What Causes High Blood Pressure?
8. Medication
There is a huge range of medication available the can help us in a vast number of ways. As useful as medication is to us, however, it also comes with its downsides. Some of these include unwelcome side effects such as causing our blood pressure to rise. Some medications will cause our blood pressure to rise by design.
Medication that is known to raise your blood pressure includes decongestant and cold remedies. Some prescription medications will also increase your blood pressure, as will some over the counter pain killers. Some birth control medication is also known to increase blood pressure.
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