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What Do These BP Readings Indicate?
Question: My blood pressure has been between 150/ 135 over 115/110 the last 2 weeks and I am on 5 milligrams of amlodipine daily only. Should I go see my primary this week. I have headaches ect.
Brief Answer:
headache is common side effect of amlodipine
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
The BP readings you have mentioned here are they by manual check or machine? Because diastolic BP looks quite high.
First thing to do is get your BP checked properly by manual method from a medical person either a doctor or a nurse.
Because if it is as high as you have mentioned then amlodipine 5mg will not suffice.
Second thing is amlodipine causes vasodilation thus causing reduction in BP. In this it also causes vasodilation in brain causing headache. It is a common side effect of the same and it will go away in few days onfe body gets used to it.
So do not worry about the headache but kindly get your BP checked manually from some health professional.
I hope i have answered your query well.
If you have any more query kindly write back to me will be happy to answer them.
Thank you
headache is common side effect of amlodipine
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
The BP readings you have mentioned here are they by manual check or machine? Because diastolic BP looks quite high.
First thing to do is get your BP checked properly by manual method from a medical person either a doctor or a nurse.
Because if it is as high as you have mentioned then amlodipine 5mg will not suffice.
Second thing is amlodipine causes vasodilation thus causing reduction in BP. In this it also causes vasodilation in brain causing headache. It is a common side effect of the same and it will go away in few days onfe body gets used to it.
So do not worry about the headache but kindly get your BP checked manually from some health professional.
I hope i have answered your query well.
If you have any more query kindly write back to me will be happy to answer them.
Thank you
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Sonia Raina
Thanks for the quick reply and I know the numbers are skewed from manual to machine readings.
Brief Answer:
thank you. kindly close query if no more questions
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
You are welcome sir.
But still manual BP checking is more reliable than machine one.
If you do not have any more queries then kindly close the question.
Thank you
thank you. kindly close query if no more questions
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
You are welcome sir.
But still manual BP checking is more reliable than machine one.
If you do not have any more queries then kindly close the question.
Thank you
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Sonia Raina
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