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How come some people take more than one type of antihypertensive medication? isn't that dangerous?
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No: Each anti-hypertensive medication, regardless of class, lowers BP by 10-15 points on average. If BP is high, multiple drugs, judiciously chosen, working by different mechanisms are routinely administered to reach target BP.
Answered 7/9/2014
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