This is the pill I'm supposed to take every day to keep my blood pressure down. Hydrochlorothiazide. I hate it. It's small, so taking it isn't the big deal. It works by preventing your kidneys from reabsorbing sodium back into the bloodstream. That's supposed to help lower blood pressure by removing sodium. Unfortunately it also makes me have to pee a lot as a result. Oddly, it also depletes the body of potassium, which is the mineral that has the opposite effect as sodium on blood pressure. Sort of a catch-22, I think.
I really want to get enough potassium in my diet, that combined with reduction/elimination of excess sodium, I can hopefully stop taking pills.
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