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Suggest Treatment For Hypertension And Elevated Cholesterol Levels
My name is Mr. H.L.Chiang. Previously my former doctor (private doctor) prescribed me to take Banbaxy Storvas 20, Olmesartan Medoxomil 20mg & Cardiprin100mg daily. My cholesterol was maintained at 5.2mmol/L, and the B/P was normal. For some reasons I went to the government hospital and hope that I could obtain the same medicine free of charge. The doctor of the hospital wanted me to stop taking any of the above medicine for one month (1) and then have a blood test. The result of the blood test was terrible as my cholesterol soared to 9.0 mmol/L (14/12/2010), and the B/P rosed to 152/101 (18/12/2010)! The doctor then prescribed me to take Ranbaxy Lestric Lovastatin 20mg, Apo-Hydro Hydrochlorothiazide 25mh & Uniaspirin 75mg daily. At this instance, I would be appreciated if you Doctors could advise me or make any comments on the previous & the present medicines, and which medicines are more effective & have less side effect.
hello you are on high dose of blood pressure tablet previously and sudden stoppage lead to increase in blood pressure rather than lovastatin ....storvas and rosuvastatin is better drug and continue with healthy lifestyle ..weigh control low salt diet ...take care
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Suggest Treatment For Hypertension And Elevated Cholesterol Levels
hello you are on high dose of blood pressure tablet previously and sudden stoppage lead to increase in blood pressure rather than lovastatin ....storvas and rosuvastatin is better drug and continue with healthy lifestyle ..weigh control low salt diet ...take care