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Suggest Medication For High BP Without Side Effects

Is there a blood pressure medicine that doesn t have so many bad side effects? I was on Lisiniprol 20 and complained about side effects and my doctor changed me to Losartan 100, which has much worse side effects and I won t take it because of that. I have high blood pressure, but not the risk factors and am in good health. I m surprised he prescribed this medication for me.
Mon, 16 Mar 2015
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Incomplete data: Age, gender, duration of the problem and presence of other diseases, etc.

I have gone through your problem regarding the safety of routinely used drugs in the treatment of hypertension.

As a matter of fact, no single drug is free from its side effect.
We have to analyse the risk versus benefit while choosing a particular drug.

Since you are not being able to tolerate the side effects of Lisinopril and Losartan unfortunately these are the most commonly prescribed medications for the control of BP.

You have to visit your doctor ( may be another one) for possible use of alternate medication like Calcium channel blockers like Amlodipine or Beta blocker like Bisiprolol to suit your needs.

These medications are also not free from side effects.,
So, discuss with your doctor and let him choose the most efficacious medicine for you.

I hope your doubts have been clarified.

A feed back is appreciated if you are convinced.
Regards
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Suggest Medication For High BP Without Side Effects

Hi Thanks for choosing HCM for your query Incomplete data: Age, gender, duration of the problem and presence of other diseases, etc. I have gone through your problem regarding the safety of routinely used drugs in the treatment of hypertension. As a matter of fact, no single drug is free from its side effect. We have to analyse the risk versus benefit while choosing a particular drug. Since you are not being able to tolerate the side effects of Lisinopril and Losartan unfortunately these are the most commonly prescribed medications for the control of BP. You have to visit your doctor ( may be another one) for possible use of alternate medication like Calcium channel blockers like Amlodipine or Beta blocker like Bisiprolol to suit your needs. These medications are also not free from side effects., So, discuss with your doctor and let him choose the most efficacious medicine for you. I hope your doubts have been clarified. A feed back is appreciated if you are convinced. Regards