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Need Advice on BP med dosage
I have labile hypertension and suffered a high bp episode about a month ago (180/100). I was on inderal 20 mg a day. Such episodes had happened whenever I had burping and reflux and it was the same that
time also. The doc said it was due to anxiety and got me to do a treadmill which showed heart in good condition but bp hit a max of 190/110. Doc switched me to telmisartan + thiazide 40 mg twice a day. The bp has stabilized well for a month now and shows mostly around 105/65. I have also controlled acid reflux by changing to bland diet. Can I just lower my dosage of telmisartan to 40 mg a day henceforth? Is there anything else I need to check?
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Does your echocardiogram shows LVH also long standing High Bp should have stress test done .
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You can reduce to same tablet once a day and monitor BP. If it remains within 140/90, continue once a day. You require periodic check up
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Dr. Ajeya N. Ukadgaonkar
Interventional Cardiologist
13 yrs exp
Aurangabad
Hello,
You change it to once daily in the morning and keep monitoring your BP for a week and update
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Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
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19 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Take only morning dose check bp after 3 days 7 days early morning and report
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