Hello,

My friend has a blood preasure of 140 to 150 every time she see's her doctor. Dentist is the same.
Before going and after leaving and getting home the pressure goes back to 110 over 74. On a daily reading for 7 days straight the reading remains normal. Put on the smallest dose of blood preasure pill. Went back to doctor for check up and her pulse was up to 100. She was put on a blood pressure pill of 25mg(lowest for this type of med.) which has the added help of taking care of the pulse. She has told me that she has felt palpitations shortly after Christmas. She
mentioned to me how really over stressed she was this past season than any other season. She went in and received some 24 hour holter to wear at home. She returned it back the next day. The doctor called after 5 EST the next night and when my friend called back the answering service called the doctor and service came back on line and said it wasn't an emergency and she would call back the next day. This has been a week now with no call. I mention for her to call the doctor and she doesn't know what to do. My experience has been if the doctor doesn't call back, just keep on what I'vre been doing until next appointment or if I don't feel right of course I should see the doctor earlier.
She is so stuburn. I quess my question is, what things should she be doing to help herself. This an ongoing situation? Will she need medicine for the rest of her life. She was on Prilozec for 7 years after she had a stomach ultcher. Her last Dr. told her to keep taking it. She stopped about the beginning of Dec. 2016.