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Originally Posted by Unregistered
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What is wrong with the 80 year old , BP 110/70 on 5 meds. if asymptomatic and well, no giddiness, has home BP monitoring , meds optimised and has been this way for many years there is nth wrong with 6 m TCU , in fact many elderly wont even wanna come earlier than 6 m if very long on same meds, agreed the other situations are wrong but whats wrong with this 80 years old- alot of 80 years old due to ckd , ihd etc have 5 anti-htn , some including nitrates, diiuretics etc. Really , what would u have done instead? TCU3 m for what
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are u a pinoy or Indian RP?
five anti hypertensives in 80 year old with bp 110/70 and u think it's ok to continue the same meds? what do they teach u in med school now a days. go read up on some BP trials la.
or are there some new developmt I dunno. btw typo, it's 110/60..but still.
shall I tell u the HR is 62 on 12mg carvediolol. 10mg tds hydralazine, amlodipine 5mg, enalapril 10mg Om and 12.5mg hctz. no heart known heart failure
what would u have done?
need a tutorial on fam med or not.