My first post, and it has to be about this
I've just started taking a med (Losartan) for high blood pressure. I have not worked out the proper dose yet. My doctor prescribed 100mg per day, but I never trust meds or docs :-), so I cut the pills into quarters and found that one or two quarters in 24 - 30 hours is enough to keep my bp in the target zone. I spent a few days taking & recording hourly readings of my bp. (Once, it went very low on just 1/2 pill. I think I would have ended up in the ER if I had taken the 100mg at once that my dr. prescribed.) My flip-flop hike begins in mid-May, so maybe by then I will have this sorted, but here is my question:
Is there a way (an app, a small device) to check bp on the trail? I'm thinking that as I lose weight and get more fit, my bp may decrease on its own. This is my hope and my goal. But how will I know that I need to decrease or stop the meds, short of passing out from too low bp?
Has anyone else had to deal with this issue?