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What Causes Swelling In Lips And Tongue While On Medication For BP?

i'm a male 53. using high bp medicines since 12 years. i'm using telsartan-h 80, minipress xl 5mg, revelol xl 100, amlosafe 5, tonact tg. i'm also taking razo-20 and lesuride. for last 2/3 months i'm facing swelling on my lips and tongue. i have used alegra 180 but it never responds . it becomes normal after 12 hours automatically without any medicine . is it due to medicine reactions ? if yes, then which medicine i have 2 stop or change ? plz suggest ....
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welcome to hcm ...sir it is classical reaction to telmisartan ..it will be seen with all telmisartan azlisartan losartan candesartan and drugs like ramipril etc ..
but if swelling is coming daily and persistent for 12 hours please request your doctor to replace telsartan or decrease dose
in addition you may go for level of C1 esterase
but if dose camnot be decreased then you should have prefilled epinephrine syringe with you as this has to be injected by self if swelling increases and you face breathing difficulty
with regards dr varinder joshi
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What Causes Swelling In Lips And Tongue While On Medication For BP?

welcome to hcm ...sir it is classical reaction to telmisartan ..it will be seen with all telmisartan azlisartan losartan candesartan and drugs like ramipril etc .. but if swelling is coming daily and persistent for 12 hours please request your doctor to replace telsartan or decrease dose in addition you may go for level of C1 esterase but if dose camnot be decreased then you should have prefilled epinephrine syringe with you as this has to be injected by self if swelling increases and you face breathing difficulty with regards dr varinder joshi