and give it try.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Hi Ruth,
I too have HBP. I guess it depends on what meds you take, I know Lotrel and Atenenol have diuretics in them, Norvasc doesn't. I take Norvasc plus a diuretic seperately, w/o the diuretic I gain up to 5 pounds instantly! As soon as I take it, I lose it. I wish my weight loss would have declined my BP but apparrently its due to emotional/ stress, not weight. Maybe you need a diuretic w/o the BP meds in it. What about the suana? Maybe all that steam would make you sweat all the extra water, just a thought.
I too have HBP. I guess it depends on what meds you take, I know Lotrel and Atenenol have diuretics in them, Norvasc doesn't. I take Norvasc plus a diuretic seperately, w/o the diuretic I gain up to 5 pounds instantly! As soon as I take it, I lose it. I wish my weight loss would have declined my BP but apparrently its due to emotional/ stress, not weight. Maybe you need a diuretic w/o the BP meds in it. What about the suana? Maybe all that steam would make you sweat all the extra water, just a thought.
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on 6/10/09 8:34 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 6/10/09 8:34 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Hi Jesse,
Oddly enough I do take a separate diuretic and if I stop it I too gain 5 pounds instantly!!!!!!
Sure would be nice to drop weight will a pill but we all know that is not real.
Seems to me today I am shedding some more water than normal....in other words....I'm peeing a lot today. LOL. So maybe it is working it's way out of my system. I hope!!!
Oddly enough I do take a separate diuretic and if I stop it I too gain 5 pounds instantly!!!!!!
Sure would be nice to drop weight will a pill but we all know that is not real.
Seems to me today I am shedding some more water than normal....in other words....I'm peeing a lot today. LOL. So maybe it is working it's way out of my system. I hope!!!
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