What Does High BP Reading Despite Medication Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 5 Jan 2017

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Question : Hello, I take XXXXXXX 25mg twice a day, chlorthalidone 25 mg once a day, valsartan 160 twice a day, for high blood pressure. My blood pressure has gone up to 165/100 or 174/102. Will adding amtlodipine 5 mg twice a day help?

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome on HCM!

I understand your concern and would like to explain that adding another antihypertensive class of drugs would be beneficial regarding better high blood pressure values control.

You can start Amlodipine 5 mg daily for a week and if your BP values have not sufficiently decreased you can increase the dose to 10 mg once daily.

I recommend monitoring your BP values closely for a week and discuss them with your attending doctor.

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

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