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Systolic Hypertension
Is Systolic Hypertension more common in elderly ? Is Amlodipine D.O.C for this case ? In case , there is onset of pedal edema after 2 weeks of adminstration of (Amlodipine + Telmistran ) what could be the second line of treatment ? One additional information , the patient has history of hyponatrimia with Diuretic adminstration. Hence, the option of diuretics is closed.
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Can help you, kindly provide me detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Benidipine
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Can change to clindipine as it doesn't cause pedal edema
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Isolated systolic hypertension is common among elderly people.
Diuretics and dihydropyridine CCB like amlodepine,ARB like telmisaran,ACEI inhibitors are the suitable drugs in treatment of isolated systolic hypertension.
As in your case , amlodepine is causing ankle edema and diuretic causing hyponatremia,either you can increase the dose of telmisaran or instead of amlodepine newer 3rd generation CCB like lacidepine ,lercanidepine could be added,which are less likely to cause peripheral edema.
If there are no contraindications ,beta blockers could be added to telmisaran ,if there's a history of coronary artery disease ,heart failure etc.But beta blockers are not the first line of treatment for isolated systolic hypertension
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any alterations in the treatment should be under the supervision of your treating doctor
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Need to know proper details
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Can help you with the next course of action and treatment plan. Would like to discuss in details and provide apt solution. Kindly consult.
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from pedal edema .
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
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10 yrs exp
Dehradun
Kindly consult
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Dr. Bijli Nanda
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7 yrs exp
Noida
Amlodipine tends to cause pedal oedema in some patients.speak to tour doctor about changing the medication
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Dr. Nimmi Mulwani
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Ahmedabad
You can add azelnidipine Or cilnidipine with telmisartan. Or add on Metoprolol Or ramipril
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