I Take 100mg Of Losartan Pottasium And 50mg Atenolol And

Posted on Wed, 8 Jan 2020

Question: i take 100mg of losartan pottasium and 50mg atenolol and a baby aspirin daily.
but today my bp has been consistantly high from 140/100 to as high as 189/110.
can i just take more medication or should i go to the hospital which wont be for another hour and a half when i get off work.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Needs evaluation

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Yes with a blood pressure more than 180/100 it’s always advisable to seek medical attention always few tests needs to be done as a part of basic cardiac evaluation to rule out any associated abnormality.

Tests included: Ecg, echocardiogram, blood tests like CBC, KFT etc.

Kindly visit the emergency of any near by good hospital and get yourself evaluated.

Kind Regards

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