WHAT IS HYPERTENSION RESISTANT TO TREATMENT?
Hypertension Resistant to Treatment is where adults turn to get hypertension knowledge, training, resources, and support for good blood pressure control to live a healthy life.
It is a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel that provides what everybody ought to know about high blood pressure to get your blood pressure controlled forever.
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Hello! Welcome to Hypertension Resistant to Treatment!
we aim to help you manage your blood pressure in collaboration with your doctor. By subscribing to our free blog, podcast, and YouTube channel, you can access valuable information and tips on hypertension, including trending health topics.
Our dedicated team is committed to assisting you in controlling your blood pressure and living a healthy life. Managing hypertension can be challenging, especially if you resist taking blood pressure medication. However, research has shown that most people require at least two medications to control their blood pressure effectively. By utilizing the knowledge, resources, and support provided, you have the potential to avoid excessive medication use.
Our team is led by me, Dr. Tonya, a clinical scientist, doctor of nursing practice, and hypertension coach with over ten years of experience conducting hypertension research. We provide the information and tools you need to manage your condition and improve your overall health. Thank you for visiting with us!
After about ten years of conducting hypertension research, I realized some fascinating conclusions. Generally, I found that people need applied knowledge, training, and support for good blood pressure control.
More specifically, I found that the average person goes through several stages when told they have high blood pressure. So naturally, there may be some resistance to taking prescribed hypertension treatment initially, and this resistance has even been seen continuously in some people. Rightfully so, because you should not be inclined to take prescribed medication unless it is absolutely necessary.
Stages of Dealing with High Blood Pressure
During my research, I noticed that the process of dealing with high blood pressure is called stages of change. Dr. James Prochaska and Carlo Di Clemente described the Stages of change.
Stage 1 of Having High Blood Pressure
Not ready to change. Instead, you may be reacting to the news that your blood pressure is high. Unfortunately, your reaction may elevate your blood pressure even more.
In this stage, you don’t see any reason to do anything about your high blood pressure because you feel fine. Therefore, you are not thinking about improving your diet or exercise, nor are you thinking about taking any blood pressure medication.
Generally, you may be in denial that the reading is accurate and may come up with some reasons to support why your blood pressure is elevated or severe.
So, you think your blood pressure is not really elevated or severe. Instead, you believe you are stressed, anxious, rushed, ate some salty food, or something else. Those are some of the reasons you might think are causing your high blood pressure.
This stage is a normal and common response to try to protect yourself; that is the case until you can process the high blood pressure diagnosis.
Stage 2 of Having High Blood Pressure
Considering the benefits and disadvantages of being on blood pressure medication.
You may feel angry, frustrated, or guilty once you realize your blood pressure is elevated or severe. You feel bad for eating all that salted foods you or for gaining so much weight over the years.
Depression might occur when you know you must take blood pressure medicine for the rest of your life. Most people feel that taking blood pressure medicine will negatively change their life forever. Usually, this does not mean that you are mentally ill and need an antidepressant.
Stage 3 of Having High Blood Pressure
Accept that your blood pressure is elevated or severe, and you feel that you cannot change it; so you are preparing to start the treatment for your high blood pressure. However, you may still feel angry, frustrated, guilty, and/or depressed. Getting support during these stages of change is essential to cope with your high blood pressure.
Stage 4 of Having High Blood Pressure
You already accepted that your blood pressure is elevated or severe, and you feel you can take action. You are on a low-salt diet, exercising, and/or taking blood pressure medication as prescribed.
Stage 5 of Having High Blood Pressure
Use to the fact that you have hypertension and feel you can continue to take action. For example, you are on a low-salt diet, exercising, and/or taking blood pressure medication as prescribed routinely without fail.
Taking Action to Control Blood Pressure
Although the stages of having high blood pressure were useful, I found that the stages were not the full story. I started to wonder if we were missing important opportunities.
In my experience as a clinical scientist and postdoctoral scholar, I found that poor medication regimen and not psychosocial issues or poor medication adherence were responsible for much of the uncontrolled blood pressure control.
Hypertension Resistant to Treatment results from my relentless attempt to tell you everything you ought to know about high blood pressure, train you about how to manage your blood pressure, and support you. At the same time, you work with your health provider to obtain good blood pressure control.
At Hypertension Resistant to Treatment, I will share my knowledge, training, and resources with you. I understand these feelings and know how to get you through the process to take action so you, too, can have good blood pressure control.
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More About the Blogger, Podcaster, & Youtuber
I am a clinical research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, where I hold various positions. I spent the past decade studying home blood pressure monitoring, medication adherence, psychosocial factors, and blood pressure control.
I have six first-author publications in scientific journals and collaborated with her colleagues to publish studies with the finding from the landmark Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention (SPRINT) Trial. My research studies can be read here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=TONYA+BREAUX-SHROPSHIRE.
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