以下是引用lihuang325在3/1/2004 3:53:38 PM的发言：
老爸患高血压多年，国内的医生一直让其用一种降压药，说如果不能药物及时控制住血压是很危险的。可是，我的一个朋友的母亲在美国看此病的结果是，医生劝他最好不要使用降压药，说是容易导致血管硬化，建议用食品降压。

都是医生说的，不知道哪种比较可信一点？

It depends. Beside hypertension, does your father have other medical problems? Such as hypercholsterolemia, diabetes, kidney disease? Is he overweighted? does he excerise oftenly? If his blood pressure is border high, it can be controlled by low salt diet, excerise and weight loss. Otherwise, need take meds. There are multiple meds available now that has mild adverse effect. Chinese herbs may help, but mechanism unknown, sometimes those herbs can cause renal dysfunction. I am trained in western medicine. so my opinion maybe biased. But one thing need to be clarified, most antihypertensive meds do not cause atherosclerosis(血管硬化). On the oppoiste, poorly controlled high Blood pressure may contribute to heart failure, stroke and renal failure. Hope this help.