"RJH" wrote in message
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On 21/09/2017 17:13, Brian Gaff wrote:
Not really I went to my Gp to do mine. Mine is a talking one but its
bedside
manner is, erm a little too casual.
According to the who guidlines you blood pressure is high to normal, or
whatever, though of course it gives the figures and stores them in a
continuously rotating memory historically.

All I will say is don't let them prescribe Ramopril, as it gives you a
nasty cough. there are other medications to dilate blood vessels that
work
just as well.

I think it varies with the individual. I take amlodipine and, swollen
ankles aside for the first couple of months, no side effects. Except to
say I haven't had a hangover or headache in the 6/7 years I've been taking
it.

I didnt either for at least that long before I started taking any bp
medication.

And in my youth I used to get a bad headache next day if I didnt get
enough to drink fluids wise the day before, particularly in summer.

You'd think there'd be a Nobel Prize in there somewhere, but the doc
doesn't seem interested :-)

However they really need to find out why the pressure is high. In my case
its my liver being hard to push blood through, but I'm sure there are
lots of other issues.

My succession of doctors have absolutely no interest in cause - or at
least an easily identified cause from a basic annual blood test. The
current doctor's opinion is 'it's one of those things'.

Presumably because there is no obvious pattern in what they see.