Hi, Thanks for writing to Health Care Magic, I am Dr Asad Riaz, I have closely read your question and I understand your concerns, I will hereby guide you regarding your health related problem. Hypertension is one of major issue and most of time about 90-95% cause is unknown , if u were my patient I would like to ask u monitor BP while u are on med Bcs I wanna knw is that 1 reading or u having still high BP even after med n so I can optimise dose to control BP in normal range .. ideally 5-7 days need to BP charting n then bring it to me so I ll decide whether need to adjust dose or not... regarding alcohol Royal College of Physician said male can use 21 units of alcohol /week n 1 unit is in small pub measure 25ml of spirit(40% alcohol by vol) or standard pub measure 50ml 50ml of fortified wine(20%alcohol)... other factor also need to be modified like Dec salt intake , exercise n weight lose if over weight according to BMI protocol .. all such factors along with compliance with med can control BP... I hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask. Regards. Dr.Asad Riaz. General and Family Physician..