If you have High Blood Pressure and are taking medicine, should you take diet pills to lose weight?
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Could be risky. You had better ask your doctor to be sure.
no, never take diet pills
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no!
Ask your doctor about whether the diet pills will cause a negative interaction with your high blood pressure medication.
NO! You shouldn't take diet pills anyway the totally screw up your metabolism and they never work
The diet pills are a stimulant usually. That could raise your blood pressure. Call your local pharmacy and ask about drug interactions. Your pharmacist knows what you are taking and will have a better answer for you
NO NO NO! You should lose weight - but with diet and exercise. Any "pill" you take will likely increase your heart rate (bad), have adverse side effects (bad) and put additional stress on your liver (bad).
No. see your doctor, as there is a very real problem of drug interaction. You could cause serious problems with your heart. DO lose weight, but do it through nutrition and excercise.
Please don't take any kind of medication without consulting your doctor, especially if you are already taking some kind of doctor prescribed medication. you cannot know what effects the medication will have together (let alone that diet pills rarely work and are never healthy)
Please talk to your doctor. I'm sure he asked you to lose weight to help with the blood pressure, but you need to lose weight the healthy way:
You will start to notice a difference if you make small changes to your life. Start going to the gym and doing cardio 1/2 hour a day (or run around the neighborhood that long)
Cut out of your diet all sweets (chocolate, pie, etc) and halve the number of times you go to fast food. Drink more water and above all STOP DRINKING SODA.
To lose weight constantly and to keep it off, you have to change your life. You can't eat at McDonlads four times a week and work a desk job without exercising and expect to lose weight. There is no pill for this, there is no magic "Atkins" that will keep you healthy. You must eat mostly vegetables, whole grains & fruits and very little fats, salts and sugars.
No.No.No. Diet pills will elevate your blood pressure.Don't do it unless you are under strict Dr's care.
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NO!!! almost every bottle I've read says consult your dr first. So obviously if your HBP isn't too bad or some other factor is involved you MIGHT be able to take one. But especially when those meds are concerned, make sure they won't cause problems. Diet pills almost always raise your metabolism (eg your heart rate) you don't need that. If you'd like to take a diet pill, talk to your doc. They can either prescribe one, or give you a list of compatable ones.
You should definitely ask your doctor, if you are significantly overweight they could prescribe something.
NO you shouldn't because diet pills speeds up your body and even though you are taking medicine for high blood pressure doesn't mean that you will reduce it when taking diet pills. It has always been said not to take diet pills period with high blood pressure because it can cause a heart attack and or a stroke.
No. Most diet pills will contain something to increase your heart rate, thus increasing your metabolism, thus making you eat less. They supress your hunger by making you super hyper.
My personal thoughts are no, you should not. I have high blood pressure and I take medication for this and there seem to be a lot of things that I cannot take when on BP medication. I believe it is mainly because most diet pills contains ingredients that increase the heart rate and this, in turn, would be detrimental to your blood pressure, causing it to increase. Anyway, just my two cents worth, but there is a lot of info on site below. Hope that helps!
If you have high blood pressure and you are taking medicine to treat your high blood pressure you should never, ever take ANY medication not prescribed by your doctor without consulting your doctor first.
not a good idea.
never! they cause hypertension and keep you bloated with water
I would always recommend asking your doctor or pharmacist about interactions if you are worried. Since I don't know the drugs you are on or the diet pill you are thinking of using, I cannot look up the interactions for you. That said, most diet pills are some form of stimulant (ephedrine, caffeine, methylphenidate (Ritalin)). These will raise your blood pressure, which is something you probably don't want to do. Also, they don't really work that well, so I bet your doctor would not want you taking them. Of course, on BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/248811... there is something about caffeine (coffee) not raising your blood pressure, but it appears more study is needed.
No, diet pills can increase your heart rate and blood pressure. This increases your chances of a stroke/heart attack.
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