Heart Disease - All People Who Are Interested In "high cholesterol"

ingleside

posted 09/30/2007, comment (1)

Can a person ever go off of a high blood pressure medication?

Hello, My doctor just put me on Benicar 20mg. I hope to be able to loose about 10-15lbs. through diet & exercise. My blood pressure has been averaged around 150/90. All that I have read said that losing weight will bring it down. If that is the case, is it possible to stop taking medication and see if the weight loss... Read more Chevron

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fran

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posted 08/23/2007, comments (0)

hypertension

My b/p in L arm was 142/96, simultaneously it was 180/100 in R arm. Does the differnce in these readings have any significant meaning?

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beth1281

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posted 08/23/2007, comments (3)

Low Fat/Cholesterol Foods And Kids

Hello,I'm 25 and I was just diagnosed as having high cholesterol, 219. While my fiance and I are fine with eating healthier, his children (2 and 9), which we share custody of, are used to eating very high fat and sugar foods with their mother. Most of their meals with her are fast food or boxed items like hamburger helper... Read more Chevron

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Pete

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posted 05/04/2007, comments (0)

A New SharePost Feature!

Hi everyone, this is Pete, your friendly producer for MyHeartCentral!I'm exctied to tell you about some of the great new SharePost features we have to offer. First up, we've got a new way to find the types of SharePosts you want to read with the advanced sort. You can now pick both the type of post you'd like to read, as well as... Read more Chevron

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michael

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posted 04/03/2007, comments (2)

Stiff neck and pressure side of head behind ears

I have high pressure and have been on carvedilol for about 10 days. Would like to know why the side effect of medicine(carvedilol) cause my neck to be stiff and my head feels like pressure on both sides? This is the third medication I have been on in the last two months, all the beta-blockers have the same effect.

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