My High Blood Pressure

Written by Steve Alan


I have probably had high blood pressure for a long time. This isrepparttar story of how I found out.

In hindsight, I can identify many symptoms of high blood pressure, but I either ignored them or thought they were related to other things.

The major symptom I had was headaches. Most days I would either wake up with a headache or develop one. Some of them were real "head splitters" ... occasionally I would have to lie down to stoprepparttar 114673 nausea. I remember often working in front of my computer and trying very hard not to move my head to avoid feeling sharp pains.

Since being diagnosed with high blood pressure and starting medication, I have not had one headache (around nine months now). My headaches were definitely due to my high blood pressure, but back then I thought they were due to stress, or poor posture due to sitting at a computer all day ... or any number of things.

THE DIAGNOSIS

I had been told for years by doctors that my blood pressure was high, but that it was probably due torepparttar 114674 "white coat"effect. Turns out it wasn't. I went to a new doctor, and as she took my blood pressure, she had a very worried look on her face.

My systolic blood pressure reading was over 200.

She told me to go to hospital immediately and made me promise I would not ignore her warning. Atrepparttar 114675 time I did think she was over-reacting, and I pictured myself sitting inrepparttar 114676 hospital emergency waiting room for a couple of hours, waiting for a doctor to see me, giving me a couple of pills to take, and heading home.

The actual story was very different.

I arrived at emergency and was givenrepparttar 114677 standard "patient detail" form to fill out. Before I was 1/3 ofrepparttar 114678 way through, a nurse turned up to take my blood pressure. She also got a worried look on her face, and took me straight to one ofrepparttar 114679 emergency beds. This is in a hospital system famous for making people wait hours in emergency.

Canadian pharmacies helping Americans

Written by Elena Evans


Whilerepparttar US government is arguing overrepparttar 114672 solutions aboutrepparttar 114673 rising costs of medications, many Americans still do not have access to their prescribed treatments. The newest brand name drugs are oftenrepparttar 114674 most expensive, and millions of Americans - especially elderly, have inadequate or no insurance coverage for drugs. Nearly a third of all Medicare beneficiaries have no financial protection forrepparttar 114675 costs of drugs, and 42% of those report not filling prescriptions for financial reasons.

Some Americans have decided to tacklerepparttar 114676 problem on their own. William Sinensky, a 68 year old retiree from California, is one of them. William is having a hard time paying for his medication – Bristol Meyer’s Pravachol,repparttar 114677 most famous drug to reduce cholesterol levels. Costco pharmacy, one ofrepparttar 114678 cheapest US pharmacies sells a 3 months supply of Pravachol (40 mg) for 360 dollars. That is over $1200 yearly just on one medication. Having no insurance, William turned to Canada. There, he pays approximately $250 forrepparttar 114679 same amount of medications. First he traveled acrossrepparttar 114680 boarder, now he gets his Pravachol by mail from AffordableDrugs – one ofrepparttar 114681 leading Canadian pharmacies offering discounted drugs to Americans. “I save approximately 400 dollars on Pravachol per year. I’ve tried several Canadian online pharmacies and finally, foundrepparttar 114682 one that fits me. They are efficient and I trust them.”.

Just as William, municipalities and even states are turning to their northern neighbor. According torepparttar 114683 Council of State Governments, thirteen state and seven local governments have plans or existing programs to import or facilitaterepparttar 114684 importation of drugs from Canada.

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