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I have been taking my medicine Atenolol BP 50mg once every morning for four years. My blood pressure is quite constant 120/80. I watch out on my diet and exercise regularly. 1) Will the dosage increases as we grow older? 2) Is it true that due to the high blood pressure, our heart [the wall] grows thicker? 3) Once a while, I will have cold sweat and light headedness, is this the side effect of taking high blood pressure medicine?
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Your dose will change if your bp readings change and not because of the age and yes because of Long standing high bp there are changes in your heart muscle
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