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Should A Water Pill Be Taken With Blood Pressure Medicine?
Posted on
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Fri, 23 May 2014
Answered on
Fri, 13 Jun 2014
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Question : do you have to take a water pill with blood pressure medicine? If you have a retention of water will it hurt you?
Brief Answer:
You can / it hurts not
Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic
It is not a must – to take water pills with blood pressure medicines…
The pill itself is a blood pressure medicine! / There are several classes of drugs and several drugs in each class… Water pills (Diuretics) are a class. They are usually given as an add on drug, heart failure, water retention…
It will not hurt, when one has retention of water…. / as a matter of fact, it helps – by reducing / eliminating the excess water
Take care
God bless
You can / it hurts not
Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic
It is not a must – to take water pills with blood pressure medicines…
The pill itself is a blood pressure medicine! / There are several classes of drugs and several drugs in each class… Water pills (Diuretics) are a class. They are usually given as an add on drug, heart failure, water retention…
It will not hurt, when one has retention of water…. / as a matter of fact, it helps – by reducing / eliminating the excess water
Take care
God bless
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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