Suggest Ways To Wean Off Diovan HCT

Posted on Sat, 8 Jul 2017

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Sat, 8 Jul 2017 Answered on

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Question : I'd like to wean myself off of blood pressure medication. I take 80 mg of diavan-hct / day. How should I do it safely?

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

I understand your concern, and would recommend reducing the dose to half for a week and then stop taking it.

This will help avoid hypertension.

But, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure in the next week.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Wishing good health,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar