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What Is The Treatment For High Blood Pressure?

Good morning doc.I have been having high blood pressure from the age of 41 years. I am now 55 years of age and have been put on atacand and amlodipine and tegretol. When the pressure goes up I get a seizure which last less than five minutes. The doctors in the Caribbean say that stress causes the pressure to go up and when this happens I get a headache followed by a seizure . It happens once per month when I am on my job which is teaching small children. Please tell me what I can do to get the pressure down. Thank you
Mon, 8 Jun 2015
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Sir you haven't mentioned the dosage, though 2 tab atacand and amlodipine are for blood pressure and tegrital for seizure. Though you have noticed that seizure are precipitated by BP, many a times of BP taken after seizure, it will always be high because a seizure will push adrenaline in the blood and this will increase your pressure. So the 1st thing is to is keep monitoring your BP at different time of the day and different days. Maintain a chart. Mostly you will be on atacand 8mg and amlodipine 5mg, I will suggest you to take a atacand H, which has hydrochlorthiazide component as well, 2 benefit it will help bring your BP lower and neutralize the side effect of atacand and amlodipine both (potassium balance of atacand and water retention by amlodipine. However after a month do get a blood test of S electrolytes done for review.
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What Is The Treatment For High Blood Pressure?

Sir you haven t mentioned the dosage, though 2 tab atacand and amlodipine are for blood pressure and tegrital for seizure. Though you have noticed that seizure are precipitated by BP, many a times of BP taken after seizure, it will always be high because a seizure will push adrenaline in the blood and this will increase your pressure. So the 1st thing is to is keep monitoring your BP at different time of the day and different days. Maintain a chart. Mostly you will be on atacand 8mg and amlodipine 5mg, I will suggest you to take a atacand H, which has hydrochlorthiazide component as well, 2 benefit it will help bring your BP lower and neutralize the side effect of atacand and amlodipine both (potassium balance of atacand and water retention by amlodipine. However after a month do get a blood test of S electrolytes done for review. Regards