Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4714 in Health and Beauty
• Size: Single user
• Brand: InterCure
• Model: RR-150
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 7.00" w x 5.00" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Clinically proven to lower blood pressure within weeks
• A device, not a drug
• Doctor Recommended
• Has zero side effects other than relaxation
• Includes: RESPeRATE device, respiration sensor, headphones, user manual, and 4 AA batteries

Amazon.com Product Description
Introducing RESPeRATE, the interactive breathing device used by thousands of men and woman nationwide to gain control over high blood pressure. Used for just 15 minutes a few times a week, RESPeRATE delivers a significant all-day blood pressure reduction.

The Power to Lower Blood Pressure
RESPeRATE is a portable, computerized electronic device that guides you through sessions of interactive, therapeutic breathing powerful enough to lower blood pressure.

Proven in Seven Clinical Trials Step 1: The respiration sensor monitors your breathing. Step 2: The RESPeRATE computerized unit composes a personalized melody with prolonged inhale and exhale guiding tones. Step 3: Simply listen to the melody through the headphones and synchronize your breathing. By prolonging the exhalation tone RESPeRATE guides you to slow your breathing and reach the "therapeutic zone" of less than 10 breaths per minute.

Using a breathing sensor, RESPeRATE automatically analyzes your individual breathing pattern and creates a personalized melody composed of two distinct inhale and exhale guiding tones, delivered through comfortable earphones.

Simply listen to the melody through the headphones and synchronize your breathing to the tones. By prolonging the exhalation tone RESPeRATE guides you to slow your breathing and reach the "therapeutic zone" of less than 10 breaths per minute.

The physiological result? The muscles surrounding the small blood vessels in your body dilate, and relax. Blood is allowed to flow more freely, and pressure is directly, significantly lowered.

Breathing with RESPeRATE makes the difference
Scientific evidence has shown that structured therapeutic breathing, if performed without an effort or particular concentration, can significantly lower your blood pressure. However, these effortless therapeutic breathing sessions are difficult to perform on your own without years of training or continuous, individualized coaching. That is why RESPeRATE was developed.

To deliver effortless therapeutic breathing without any prior training, RESPeRATE utilizes a patented "Interactive Respiratory Pacing" technology, which ingeniously takes advantage of the body's natural tendency to follow external rhythms.

Three Easy Steps Within 3 to 4 weeks of use, a significant, all day reduction in blood pressure can be achieved.

And while your breathing returns to normal after each session with RESPeRATE, the beneficial impact on your blood pressure is cumulative. Bottom line: with regular use of RESPeRATE, measurable, sustained reduction in blood pressure is achieved.

Who Should Use RESPeRATE
Whether you are already taking anti-hypertension medication or still trying to lower blood pressure with diet and exercise, RESPeRATE might just be the tool you need.

Seven clinical trials repeatedly found RESPeRATE to be safe and effective for people with high blood pressure, either medicated or unmedicated, male or female, younger and older.

One particular study, published in American Journal of Hypertension, even found that RESPeRATE delivered significant blood pressure reductions for people who had uncontrolled blood pressure despite taking three or more medications at maximum dosage.

RESPeRATE Contents:
RESPeRATE device, respiration sensor, headphones, user manual, and 4 AA batteries.

Please Note: RESPeRATE should only be used as part of your overall health program for achieving blood pressure goals, as recommended by your doctor. RESPeRATE can be safely used in conjunction with medication and lifestyle modification such as diet and exercise.

Customer Reviews

UPDATE: Most important is whether you are willing to put in the effort required to make this work...
...and if you need some motivation, factor in long-term medication cost into your buying decision.

BOTTOM LINE: Buy this ONLY if you are willing to put in both the time and the effort required to see results. That translates into roughly an hour a week for at least a month--for the buy/keep decision--and 45 minutes a week indefinitely. Also, keep the receipt in case you find it isn't right for you, for whatever reason.

Other reviewers have accurately pointed out that using this device is, in effect, meditation. That's true. I've used meditation CDs--including one specifically on meditation through breathing. They were helpful. But in my experience, none of them have been as easy and as foolproof to use as this device.

BACKSTORY:
My blood pressure gradually crept up over the years, and the diagnosis of "labile hypertension" changed to simply "hypertension." Saw this device online, and decided to give it a try. It has made the difference between starting medication and not having to take one. TWO YEARS LATER, I've maintained the gains and then some. As a resulted I still don't require meds for hypertension--a diagosis my MD has dropped.

Yes, this IS pricey. But so was the non-generic medication my cardiologist was considering. I have prescription drug coverage, but copayments quickly add up, especially for non-generic. (NOTE: Many of the newer meds are not yet available as generics.) So, I bought the Resperate, knowing I could try it and return it if I didn't like it and/or it didn't have the desired effect.

But overall, I do like it--a lot. And it has had a beneficial effect on my blood pressure. After less than two weeks using this, at my next MD visit I learned that my systolic blood pressure (top number) had dropped 14 points, the diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) had dropped 3 points. Two years later, I now average 110/70.

When the Resperate arrived, I was a little overwhelmed, so I asked a techie person to walk me through the set up. Turns out it was a LOT easier than I'd anticipated.

The basic premise is that blood pressure can be changed by breathing more slowly and deeply. This little machine actually "analyzes" your breathing pattern in the here and now. It first "senses" where you are using feedback from the sensor on an elastic belt, then gives you immediate feedback (initially through the screen, then through the melody) about how to slow your breathing, breath by breath. The default time for a training session is 15 minutes. The goal, however, is to accumulate 45 minutes of EFFECTIVE breath training per WEEK. (Effective is defined as breathing fewer than 10 times per minute.) The manual states that while your breathing will return to a higher rate, the positive mpact on your sympathetic nervous system carries over.

Scheduling the use of the Resperate into my routine as part of bedtime preparation has worked best for me. Initially I used it every night to help establish its use as a habit. Using the Resperate is relaxing; I also find I sleep more deeply on the nights I use it.

I did try the different "melodies"--there are five to choose from. I like three. (One of them I found irritating, another was so-so.)

NOTE FOR TECHIE TYPES: There is a statistics function that can provide detailed info, but if more than one person uses the device, the stats would be meaningless. Two years later, the manufacturer (Intercure) now offers a slightly more expensive version--called RESP@RATE Duo--which incorporates two separate memory functions for each of two users. However, as another reviewer noted, that won't work for clinics or group settings; there, tracking statistical results would stilll need to be done with paper records, or using an Excel worksheet.

A word of caution for those with pets, small children or grandchildren: Don't leave this out, with its tempting cords and elastic belt! The manufacturer suggests stuffing the cords and belt into the device. I found this tiresome, since the cords tended to tangle. However, the headphones do store well on the device itself. A gallon size freezer bag is easier to use. This will keep those tempting cords away from inquisitive pets. Or just put it back into the box or store it in the drawer of your bedside table. (OCD can purchase a travel/carry case from Intercure.)

Unexpected benefits!
I bought the RESPeRATE as a preventative to a slightly elevated BP reading in January. It did exactly what is was supposed to do - it decreased my PB significantly (13 pts) within a few weeks. But the other effect I noticed was a general feeling of well-being and increased positive outlook on life. There is considerable evidence now that mindfulness training has positive temporary and possibly permanent effects on brain function (see http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/). Using the RESPeRATE seems to be having this effect for me as well. As a mental health professional, it is critical that my mind and body be in an optimal state so that my patients can achieve a similar state within themselves. Congratulations to InterCure for making such a terrific device.

Absolutely love it!!!
I purchased this device because I am 36 years old with a blood pressure reading of 150/85. The first attempt was a little difficult for me as I kept trying to keep my breathing in sync with the machine. Sometimes I would inhale too fast or exhale too fast but quickly caught on as to how to use it before my first session ended.

By the time I get my breaths down to 4.0 a minute I get very sleepy and relaxed. You are supposed to use this once a day for 10-15 minutes but I use it twice. I use it when I get home from work to take away the stress and then before bed which puts me right to sleep.

I noticed by several of the reviewer's here who only gave this device one or two stars. Two of you have never even tried it and gave your silly replies based on your intellectual perception. One of you claimed that it was too tedious to use. It does not take too make thought to place a strap around your waist where your stomach rises and falls in order for the machine to recognize your breathing patterns. If you have placed the belt on improperly then the device will tell you what the problem is and will tell you how to fix it. The machine will tell you when to inhale and when to exhale. You will listen to the music which will change its tone so that you will be able to follow your breathing pattern with it even if your eyes are closed. Does that sound too difficult or tedious to you? If so, then forget the breathing exercises all together for there will be nothing out there that you will find to be less tedious. I tried yoga, tai-chi and struggled for a while with focusing on my breathing and the exercises that I had to do at the same time. This device is so simple that a 5 year old can follow it.

There was one guy that seemed skeptical about it requiring scientific evidence. Wow! Well here is the proof, I went from a blood pressure reading of 150/85 to 120/60 in a short period of time. If you have an electronic blood pressure machine at home then take your blood pressure reading the second after you finish using this device. Today, I took my BP reading the second my session with the machine ended and had a blood pressure reading of 110/55 with a pulse of 55. I have to make a doctor's appointment to see if I should lower or come off my BP medicine since it has dropped so much so quickly. I haven't had a BP over 140 for a while now. Yes, I did make some changes in my diet which certainly added to the benefit of this machine.

Give this device a try. You will have the same thoughts that I did at first: "How can this 10 minute breathing exercise lower my blood pressure consistently?" Just try it and after about a week you will find yourself feeling more relaxed than ever. You will find yourself wanting to use this machine because after 5 minutes of using it you will be feeling absolute relaxation. The first couple of times I felt relaxed but the more that I used it the stronger the feelings of relaxation became.

Try it!!