
Suggest Treatment For High BP Despite Taking Losartan Potassium

I would recommend as follows:
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Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that Losartan seems to be uneffective in the management of your husband's blood pressure values.
Anyway, I would recommend consulting with his doctor and performing some tests to exclude other possible secondary causes of high blood pressure:
- a chest X ray study
- complete blood count for anemia
- fasting glucose for diabetes
- blood lipid profile
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- kidney and liver function tests for possible dysfunction
- thyroid hormone levels for possible dysfunction.
If all the above tests result normal, you should discuss with his doctor on adding another antihypertensive drug like hydrochlorothyazide or a calcium channel blocker (amlodipine, felodipine) or even switching from losartan to one of the above mentioned drugs or another more potent ARB (like telmisartan, olmesartan, etc.).
Hope to have been helpful!
Wishing all the best,
Dr. Iliri

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