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Should I Change My Blood Pressure Medication at Age 69?

Dr Hemalata Arora | Answer |Ask -Follow

General Physician - Answered on Jul 03, 2024

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Question by S on Sep 23, 2023Hindi

Health

I am 69, taking BP medicine Corvadil A since, 2008...1/2tab at night and last 3 years since August 20 , 1tab at bed time Pl advice whether I will change this medicine

Ans: If your BP is steady and controlled, and you have no side effects of the medication, you don't need to change it.

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I'm 62 I've type 2 diabetes i am into regular medcine in a week atleast twice i dont sleep whole night but fresh next day but i feel in long run this will create problems suggest me remedy

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Your thought process is absolutely spot on. You should prepay the car loan through shares corpus and close the EMI.

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