Is it true that once a person is on hypertension pill one cannot stop it? -

Not at all. if you find the cause of your hypertension and correct it you can get off the pills. Lifestyle changes, changing the foods you eat, lay off salt, smoking, lose weight if you need to, exercise and keeping stress at bay. These are just a few ideas, talk to your Dr about more.

Pure fiction, wouldn t want to cut into drug company profits. Hypertension is just a number that may be an indicator of some real problem, but 95% of the time the cause can not be determined, so they just treat the number. Study after study shows that controlling numbers will lead to more mortality, not less. High blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, drugs have all been shown to increase deaths versus being drug free. Way back when I was in pharmacy school, there was such a study about popular drugs for type 2 diabetes. I thought it was ridiculous and it was pretty much just mentioned and ignored. Problem is that 30 years later, this same finding keeps reappearing with the drugs that were suppose to be better.

Depends on the cause of the hypertension. Often it is stress related to your work which will change when you realize the cause. If it is physical then the pill will alleviate the condition and may be continued forever unless the physical condition is improved through weight loss, more walking or exercise, etc.

A weight loss of around 15 to 20lb generally reduces blood pressure by 10-20mmHg, so healthier eating and activity can improve blood pressure.

The answer depends on what you do while you are on the pill. Are you exercising consistently? Have you changed your eating habits to include more veggies? By working with your hhealth careprofessional, you may be able to change the outcome of your diagnosis, but you have to put forth the effort. Because of my healthy lifestyle, I am the only one in my family who doesn t suffer from High Blood Pressure and I am not on any type of hypertension medication. Good luck!

Not at all.