y the medicine don't work for high blood pressure?

Question

my husband is on medicine more than 5 month now and the blood pressure is still high and he watch his diet and the doctor change his medicine as well nothing is working his blood presssure is usually 140/100 can anyone plz advise lots of tension with worried about him .

Answer 1

Everybody is built differently. There are some people who respond to the medicines immediately, and others that are sometimes put on 2 types of medicines 2 to 3 times a day to try to control blood pressure. I have met people who have been on blood pressure medicine for years and they still are having trouble getting it under control. Try to be patient, it takes a bit of experimenting to get the right combination down.

There is an outside chance, after you have exhausted all the doses and combinations of meds, that a renal angiogram might show a stenosis in the renal artery. If a renal artery stenosis is found in either the right or left kidneys, sometimes a stent to open the artery will bring the blood pressure back under control. I have seen some patients who have had this done and their blood pressure goes down, and I have seen others have it done with no success. I say try this as a last resort because it is an invasive procedure. The doctor has to put a catheter into the femeral artery and run it up to the renals. It is done routinely every day, but there are some risks. Good luck.

Answer 2

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 3

high blood pressure have multiple causes, some people suffer because of their life style, some for the genetic make up, some as a result of other diseases like chronic renal disease. Hypertension is a chronic disease and patient have to take the medicine for almost all his/her life. Be patient and keep calm, try Yoga or meditation if you can give time. relaxing your body and mind can lower the blood pressure rather than getting angry with why the medicine don't work.

Answer 4

Apparently this medicine, that he is on, is not working, the doctor needs to change his medicines, a lot of the times, it has to be changed in order to get the blood pressure down,, also make sure when taking blood pressure you take it in the same arm, around the same time of the day, wait at least 15 minutes before taking for accurate reading.

Answer 5

You said your husband had consulted the doctor and was given the required medication already but still his blood pressure continued to be 140/100 despite of the medication and dieting:

I know somebody with the same problem and he already accepted the blood pressure to be his normal BP since it does not bother him at all. Anyway, he is continuing his medication. At one time he said to me that the Dr. increased his dosage but the result was still same.

I am not sure also why it's like that. In my case the Dr. said that I have also high BP and gave me Hypothem 50 daily dosage and it is working well. I usually have BP of 120/80 though sometimes I get 130 or 140/90. My weight is still high (about 12 kgs overweight compared with my ideal weight) and could not bring it down because of my normal food intake.

Answer 6

In order to control blood pressure, it takes just the right combination of medicine to achieve this. Otherwise, you might want to mention to your doctor about checking his kidney function. Sometimes uncontrolled high blood pressure can be caused by renal artery disease, the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. It's worth looking into. It would take an ultrasound to see if this is his diagnosis.

Answer 7

High Blood Pressure Control Improves
Study: 8% More Americans Have Good Control Over Their High Blood Pressure
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

Dec. 11, 2006 -- More Americans are controlling their high blood pressure than a few years ago, and many more need to follow in their footsteps.

A new study shows that a third of U.S. adults with high blood pressure had good blood pressure control in 2003-2004.

That's up 8% from 1999-2000, the study shows.

The improvements are "highly encouraging," since better blood pressure control may cut heart attacks and strokes, note the researchers.

They included the University of Hong Kong's Bernard M.Y. Cheung, PhD, and colleagues.

Even so, two-thirds of Americans with high blood pressure don't have their blood pressure under control, the study suggests.

"There is room for further improvement," and doctors should "step up treatment" for patients with high blood pressure, Cheung's team writes.

The study appears in Hypertension.

Data came from blood pressure tests taken by more 14,600 U.S. adults who took part in national health studies.

Nearly 30% had high blood pressure. That included 7% of those aged 18-39, 33% of those aged 40-59, and 66% of those aged 60 and older.

Those figures didn't change much between 1999 and 2004.

But the percentage of people who had their high blood pressure under control improved by 8%, the study shows.

Blood pressure control improved for both men and women overall, and specifically for blacks, Mexican-Americans, obese adults, and people 60 and older.

Doctors should encourage patients to adopt healthy lifestyles and use medications to lower high blood pressure if needed, the researchers write.

Lifestyle tips include limiting salt and fat in your diet, exercising (get your doctor's permission first), losing extra pounds, not smoking, and not drinking heavily.

Not sure if you have high blood pressure or how to tame your blood pressure? Talk to your doctor for advice.

Answer 8

You need to see your physician again. My medication had to be changed 3 times it stayed consistently at 140-100 as well. I'm now on Benicar-HCT. It is a blood pressure lowering med with HCTZ which is a diuretic which also lowers blood pressure. Now I am at 110-120-/70.

Answer 9

did he cut down the stress at work and home, have you cut out his salt intake?does he exercise?the doctor really should be keeping an eye on it if it's still high,if doctor cant help get it down or give you some ideas, I'd look for another doctor, cause blood pressure is nothing to mess with, i would ask for his doctor to sit down and explain whats going on and why hasn't anything worked, and is he OK?if he wont take time to answer questions, then find another doctor, hope hes , alright, just reduce stress and tell him not to worry, and exercise that's very important, good luck to you

Answer 10

Hi, your husband is on medication for 5 months now and nothing improves. Eventually from day to day, while he continues consuming alot of western medication, it will have side effects and the BP will still remains. Cause of high blood perssure is some of his blood arteries has blockage, his bloods contain high volume of cholesterol. It will cause thrombosis on later stage. I have a kind of herb that can lower down blood pressure by clearing blood clots and also clearing thrombi inside arteries.