What Causes Severe Cough While On Coversyl For High BP?

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2015

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Question : hi doctor
i am 49 years female,last oct 2014 i had a pain in my back , a cardiologis consulted me i did all the test for the heart , everything is normal i was prescribed aspirin 80 mg and coversyl 2mg and sandoz bisoprono l sandoz bisopronol 5mg because my blood pressure was high
fm that time i started getting cough, last month i stopped the aspirinand other medication and now i am only taking the coversyl 5mg for blood pressure . i am still getting dry cough .please advise

Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Actually you should stop coversyl

Detailed Answer:
coversyl is drug belonging to class of drugs called ace inhibitors and their main side effect is dry cough. so you need to stop it. however you would need some treatment for your blood pressure. So go back to your doctor for different class of medicines.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (7 days later)

hi doctor
is it possible to treat blood pressure naturally?

Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (24 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes but only to small extent

Detailed Answer:
yes it is possible by changing your diet to include lots of fruits and vegetables, regular exercise such as walking, meditation and stress reduction. but the extent of BP reduction is limited to 10/5 mmHg and if your bp is only so much above target than we. can treat it naturally but when raise is more than 10 mmHg above target we need medications

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T