ABSOLUTELY GUTTED!

[foxy9212]

I had slightly elevated blood pressure as a smoker; as a vaper my b/p is normal.

Fox

[charleski]

Mar 8, 2012 11:51:29 GMT Phoenix . said:

Just read that you cannot vap if you have high blood pressure!

If you didn't smoke, then that would be true. Since you are looking at vaping as an alternative to smoking, it's false. Ideally, yes, as far as your blood pressure goes it would be preferable not to do either, but smoking tobacco will be far more dangerous than vaping.

I would recommend that you start out using medium-to-low strengths of e-liquid (under 20mg) and keep an eye on how much you vape. One of the potential problems is that, because vaping is a radically less toxic experience than smoking, you end up vaping more than you need to satisfy your craving - there's no way I could chain-smoke as it would be too painful for my throat, but I could happily vape away for hours.

Obviously, everyone is different, and to be safe it would be advisable to get a home BP monitor from your pharmacy. Check your resting BP while sitting in a chair and relaxed (measure it a few times on different occasions), then check the reading after having a couple of vaping puffs.

I'm a doctor, BTW (only started vaping a month ago and been lurking here reading up about it). The warning about vaping and blood pressure is basically obligatory for anyone selling ecigs or any nicotine product.

[Jemima]

Mar 8, 2012 16:14:39 GMT charleski said:

I'm a doctor

Hi Doc, erm listen I have this erm ... anyway can you take a look ? lol

Welcome to the forum Charleski

[DiscoDes]

Hello & Charleski,

Wow!, it would be great to get your input on some of the topics we discuss, I hope you have some time in your no doubt busy schedule to let us know your views or those of the Medical Profession.

I would urge all other members now that Charleski has made himself known to us to show restraint and not pester him. Your first place to enquire about anything medical should be to your own GP or health professional.

[Deleted]

Charleski...did you get an email from me by any chance?

If so will you be going public about things?

Jane

[Deleted]

Mar 8, 2012 16:51:15 GMT DiscoDes said:

Hello & Charleski,

Wow!, it would be great to get your input on some of the topics we discuss, I hope you have some time in your no doubt busy schedule to let us know your views or those of the Medical Profession.

I would urge all other members now that Charleski has made himself known to us to show restraint and not pester him. Your first place to enquire about anything medical should be to your own GP or health professional.

Romdl...when I showed my GP my Lavatube last week he looked at me like I'd bought a lethal weapon in with me....was just stealth vaping in the waiting room that's all LOL....

[charleski]

Mar 8, 2012 16:51:15 GMT DiscoDes said:

I would urge all other members now that Charleski has made himself known to us to show restraint and not pester him. Your first place to enquire about anything medical should be to your own GP or health professional.

Ha, I did think twice before mentioning it. But I did so because the prospect of someone getting scared by a standard health warning and going back to cigarettes would be tragic.

I'd be happy to give general advice, but obviously anything specific really does need a personal consultation with your GP.

[nicky]

Mar 8, 2012 16:51:15 GMT DiscoDes said:

Hello & Charleski,

Wow!, it would be great to get your input on some of the topics we discuss, I hope you have some time in your no doubt busy schedule to let us know your views or those of the Medical Profession.

I would urge all other members now that Charleski has made himself known to us to show restraint and not pester him. Your first place to enquire about anything medical should be to your own GP or health professional.

Would have thought that goes without saying since we are all adults .



Welcome Charles, feel free to come into our bar in the members area but don't look at the amount we are drinking

[Perpetua]

Hello & a warm welcome to the forum from me Charleski.

Being a Doctor doesn't exclude you from life's bad habits, no more than it does the rest of us . . . even if you do know better than us the dangers of them.

So, if there's anything we can help you with, just shout, we'll be only to happy to help you.

[flipflop]

Hi charleski, a big warm welcome from me, to this, the friendliest forum ever.

[bel]

Hello and welcome Charleski

[foxy9212]

to the forum - pull up a chair and enjoy your stay.

Fox

[esmecullen]

Hi and welcome from me........ the more the merrier

[Martin]

Hi Fagashlil

There is already a lot of sound and great advice here, but I wanted to add my 2p too..

I have a home BP monitor which I got from the chemist for £10 and I've never noticed my bp go up at all with vaping, having said that I don't suffer with high BP..

Maybe your doc just doesnt know enough about ecigs etc, so it would be outside his comfort zone so to speak to really consider, may be worth talking with again next time you see him, and also I would of thought even with high bp smoking would still be worse than vaping.

I was worried about not being able to quite with vaping as when I first started I deliberately ordered a lower nic strength (not knowing the true strength of juices etc at the time) but I found it still did the trick and I was still able to quit, even with a lower strength than what I was probably getting with analogues, because my body was still getting its nicotene hit.. soo.. obviously without overiding any medical advice.. just wanted to add my experience.. Hopefully, and It seems you probably will be able to, keep vaping as opposed to smoking..

Martin

[X&Y]

Mar 8, 2012 23:38:13 GMT Martin said:

Hi Fagashlil

There is already a lot of sound and great advice here, but I wanted to add my 2p too..

I have a home BP monitor which I got from the chemist for £10 and I've never noticed my bp go up at all with vaping, having said that I don't suffer with high BP..

Maybe your doc just doesnt know enough about ecigs etc, so it would be outside his comfort zone so to speak to really consider, may be worth talking with again next time you see him, and also I would of thought even with high bp smoking would still be worse than vaping.

I was worried about not being able to quite with vaping as when I first started I deliberately ordered a lower nic strength (not knowing the true strength of juices etc at the time) but I found it still did the trick and I was still able to quit, even with a lower strength than what I was probably getting with analogues, because my body was still getting its nicotene hit.. soo.. obviously without overiding any medical advice.. just wanted to add my experience.. Hopefully, and It seems you probably will be able to, keep vaping as opposed to smoking..

Martin

Martin

I think i may order one of those

At that price can't really moan

I see it as a precautionary thing

I don't have high BP (god knows how though)

The only time it raises is when they try measuring it because i get a bit on edge thinking that constricting patch is not going to stop until my arm has exploded