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benicar hct medication
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Dr. Alok Agrawal answered
34 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Response: Your BP goal should be <140/90. If you have heart disease, diabetes or kidney disease then it should be <130/80. Please go by response and use the sma ... Read More
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Dr. Dora Chizea answered
48 years experience Anti-Aging Medicine
Yes: Female ? Age asks, Is Benicar HCT same as Benicar HCTZ?
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Dr. Clarence Grim answered
57 years experience Endocrinology
Pink salt HBP: Salt is salt is salt. At one time the H mountains were under the ocean and pink salt was formed. Read the label to see how many milligrams of sodium ... Read More
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Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
51 years experience Cardiology
Ranexa (ranolazine): Ok to take that combination of agents.
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Dr. Manuel Lopez diaz answered
28 years experience Emergency Medicine
Variable: This a two drug combination the half live for Benicar (olmesartan) is 13 hr & hctz half live is variable 5.6-14.7 hr. That means that have the do ... Read More
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Safe: Safer if you change your HCTZ (hydrochlorothiazide) to chlorthalidone.
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ira Friedlander answered
42 years experience Cardiac Electrophysiology
Most hypertensive: patients require 3 or 4 different medications to obtain sufficient BP control as they get older. If you want to normalize your blood pressure without ... Read More
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Dr. Stanley Berger answered
33 years experience Cardiology
Follow close w/ doc: This is probably reasonable however I would recommend your be evaluated more frequently with your doctor until you both are sure this change is reason ... Read More
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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered
41 years experience Preventive Medicine
LookOnline & Empower: Search engines, esp google, can rapidly find these answers for you (& me), e.g. Search "amlodipine t½" & go to nih, fda or edu websites. Keep in mind ... Read More
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Shenouda answered
21 years experience Cardiology
Coenzyme Q1: Coenzyme q10 has very weak blood pressure lowering effects if any. It most likely will not be able to replace the benefits of amlodipine.
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