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I know a lot of us have them. As we get older this is more and more common. I was first treated in 2000 (early 40's) for systolic high blood pressure. Recently it got a little worse so I went to see a cardiologist. I have had the following test run:
1. 12 lead EKG
2. Nuclear medicine study done using exercise
3, Exercise stress test
4. US heart contrast with 3D
5. US Vascular heart screen +
6. CT heart scan with calcium evaluation
All in all I have very mild plaque and all else is normal. So I am taking an ACE inhibitor, ARB, HCTZ, plus a statin. So far my systolic pressure has dropped 10 points in a month. The doctor wanted me to continue HRT. He said there were just to many positive benefits.
So I found an excellent web page (see below) that talks about all of this stuff dealing with BB who use anabolic steroids and what can be done. It seem common that we all may have higher systolic BP and lots of it may be due to highly intense training. Nitric oxide (use low dose cialis) level appear to be involved as well as high levels of cortisol. His suggestions of medications are exactly what was prescribed to me. Plus, he suggest we all take a supplement called nattokinase. Nattokinase in a natural enzyme found in a Japanese food called natto which "thins the blood" and helps break up blood clots and plaque. This might protect against heart disease and conditions caused by blood clots such as stroke, heart attack, and others.
Kim JY, Gum SN, Paik JK, Lim HH, Kim KC, Ogasawara K, Inoue K, Park S, Jang Y, Lee JH. Effects of nattokinase on blood pressure: a randomized, controlled trial. Hypertens Res. 2008 Aug;31(8):1583-8. doi: 10.1291/hypres.31.1583.
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Hongjie Chen, Eileen M McGowan, Nina Ren, Sara Lal, Najah Nassif, Fatima Shad-Kaneez, Xianqin Qu, and Yiguang Lin. _A Promising Alternative in Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases. The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 143, Issue 6, 1 June 2013, Pages 818–826
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Also check out the following web pages from Kim Crawford, M.D.
Blood pressure with BB's
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Natural ways to lower blood pressure
[/URL]
NO2 benefits
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1. 12 lead EKG
2. Nuclear medicine study done using exercise
3, Exercise stress test
4. US heart contrast with 3D
5. US Vascular heart screen +
6. CT heart scan with calcium evaluation
All in all I have very mild plaque and all else is normal. So I am taking an ACE inhibitor, ARB, HCTZ, plus a statin. So far my systolic pressure has dropped 10 points in a month. The doctor wanted me to continue HRT. He said there were just to many positive benefits.
So I found an excellent web page (see below) that talks about all of this stuff dealing with BB who use anabolic steroids and what can be done. It seem common that we all may have higher systolic BP and lots of it may be due to highly intense training. Nitric oxide (use low dose cialis) level appear to be involved as well as high levels of cortisol. His suggestions of medications are exactly what was prescribed to me. Plus, he suggest we all take a supplement called nattokinase. Nattokinase in a natural enzyme found in a Japanese food called natto which "thins the blood" and helps break up blood clots and plaque. This might protect against heart disease and conditions caused by blood clots such as stroke, heart attack, and others.
Kim JY, Gum SN, Paik JK, Lim HH, Kim KC, Ogasawara K, Inoue K, Park S, Jang Y, Lee JH. Effects of nattokinase on blood pressure: a randomized, controlled trial. Hypertens Res. 2008 Aug;31(8):1583-8. doi: 10.1291/hypres.31.1583.
[/URL].
Hongjie Chen, Eileen M McGowan, Nina Ren, Sara Lal, Najah Nassif, Fatima Shad-Kaneez, Xianqin Qu, and Yiguang Lin. _A Promising Alternative in Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases. The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 143, Issue 6, 1 June 2013, Pages 818–826
[/URL]
Also check out the following web pages from Kim Crawford, M.D.
Blood pressure with BB's
[/URL]
Natural ways to lower blood pressure
[/URL]
NO2 benefits
[/URL]