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80 yr old mom has been off her hydrolozene for 5 days and today her blood pressure has been about 198/88 for 2hrs. take her er or give her her meds?
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Can do both: certainly giving someone their usual medications they have missed is generally helpful. Blood pressure medicines often lower blood pressure. 200 systolic is generally an indication for ER evaluation, however. Cannot say in your particular case. OFten giving the BP medicine fixes things though
Answered 11/4/2014
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