Thank you for the advice.

Posted By Maria on September 11, 1998 at 09:39:36:







Thank you for your advice on the hydrochlorothiazide.  I saw my doctor yesterday
and he rather I stay on it for now as long as I can tolerate the rash and
itching. He did up my dosage of zestril to 40 mg daily (was taking 20mg daily)
and keep my tenormin at 100 mg daily. He wants to see me in 2 months.  If my
high blood pressure is still running high then he will see about changing my
meds.  My heart and kidneys are good but my cholestrol is slightly high.  I have
been on hypertension meds for about 8 years (I'm 38 now, hispanic, slightly
overweight, have GERD with hiatal hernia) and was wondering will I have to take
meds for my hypertension the rest of my life?  At what point do I need to see
a heart specialist for this condition?  Will there ever be a right combination to
treat this condition?  My parents both had heart attacks and strokes and father
had a bypass in Sept. 97 (age 74), mom had her stroke at age 49.  They still take
meds for hypertension.  With this history is there a possibility I might have
a heart attack in my later years?  I just hope I can somehow control my high
blood pressure better.  Thank you for your help and I am grateful for this forum.