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Bp medication
Sir my dad is 55 years old and using hypertensive drugs and his bp is around 180/110 and using olmesartan 20 mg and Amlodipine 5 mg and now it's around 140/100.the usage of Amlodipine causing headache and if he stop amlodipine headache is reducing can u suggest alternate medication sir
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Dr. Ajeya N. Ukadgaonkar
Interventional Cardiologist
13 yrs exp
Aurangabad
Hello,
There are many alternatives of anti hypertensive medicines. You can increase dose of olmisartan and add a CTD to it in consultation with a doctor. You can consult online directly for doses of medicines
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Dr. Pramod Reddy Kandakure
Cardiac Surgeon
28 yrs exp
Hyderabad
You can stop amlodepine and increase dose of telmesartan to 40 mg daily
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