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Is it harmful for my 14 year old son with hypertension to take different medications for it every week for 6 weeks to see which one works best for him?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Hypertension: I hope your son has been evaluated by a pediatric cardiologist and/or pediatric nephrologist to determine the cause of his hypertension. Changing medication weekly is not helpful because some medication take longer than a week to start working.

Dr Jain agreed

Answered 3/16/2014

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A member asked:

Is it harmful for my 14 year old son with hypertension to take different medications for it every week for 6 weeks to see which one works best for him?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Dr Jain agreed

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