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I take hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg is that pre-hypertension or is it already high blood pressure? please and thank you

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Med: The diagnosis is not made by the type or dosage of a medication. It is based on your blood pressure before you started the medication. If you had three separate readings with greater than 140 systolic or 90 diastolic that is hypertension, if you were in the 130s and 80s that is pre hypertension.

Answered 4/17/2018

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