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#Reduce the number of hours you spend working. Working over 40 hours per week increases your risk of developing high blood pressure. If you need to quickly lower your blood pressure, you should try shaving off a little time from your work schedule when possible.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16940208</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 14 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#Reduce the number of hours you spend working. Working over 40 hours per week increases your risk of developing high blood pressure. If you need to quickly lower your blood pressure, you should try shaving off a little time from your work schedule when possible.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16940208</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 14 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#*This is especially significant if your job is notably hectic or stressful. Stress hormones cause your blood vessels to constrict, which only makes it harder for your heart to pump blood through them. As a result, your blood pressure rises.
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#*This is especially significant if your job is notably hectic or stressful. Stress hormones cause your blood vessels to constrict, which only makes it harder for your heart to pump blood through them. As a result, your blood pressure rises.
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#Listen to music. Listening to soothing music for 30 minutes daily can help drop blood pressure, especially if done in conjunction with deep breathing techniques and hypertension medication.[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 15 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#Listen to music. Listening to soothing music for 30 minutes daily can help drop blood pressure, especially if done in conjunction with deep breathing techniques and hypertension medication.<ref>https://ift.tt/31WID92>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 15 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#*Choose soothing music, like classical, Celtic, or Indian music.
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#*After as little as one week, your systolic reading can drop.<ref>https://
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#*After as little as one week, your systolic reading can drop.<ref>https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/using-music-to-tune-the-heart</ref>
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#Quit smoking. Nicotine is one culprit behind high blood pressure. If you smoke or are around people who smoke, cutting this from your life is one way to quickly drop your blood pressure.<ref>https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/smoking-kicking-habit</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 16 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#Quit smoking. Nicotine is one culprit behind high blood pressure. If you smoke or are around people who smoke, cutting this from your life is one way to quickly drop your blood pressure.<ref>https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/smoking-kicking-habit</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 16 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#*Smoking increases your blood pressure 10 mmHg or more up to an hour after you smoke. If you smoke continually, your blood pressure will be continually elevated. The same effect applies to people who are continually around smokers.<ref>https://ift.tt/2YA2oA1>
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#*Smoking increases your blood pressure 10 mmHg or more up to an hour after you smoke. If you smoke continually, your blood pressure will be continually elevated. The same effect applies to people who are continually around smokers.<ref>https://ift.tt/2YA2oA1>
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#Find out about alpha blockers. Alpha blockers reduce resistance in the arteries.<ref>http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Medicines/Medicinetypes/Othermeds/Non-standard#A8sm</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 23 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#Find out about alpha blockers. Alpha blockers reduce resistance in the arteries.<ref>http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Medicines/Medicinetypes/Othermeds/Non-standard#A8sm</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 23 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#*As a result, vascular muscles relax, making it easier for blood to flow through.
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#*As a result, vascular muscles relax, making it easier for blood to flow through.
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#Ask about alpha-2 receptor agonists. This medication reduces the function of the sympathetic part of the involuntary nervous system.<ref>
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#Ask about alpha-2 receptor agonists. This medication reduces the function of the sympathetic part of the involuntary nervous system.<ref>https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/changes-you-can-make-to-manage-high-blood-pressure/types-of-blood-pressure-medications#alpha%202</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 24 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#*This means that less adrenaline is produced. Adrenaline, along with other stress hormones, can cause blood vessels to constrict.
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#*This means that less adrenaline is produced. Adrenaline, along with other stress hormones, can cause blood vessels to constrict.
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#Take a combined alpha-beta-blocker. These are a first-line of defense for patients facing crucially high blood pressure and drop blood pressure quicker than most other medications.<ref>https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiovascular/heart/alpha-beta-adrenergic-blockers.htm</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 25 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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#Take a combined alpha-beta-blocker. These are a first-line of defense for patients facing crucially high blood pressure and drop blood pressure quicker than most other medications.<ref>https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiovascular/heart/alpha-beta-adrenergic-blockers.htm</ref>[[Image:Lower Blood Pressure Quickly Step 25 Version 5.jpg|center]]
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