In addition to medication try lifestyle modification like Salt restriction to 1.5 gms per day Do not eat processed food. Do meditation and simple yoga Exercise daily Sleep for 8 hours daily Take a Magnesium supplement at bedtime . You can try vegetable juicing using beets , parsley and celery these veggies have shown to reduce blood pressure .Try them one by one . reduce weight if you are overweight Stop smoking and alcohol since Alcohol precipitates Gouty attack. all these measures will get your BP to the required level .After 1 week of trying these if you still have high bp a new drug belonging to a different drug group needs to be added . hope this helps you.