Have you recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure? Has your doctor recommended taking Amlodipine as part of your treatment? Learn about the most common side effects as well as the more rare ones that you should watch out for. Starting a new medication can be scary so be informed.

Medication is not the only way that you should treat your high blood pressure. Many times through lifestyle changes like diet and exercise as well as managing your stress you can make a big impact on controlling it. For some simple steps you can start with in your diet watch my video on how to approach weight loss:

Monitoring your blood pressure at home is a critical element to keeping your blood pressure under control. When it’s high you typically don’t have symptoms and oftentimes when you come see me you get nervous and your blood pressure goes up. It’s very helpful if you are taking it on a regular basis at home so we can tell if we need to make some adjustments. Here are a few options in blood pressure monitors that can help you with this:

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Omron Evolv Bluetooth Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor
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For more ideas on ways to lower blood pressure naturally you may want to check out these books:

Blood Pressure Down: The 10-Step Plan to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Weeks–Without Prescription Drugs
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Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control: The “No Pressure” Solution
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The Mediterranean DASH Diet Cookbook: Lower Your Blood Pressure and Improve Your Health
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– This is lesson n# 29 in “A DRUG IN BRIEF” Series. In this video I’m gonna discuss almost all you need to know about Amlodipine ( Norvasc ): What is Amlodipine Used For, Dosage, Side Effects & Precautions, Mechanism of Action & ADVISE

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– What is Amlodipine ( Norvasc )?

– Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker. It inhibits movement of calcium ions across cell membrane in systemic and coronary vascular smooth muscle, leading to vasodilatation and reduction in peripheral vascular resistance.

– It is available as 2.5, 5 and 10 mg tablets.

– Amlodipine is used in the treatment of hypertension and stable angina.

– Learn more about Amlodipine mechanism of action, uses, dosage, side effects, and precautions in this video…

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There are multiple reasons why your gums can hurt. Basic thing is when some food is stuck or maybe something sharp is stuck onto your tooth and this may result in gum pain or it can be infection that can cause gum pain. Food lodgements, spacing. There can be decay in between two teeth and food can get lodged and you can have gum pain gum pain in turn can also feel like a tooth pain. For patient they may radiate and cause inconvenience. Ofcourse if you have deposits and if you don’t maintain well ad if you don’t brush or floss . So you may have issues with gums or bleeding gums that can cause gum pain. How to manage this is there are multiple treatments that can be done. First while having food, sometimes it is inevitable that you have something poking your gums like fish bones or jeera or spices that we use. However it is better that a periodontist looks into your gums, and cleans it and if it is maintained well, then a gum pain shouldn’t be caused and if there is some clinical procedure that needs to be done like oral prophylaxis or root planning or if there is an infection or abscess is there in the gums then probably we may have to drain the abscess to relieve the pain.

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How To Take Synthroid Properly | Best Way To Take Levothyroxine Correctly | When To Take Thyroid Medication After Eating

Hey guys! This weeks video is all about how to take your thyroid medication properly to get the most out of it.

Levothyroxine is a medicine used to treat an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) which affects 1 in 70 women and 1 in 1,000 men in the UK.

The thyroid gland makes thyroid hormone which helps to control energy levels and growth. Levothyroxine is taken to replace the missing thyroid hormone.

KEY FACTS:
• Levothyroxine starts working straight away, but it may be several weeks before your symptoms start to improve.
• The most common side effects of levothyroxine are caused by taking a bigger dose than you need. Your doctor can lower your dose to help reduce any side effects.
• Before you start taking levothyroxine, your healthcare professional will do a blood test to see what dose you need. Once you start taking the medicine you’ll have regular blood tests to see how well it’s working.

HOW AND WHEN TO TAKE:
• Unless told otherwise by your prescriber or healthcare professional take levothyroxine once a day in the morning, ideally at least 30-60 minutes before having breakfast or a drink containing caffeine like tea or coffee.
• Both breakfast and caffeinated drinks can stop your body taking in levothyroxine properly so it doesn’t work as well.
• If you can’t take it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach take levothyroxine at least 2 hours after eating food.
• If you buy any medicines, check with a pharmacist that they are safe to take with levothyroxine. Levothyroxine should not be taken at the same time as indigestion remedies or preparations containing calcium or iron (which are contained in some vitamin products). These types of medicines reduce the amount of levothyroxine absorbed by your body. Leave at least 2-4 hours between taking your dose of levothyroxine and any such preparation.
• Soya interferes with thyroxine absorption, therefore if you are taking thyroxine you should try to avoid soya. If you wish to take soya, there should be as long a time interval as possible between eating the soya and taking the thyroxine.
• Avoid products such as kelp, as they may interfere with thyroid function & wellbeing. Kelp is derived from seaweed and is naturally high in iodine. Because of this it is sometimes marketed as a “thyroid booster” and can be purchased in dry preparations and tablets. As with iodine itself, it is of no health benefit to those with thyroid disease.
• Levothyroxine medication interactions link – https://bnf.nice.org.uk/interaction/levothyroxine.html (THIS LINK ONLY WORKS IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK.
-Here’s an alternative, pop in all your medicines and check for specific interactions- https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html

BLOOD TESTS:
Your healthcare professional will do regular blood tests to check the levels of thyroid hormones in your body before and after starting levothyroxine. These will allow your doctor to adjust your dose to suit you.

At the start of treatment you can expect to have blood tests often. Once your hormone levels are stable, you’ll usually have a blood test after 4 to 6 months, and after that once a year.

You may need blood tests more often if you:

• Are pregnant
• Start or stop a medicine that can interfere with levothyroxine
• Have any symptoms that could mean your dose is not quite right

MISSED DOSES:
If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember, unless it’s almost time for your next dose. In which case just skip the forgotten dose. Do not take 2 doses together to make up for a missed dose.

If you forget doses often, it may help to set an alarm to remind you. You could also ask your pharmacist for advice on other ways to help you remember to take your medicine.

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