RESPeRATE in conjunction with medicine

Written by: Dr. Rowena | Posted: Dec 09 2008

Q: I was taking diovan hcd 80/12, but it wasn’t working. My doctor has doubled the dosage recently. If my blood pressure lowers, how will I know whether it’s the medication or the RESPeRATE machine doing it?

A: Both increased medication and use of the RESPeRATE should help lower your blood pressure. Your goal is to have controlled blood pressure so the amount of blood pressure reduction contributed by the RESPeRATE versus increased medication is less important. Most drugs will have a quicker onset of action than the RESPeRATE.