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Suggest Treatment For Cough When On High BP Medication

i have taken 2 rounds of the zpack and also a cough med with codine andwhen I am at work I have taken robatussin still coughing and its seemds to be mostly clear when it comes up and I TAKE HIGH BLOOD pressure meds once a day anything else I can do to get rid of this cough?
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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Hello

Many medicines for high blood pressure specially ACE inhibitors have a side effect of causing dry cough and i would like you to meet your doctor for considering changing your medications.
Thanks
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Suggest Treatment For Cough When On High BP Medication

Hello Many medicines for high blood pressure specially ACE inhibitors have a side effect of causing dry cough and i would like you to meet your doctor for considering changing your medications. Thanks