Your doctor has probably pushed you pretty hard to take blood pressure medication. His reasoning: it prevents stroke, heart attack and other deadly illnesses.
Not wanting to throw your doctor under the bus, in today’s article, I’m going to quote a new study that proves the exact opposite.
The blood pressure medications you’re being pushed to use actually CAUSE stroke and heart attack. Taking them may be more dangerous than skipping them.
For the study, conducted by researchers from the University of Alabama, 26,785 participants above the age of 45 were chosen and followed for a period of six years.
Among them, 12,327 were “successfully” treated for high blood pressure using medications and 4,090 were unsuccessful in lowering their blood pressure levels significantly, even after using several types of medications. Success was determined as systolic blood pressure readings under 140.
At the end of the six-year study, 820 participants had suffered a stroke.
Now the general belief is that treating blood pressure successfully (using medications or other methods), decreases risk of stroke.
This was, however, not the case. With each blood pressure medication used, the risk of stroke went up 33%. At the end of the study, researchers determined that using drugs to lower blood pressure did nothing to prevent stroke. Better just have the high blood pressure and skip the drugs than suffer the deadly side effects.
In fact, those on three or more blood pressure medications were 250% more likely to suffer stroke than a healthy individual with systolic blood pressure readings under 120 (without drugs).
This is not the first shocking finding on the danger of blood pressure medications.
In a study published in 2011, researchers found that fluid retention caused as a side-effect of certain medications lead to turbulent blood flow. This increases the risk of developing both stroke and heart attacks. Ironically, the medications used for controlling blood pressure end up leading to the exact cause of death they’re supposed to prevent, the researchers said.
Another earlier study conducted by the reputed Cochrane Collaboration, studying drug treatment on 9,000 patients with mildly high blood pressure, found that the drugs had virtually no benefits. To add insult to injury, the drugs actually caused serious complications instead of being of any help.
The fact remains that high blood pressure causes stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and myriad other deadly diseases.
BUT, like the above studies reveal, blood pressure medications do nothing to prevent those diseases, even if they’re successful in bringing your blood pressure down. All they do is provide a false sense of safety while their side effects kill you.
The only way to prevent the deadly effects of high blood pressure is to make your body healthy, so your blood pressure goes down naturally. You do this using lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise.
Thousands of readers have used one particular method successfully, though, and is the most effective I have ever experienced.
Note: if you’re already taking blood pressure medications, don’t stop without consulting your doctor (get a new doctor if needed). Stopping cold turkey can be lethal.
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I enjoy your article very much thank you
You never mentioned WHICH drugs were most potent, as you had promised
I did not see the names of any medications you said were dangerous, very disappointing.
Denis and Del – the study included pretty much any type of blood pressure medications. The more types used, the higher the risk. Sorry if this was not clear.
– Christian
The problem with this study reference is it does the same thing as many studies that support treating blood pressure do – it leaves out "controls". If you google the study – it talks about 12,000+ successfully treated and 4,000+ unsuccessfully treated hypertensives & then cites 820 strokes overall among the hypertensive group both treated & untreated. It says this incidence is 2.5 times higher fro those on 3 or more meds then those who DON'T never had Hypertension at all. The problem is it doesn't compare rates among the treated vs untreated hypertensives. It also says the more blood pressure meds you are on the higher your risk which makes sense because it probably means your blood pressure is probably harder to control requiring more meds. It also doesn't make mention of any specific blood pressure meds which might be "more" risky. So unless there is more specifics this is a very weak study to quote
I know, do we have to guess which ones they are.. so ridiculous
again this really is misleading , we want the names of bp meds your speaking of,but nothing,false reporting. ticks me off!
It may not be advisable to mention name of drug as these powerful drug firm will take court action .
An interesting article for anyone who has raised B/P and is being pressured by their doctor to take meds.
Del this is fear mongering at its worst in the name of making a fast buck by the unscrupulous to make a fast buck. I have been tempted to obtain these exercises but after reading this snake oil pitch how could you believe anything this predator site offers.?
A very good findings. Drugs do have their side effects. Exercises & Homeopathy helps .
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Christian, I notice you addressed Del and Denis’s concerns but not John Vitielllo’s. 12,000 people were successfully treated for high blood pressure, 4,000 were not. 820 people suffered a stroke. My first assumption would be that the 820 who suffered a stroke came from the 4,000 participants who were not successfully treated, which if correct would contradict the article’s claims. If, on the other hand, equal percentages of the “successfully” and “unsuccessfully” treated had strokes, that would be significant. It would be even more significant if a higher percentage of the “successfully” treated had strokes than the percentage of “unsuccessfully” treated. Unfortunately, your article neglects to tell us which was the case.
John McCloud and John Vitielllo’s – and everyone else who were sceptical or unhappy with this article. First of all, here is the original study in full length – this will answer all scientific questions:
https://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/46/6/1595.full
The study is about blood pressure medication in general. It was no specific medication that was being tested on the 26,785 participants. We have to assume they used all most popular medications.
The bottom line is that blood pressure medications do not protect people from stroke. And the more medications uses, the higher the risk. Better is to use natural methods to lower blood pressure. Diet, exercises and other lifestyle changes is what we recommend.
This is not a scare tactic, this is information. The big pharmaceutical companies use scare tactics to scare people into jumping on medication that do not help. Although I ,of course, recommend our blood pressure exercises, they are not the only way to lower blood pressure naturally. We’ve published hundreds of free articles on natural ways to lower naturally. Following the advice there will get you well on your way of getting your blood pressure under control. Here is a list of our blood pressure articles:
https://blueheronhealthnews.com/site/category/high-blood-pressure/
– Christian G
My husband has taken at least 15 different bp meds, and the side affects are terrible. Even on meds. sometimes it goes to 180/105.