What at home blood pressure monitor are you using?

cruze1911r1

cruze1911r1

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Looking for suggestions. What has worked well and provides results consistent with the doctor's office? I've had 2 digital upper arm monitors and they suck. I'm considering just going old school with a pump cuff and stethoscope.
 
Ive had an Omron hem7320 for about 6 years, its never umm, missed a beat. Tested it against my doctors and cardiologist and within a couple points.
 
This is the one I got on amazon for about $50 bucks

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cruze1911r1 said:
Looking for suggestions. What has worked well and provides results consistent with the doctor's office? I've had 2 digital upper arm monitors and they suck. I'm considering just going old school with a pump cuff and stethoscope.
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I use both cuff/stethoscope and upper arm battery powered machine from WalMart. Both work well and are in agreement

It is best to take your BP upon waking before your feet hit the floor. Take it while still laying in bed immediately upon waking to give you an accurate baseline measurement. Taking it throughout the day is less reflective of your baseline. If it is consistently 140/90 or higher, time to see a physician. My doctor started me on Hydrochlorothiazide and a low dose statin 2 years ago. BP was fine upon waking but labile during the day. Rationale was my age and being a male, so there you go. There is no shame in taking care of you.
 

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I've had Omron M3 for a few years now and it works great. It's accuracy is clinically validated and I've seen the same monitor at a dr.'s office. I paid somewhere between 50-100 $ for it.
 
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cruze1911r1 said:
Looking for suggestions. What has worked well and provides results consistent with the doctor's office? I've had 2 digital upper arm monitors and they suck. I'm considering just going old school with a pump cuff and stethoscope.
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I ment to send you this the other day my bad.

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I have an OMRON (not sure of model) I brought to CVS and tested against the giant in-store machine.. Right on by a digit or two..
 
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