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How Can Hypertension Be Treated?

I am taking edarbi for high blood pressure 40mg I am taking it at bedtime. Blood pressure holds below 147/65 but at night it soars to 180/78. I have tried to take one in morn one at night. In afternoon my blood pressure bottoms out 100/50. I tried to take extra pill at 6:pm but it does not hold my blood pressure from rising 174/73. What do I need to do
Thu, 15 Feb 2018
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Greetings from HealthcareMagic!

I had seen your dosage of medicine by which i came to know about your anxiety to control blood pressure. Azilsartan (edarbi) 40 mg is a very good medicine for controlling blood pressure in many cases. Side effects are also minimum for edarbi. You were taking it daily at bed time which is a very right time.Coming to your dosage of drug, the dosage should not be changed frequently. As hypertension is a chronic disease, it takes some time for complete action of drug. So we should continue the same dosage of drug for at least 1 month before checking your BP and changing the dosage. One more important point you have to keep in mind is high blood pressure (hypertension) is a life style disorder. Treatment of life style disorder depends on both medicines and life style changes (diet & activity). My conclusion is that you have to continue the medicine for 1 month along with some changes in your life style. This will be very beneficial and safe method of control of BP for you. Hope you will follow these instructions and get well soon.

Regards
Dr. VAMSI KRISHNA CHITTIMOJU,
Pathologist and Microbiologist
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How Can Hypertension Be Treated?

Hi Greetings from HealthcareMagic! I had seen your dosage of medicine by which i came to know about your anxiety to control blood pressure. Azilsartan (edarbi) 40 mg is a very good medicine for controlling blood pressure in many cases. Side effects are also minimum for edarbi. You were taking it daily at bed time which is a very right time.Coming to your dosage of drug, the dosage should not be changed frequently. As hypertension is a chronic disease, it takes some time for complete action of drug. So we should continue the same dosage of drug for at least 1 month before checking your BP and changing the dosage. One more important point you have to keep in mind is high blood pressure (hypertension) is a life style disorder. Treatment of life style disorder depends on both medicines and life style changes (diet & activity). My conclusion is that you have to continue the medicine for 1 month along with some changes in your life style. This will be very beneficial and safe method of control of BP for you. Hope you will follow these instructions and get well soon. Regards Dr. VAMSI KRISHNA CHITTIMOJU, Pathologist and Microbiologist