I am not qualified nor do I have any desire to give medical advice. Please discuss your BP with your doctor. In my personal case though, I know that my drinking would raise my BP. Unfortunately I had enough up & down experiences to prove this out in my case. Good new is that I was able to get off the meds and BP fell back into line naturally after I quit. This took more than a few days for me though...more like weeks. Everyone is different though so please check with your health care professional.