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I am on lisinopril HCTZ tab 1 per day 10/12.5 mg and my Bp has been high - 137/97 to 137/100 range. I ran out of meds for two days due to Express Scripts mess up- this dosage hasn t been chgd for several yrs. I am 57 yr old female thru menopause - is there another med I sb taking? Thank you
hello welcome to hcm well you r continously on the same drug and i can see your bp is still under the category of GRADE-2 HYPERTENSION ,your medicines certainly needs to be changed because carrying on too long the body kind of gets refractory to that particular medicine and dosage...kindly stop lisinopril + hctz and instead start a combination of BETA BLOCKER and DIURETIC LIKE CHLORTHALIDONE will be best for your age ..start these
(1) TABLET ATENOLOL 50 mg once daily
(2) TABLET CHLORTHALIDONE 25 mg once daily
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hello welcome to hcm well you r continously on the same drug and i can see your bp is still under the category of GRADE-2 HYPERTENSION ,your medicines certainly needs to be changed because carrying on too long the body kind of gets refractory to that particular medicine and dosage...kindly stop lisinopril + hctz and instead start a combination of BETA BLOCKER and DIURETIC LIKE CHLORTHALIDONE will be best for your age ..start these (1) TABLET ATENOLOL 50 mg once daily (2) TABLET CHLORTHALIDONE 25 mg once daily regards hcm