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What are the effects of coffee on your blood pressure?

Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH
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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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    SNOWBALL
    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 07:22 PM
    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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