Hi, I’m Dr. Tonya! I am a clinical scientist, registered nurse, and hypertension consultant (coach). I am here to help you control your blood pressure using information I learned in my training as a clinical scientist in resistant hypertension.
I want to help you because I want to help eliminate uncontrolled hypertension. I have witnessed unnecessary refractory hypertension, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure due to uncontrolled resistant hypertension. I say these poor outcomes are unnecessary because most hyertension can be controlled with medication.
Prior to becoming a clinical scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I was a registered . I have served in various settings including a telemetry step down unit, emergency room, primary care clinic, and occupational health clinic. I currently work in a hypertension specialty clinic at a large medical center.
All poor outcomes that are due to uncontrolled hypertension such as heart attack, stroke. and kidney failure are unnecessary because there are effective treatment that is easily accessible and affordable to control blood pressure.
However, research has shown that many patients who have resistant hypertension or hypertension resistant to treatment do not take their blood pressure medication.
This blog is your hypertension management resource where you will learn how to partner with your healthcare provider to achieve great blood pressure control.
What medication or non-medication treatment are you on to treat your blood pressure? Share your regimen below, and let me know if your regimen is working for you. Do you have questions about the blood pressure medications?
