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I am sorry for being so vague and dramatic about blood pressure medicines killing. I’m hurting because I lost my beloved first cousin almost two weeks ago. He was 58 and in good health except he was on blood pressure medication and diuretic, plus he took a baby aspirin a day. And because of those he is gone.

He was on vacation with his wife. The diuretic made him have to pee all the time, getting up several times in the night. The blood pressure meds made him have low blood pressure sometimes, and something made him pass out from a standing position as he got up to pee that night on vacation. He blacked out and fell straight back onto a hard floor. He hit his head and that caused a massive brain bleed. Right in the middle of his brain, making it inoperable (though in the end they went in three times as last ditch efforts). The baby aspirin made it impossible for them to stop the bleeding. It was way too much blood to bring him back from.

So this is my perspective and I can only hope that none of you are on high doses of bp meds, and that you examine the natural ways to bring it down, and above all that you do not take daily baby aspirin. It is so easy to hit your head and people don’t realize how stopping bleeding in the brain is essential to survival.

Sorry, my friends, for my bitterness and grave pronouncement.

I am sorry for your loss. My only brother had initially suffered a heart attack at the age of 48. He died at the age of 51 back in 1995 from a second heart attack. He had been taking blood pressure medication since the first attack, but stopped abruptly for some unknown reason. We never knew why or when he had actually stopped taking it. Most blood pressure meds need to be taken at the same time every day, and no one should stop taking their meds without first consulting their doctor. Do you know if your cousin was taking potassium supplements? Low potassium levels can cause low blood pressure. Because I take a diuretic and beta blocker, my doctor prescribed a potassium supplement which I take everyday, and my doctor sends me for blood work, potassium levels included, every six months.