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What Does On And Off Low BP In A 85 Yr Old Man Suggest?

hi, my dad is 85 and is experiencing very low blood pressure upon awakening. he was on 2 bp meds and the doctor eliminated the night time pill. now this morning, this happened again...he eats something salty and waits...eventually, he feels better. any ideas?
Wed, 17 Dec 2014
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HI
Thanks for posting your query to Healthcaremagic.

You have mentioned that his BP falls when he gets up from bed in the morning but I need to know what are his BP readings after that. That is , what are his BP in noon evening and night.

Clearly it indicates that his medication dosage and it's timings is not proper and needs further adjustment .

My advise for him is to get a 24 hour BP monitoring done . It's called 24 hour Ambulatory BP monitoring . You don't have to be in lag for 24 hours. Just go to a diagnostics they will attack one small device to his hand and it will check his BP throughout day and night .

Once we know his BP readings for whole 24 hours we can tailor the medication dosage and its timing accordingly .

Kindly get this done and revert back with report . Also let me know his BP medications , dosage and its timings.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.

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What Does On And Off Low BP In A 85 Yr Old Man Suggest?

HI Thanks for posting your query to Healthcaremagic. You have mentioned that his BP falls when he gets up from bed in the morning but I need to know what are his BP readings after that. That is , what are his BP in noon evening and night. Clearly it indicates that his medication dosage and it s timings is not proper and needs further adjustment . My advise for him is to get a 24 hour BP monitoring done . It s called 24 hour Ambulatory BP monitoring . You don t have to be in lag for 24 hours. Just go to a diagnostics they will attack one small device to his hand and it will check his BP throughout day and night . Once we know his BP readings for whole 24 hours we can tailor the medication dosage and its timing accordingly . Kindly get this done and revert back with report . Also let me know his BP medications , dosage and its timings. Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask . Regards.