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Generally antihypertensive medicines have to be taken lifelong, if you stop these medicines bp will again increase and will make you prone to diseases like heart attack, stroke etc.

You need to first understand few things about blood pressure.
Normal range of blood pressure is between 90/60 to 140/90 & blood pressure keeps fluctuating in every one. In stress it rises & while resting it decreases. If it is constantly higher then 140/90 & does not decrease by resting it's then called hypertension. 
Many factors can affect blood pressure, including:
1) The amount of water and salt you have in your body
2) The condition of your kidneys, nervous system, or blood ...more

Hi, lybrate user,
You need to follow certain natural norms to lower down your BP apart from medication.
Go for a walk in the morning to regulate blood circulation to combat your BP.
Go for meditation to reduce stress in order to nourish your body conditioning the heart and to regularise your  digestive system, aswell.
Tk, plenty of water ro hydrate your body.
Your diet be easily digestible on time to avoid gastric disorder that triggers BP & raised heart rate.
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you can be shifted from one to the otherif BP is staying out of range. Usually BP should be checked once every month on fixed dates after resting for ten minutes. Medicine should be changed after 3 month trial and only if it is not achieving desired BP
amlodipine is slow strong effect. Losartan quicker but milder.

1.amlodepine, losartan and hctz are antihypertensives. 2.metoprolol is usually added for cardioprotection (there must be an ecg abnormality).
3. Nitroquick is to relieve anginal chest pain.
4. Ejection fraction is slightly on the lower side for a young adult. Can be normal for an old person.
5. Clopidogrel is a anti platelet drug. If you can forward me the details of the patient - age, sex, height, weight, ecg picture and echo report - I ll be able to advice you on the treatment. Mos...more

Dear Sam you must modify life style and eating habits along with medicine,chances are that life style modification and certain diet restrictions such as salt ,sugar,rice , wheat, non veg may prove a game changer .

Have patience and keep watching your bp. Take the medicines as prescribed by your doctor. Kindly read about healthy lifestyle changes and adapt the good habits in your daily life. You can also learn yoga (including pranayam and meditation) which can learnt from an expert to gain maximum benefit. You can add homeopathy which is safe and gentle and can help harmonize all systems of the body. You can contact me for a private consultation.

Coffee tea anxiety, cough medicines, nerves of heart affected by Diabetes (called autonomic neuropathy) all these can cause tachycardia. High BP is common in diabetes, and can become severe if kidney is affected by Diabetes. Too much diet restrictions also worsen these problems.

Dear lybrate-user. BP seems to be on higher side occasional. Reason of tachycardia can be due to thyroid or anxiety as well. Your BMI is high as per your age. You need to see your lifestyle. May be your lifestyle is sedentary and unhealthy diet. So if this is the reason improve your lifestyle.

Go back to amlodipine. Keep systolic BP less than 150. Ignore diastolic BP. Measure his BP only once every two weeks on fixed dates after resting for ten minutes. Completely avoid measuring at any other time.