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How to keep your blood pressure down

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  • Calcium channel blockers (calcium antagonists). These also affect your heart rate and relax your blood vessels, though one study suggests that postmenopausal women taking calcium channel blockers have twice the risk of developing breast cancer than older women taking other types of blood pressure drugs or no blood pressure drugs. There are three main types of calcium blockers, with very different side-effect profiles.Some may cause ankle swelling, rapid heartbeat, and headaches, and may make you flush. Others can cause constipation and can interfere with the heart's ability to pump the proper amount of blood flow. The third type can cause nausea, headaches, and can also interfere with the way your heart pumps blood.


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    Created: 07/03/2002  Updated: 10/10/2007

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