20May/11Off
Blood Pressure Medication, Benazepril 20mg, does it work immediately or long term?
I know that antidepressants can take up to a month to build up in your system and start working but does Blood Pressure Medication, specifically Benazepril 20mg, need time to build up in your system or does it start working from day one?
My father has recently been put on blood pressure medication and I want to learn more about it.
Don't tell me to "Go to the doctor" because he is getting his meds from a doctor but this is for my own information.
May 20th, 2011 - 22:15
There are 3 pharmacologic principles involved. What happens after a single dose which is not very interesting as we do not typically prescribe a single dose. Pharmacokinetics which means what the body does to the drug – absorption, distribution, elimination, and so on. This is easy to measure and most of what you read about prescription medications is their pharmacokinetic properties. Pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to the body. This is most often not understood. The pharmacodynamic effect of drugs typically takes some time. Benazepril may have some effect after a single dose, and will demonstrate most of its effective within 1 to 2 weeks, but the full effect may not be seen until 4 weeks or longer. Benazepril is an angiotensin 1 converting enzyme inhibitor. This is the family of anti-hypertensive drugs that most physicians would use to start therapy. Today it is common for people with hypertension to be on 2 or 3 drugs. This is not poly-pharmacy but a reflection of the fact that anti-hypertensive medications have over time become more effective with fewer side effects. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you and your father the very best of health and in all things may God bless.
May 20th, 2011 - 22:15
go to docotr
May 20th, 2011 - 22:15
You need to try and get him off the medication.
Blood pressure medication does as much good for blood pressure as a band-aid does for a deep gash – it makes everything look good, but it doesn’t solve the problem.
The medication is keeping his numbers down and that’s good. But he’s destined to stay on the medication the rest of his life unless he does something to correct the cause of the high blood pressure instead of just the symptoms.
High blood pressure is caused by a lack of water.
When you don’t drink enough water to deliver nourishment to the cells, they begin to malfunction. This is when the body begins to ration the water supplies to make it available to the important organs (brain, kidneys, liver, etc). It then goes on a search for other water sources.
The blood is made up of 94% water and salt, so this is one of the most likely places to borrow water. Taking the water from the blood causes the arteries to constrict and the blood to thicken, which requires the heart to have to exert more pressure to pump the blood. This will be read as high blood pressure.
Contrary to what doctors claim, salt does not cause high blood pressure – it regulates the blood pressure. When the blood thickens (when the water is taken from it), the salt that was mixed with the water gets concentrated. This is what doctors perceive as "excess" salt, and this is why they tell you to cut back on salt. But it isn’t "excess". It’s the same amount that has always been there – it just had the water taken out of it. The concentrated salt was the RESULT of high blood pressure, not the CAUSE.
Because the problem started with a lack of water, it doesn’t take a genius to know that correcting the problem is as simple and inexpensive as increasing the water and salt intake. Doctors don’t agree with this because they don’t recognize dehydration as the cause of health problems.
They prevent and treat for dehydration when you go to the ER. They jab an IV in your arm made up of approximately 3 tsp of salt to a liter of water – and they’ll charge you around $385 for it. Yet, they won’t tell you how you can prevent dehydration in much the same way at home (orally, not intravenously) for practically nothing. The reason for this is because there’s no profit in prescribing water. They’ll treat for dehydration to protect their interests – but won’t recognize dehydration as the cause for disease – also for their interest. And they won’t educate you on the dangers and warning signs of dehydration – again, for their interest. If the can keep you sick and dependent on them, they make money from you.
Nice little racket, huh?
Click on the link below to learn how to lower your dad’s blood pressure and get him off the medication eventually. BTW – this works for more than just high blood pressure. It works for high cholesterol, diabetes, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer’s, cancer and nearly every other health problem that isn’t inherited or injury-related.
One final note: Do NOT take your dad off of any medication without a doctor’s supervision. Until the water and salt regime can fully take over, the medication is keeping his condition stabilized, so he should stay on it.
The second link goes to some interesting facts about salt that your doctor would rather you didn’t know.