I just took my blood pressure and it is 187/108 i am on 20 mg lisinopril and 25mg hydrochloralthiazide, after 2 weeks my bp has increased despite lowering sodium and more exercise. is there any way the meds above could increase bp instead of lower?

The meds wouldn’t increase your blood pressure but, if your blood pressure is consistently increased, you nay need a higher dose of one or both of these meds. Is there some other reason why your blood pressure is higher? Some stressor? If so, you may need to work on that to get your blood pressure under control. You should call your doctor to review your numbers. Good luck!

Your blood pressure is poorly controlled but you're only on mild.treatment. While your MD is determining whether you have garden variety hypertension, as 90% of cases are or rare secondary causes, you'll need either higher dose of lisinopril or addon of a third antihypertensive medication or both. Excess weight, heavy alcohol intake,stress,poor sleeping are some factors that.make BP harder to con