What are the effects of coffee on your blood pressure?

By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, Health Pro Wednesday, March 21, 2007

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I am just learning that I may have borderline high blood pressure and I am a big coffee drinker. What are the effects of coffee on your blood pressure? Caffeine is a stimulant. Caffeine speeds up the heart rate and increases blood pressure soon after consumption. It seems that the effects of...

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4/17/07 7:22pm

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT DRINKING CAFFIENE MAKES YOUR PRESSURE HIGHER. 4 YEARS AGO IGOT TO MY DOCTOR 1/2 HOUR EARLY SWITHOUT KNOWING WHAT COFFEE DOES I HAD A CUP. WHEN THE DOCTOR CHECKED MY PRESSURE IT WAS VERY HIGH AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID DID YOU JUST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OF COURSE I SAID YES.

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