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Advice needed about high blood pressure. how high if only 12mg hctz (hydrochlorothiazide) needed?

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Hard to say: 12.5 of hctz (hydrochlorothiazide) is often an add on medication(used in combinationwith other drugs).

Answered 8/15/2012

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