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| pmastra
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:48 pm |
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I was prescribed diovan 160 mg for high blood pressure. A few weeks ago i ran out and my Dr provided me samples of Benicar 20 mg until I could afford to refill the diovan (no health insurance). Now I am out of the benicar and have a week yet before I can get the diovan. Before being prescribed diovan I took lisinopril but after a few months developed a cough so was given diovan. I still have some of the lisinopril. Can I take it safely for a week or should I take nothing until I can refill my prescription? The last time I was without the meds for a couple of weeks my bp top number went to 205 (can't remember the bottom number).
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| John Kenyon, CNA
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:58 pm |
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 Hi there -- If you only discontinued the lisinopril because of the annoying cough, you certainly could resume it for a week at the same dosage as before, just to avoid any hypertensive crisis (and over 200 systolic would qualify). So long as you feel you can tolerate the possible cough for a week, this should be a perfectly good stop-gap measure, just let your doctor know you're doing it when you start.
Hope this is helpful. Good luck to you and please follow up here as needed.
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