I wish you had chimed in on this thread...I won't take medications unless it's life threatening - and I didn't take any blood pressure meds either. If you want something more natural to control blood pressure, reach for the heat. Capsicum in any hot pepper - the more the merrier will normalize your BP faster than any drug. When my BP went double over, cayenne pepper powder in water down the hatch brought it back to normal in a half hour.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...dont-let-anyone-tell-you-nicotine-poison.html
Did you know that capsaicin may be more "poisonous" than nicotine?
Gotta pick your "poison" I guess.