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Losarton causing dizziness and shortness of breath

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Mohsinwastaken
Mohsinwastaken

Hi

i am posting this on behalf of my mum.

she had a hypertensive crisis a month ago where her blood pressure hit 220/125. before this she had never taken blood pressure tablets, but after this she was prescribed amlodopine 5mg am and 5mg pm. the amlodipine did succesfully lower her blood pressure but caused her dizziness, palpitations and shortness of breath. she persisted with it for 3 weeks but eventually spoke with the doctor who prescribed 50mg losarton.

she has been taking losarton for a week now and blood pressure has shot up again, and the dizziness has not subsided.

my question is, what does she do? should she persist with the losarton in the hope that eventually the dizziness will go away and it will become effective at lowering her blood pressure? we dont want to jump the gun and try a different medication again.

any advice would be appreciated.

thanks. (sorry about the grammar)

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