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I was taking 50mg qd losartan. doctor increased it to 100mg qd but my bp seems to have gone up rather than down. how can this be possible?! thank you.

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Wait, reassess: If BP increases despite change in the dose of the meds, it indicates -- resistance to med, increased salt intake, need for another meds to act in a different pathway most often, it is increased salt intake that causes resistance or too soon to assess the change in bp.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Good morning doctors. I take 100 mg Losartan and 10 mg Rosuvastatin, both at night before bedtime..should I be taking them at the same time?

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Losartan and Valsartan have the same half life of 6 hours so why do some doctors say that Losartan has to be taken twice a day to be effective while Valsartan is considered a once a day pill?

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Is there a difference between Losartan 25 mg twice daily and losartan 50 mg once daily ? Since the total daily dose is 50 mg it should work? 50 mg once daily wasnt working so doctor wants to try 25 mg twice daily. Should that help or 100 mg ?

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If doctor didn't specify & i'm taking losartan & bystolic (nebivolol) is it ok to be taken together or should i take 1 morning & 1 evening & which one? So confuse

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Now on non-gmo diet, BP dropped to 98/74. Doc suggested to drop hctz (hydrochlorothiazide). I did, still low so dropped losartan. Now 126/78. Connection between gmo and bp?

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