If your medicine is making you feel ill, do not just discontinue it without consulting your Doctor, as discontinuing some of them suddenly can lead to a rapid rise in blood pressure. So that the inner you who has started to pull the plug on things, will decide it s worth staying on for the ride after all. If you have high blood pressure, you are crazy if you smoke. It is as simple as that. If you smoke you poison yourself three ways at the same time, with tars nicotine and carbon monoxide.
Tars contain many poisons including some which are carcinogenic and some, which affect circulation.
Nicotine directly contributes to blood pressure rising by constricting blood vess els. The sudden cramping narrowing could bring on a heart attack. This information is supplied for educational purposes only, and does not constitute a treatment by Roz Parker .