how comes it causes increase in blood pressure while it have a diuretic effect ?
2006-12-01 03:27:45 · 3 answers · asked by DERWY 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
This depends on what is causing the hypotension, if it's a chronic cond or acute, such as in shock. Also, effects of caffeine wear off quickly and one would have to constantly drink coffee to have any results. I don't know if that could be monitored effectively, even in a clinical setting.
2006-12-01 03:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are effective over the counter (pseudoephedrine) and prescription medications for hypotension. Although I suppose that caffeine (coffee) might work you would need to take it in fixed dosages around the clock and this is simply not practical. Caffeine does not have a direct 'diuretic' effect and whether or not you consume caffeine your total body water composition does not change (it would decrease with a diuretic). You may be confusing the need to urinate with a diuretic effect and they are not the same. Happy holidays.
2006-12-01 12:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by john e russo md facm faafp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is a vaso constrictor
2006-12-01 11:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by kirsten j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋