Feeling overmedicated for controlling blood pressure.

Q: I very strongly believe that I am heavily over-medicated. I am on Adalat90mg (Nifedipine), Metoprolol100mg, Atacand 32mg (Candesartan), Ezetrol 10mg and Aspirin 1-a-day. At 220lbs, 5’11”,and bp averaging 160/85, with no noticeable side effects, I am very worried and I strongly believe that I am way too much over-medicated. I have not seen or heard of anybody with so much prescription for bp! What are your thoughts?

A: You are only taking three blood pressure medications. The Ezetrol is a drug to lower cholesterol. I assume you are taking the aspirin on the advice from your doctor to help lower your risk for heart disease. It is not uncommon for three drugs to be needed to get blood pressure in control. Since you seem worried about your health, I would focus on losing weight. Your body mass index is 30. This means you are in the obese category. Losing weight will likely lower both your blood pressure and your cholesterol. With significant weight loss, you may be able to get off more than one drug. For information about the importance of having healthy weights go to this page at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site.

You are only taking three blood pressure medications. The Ezetrol is a drug to lower cholesterol.
I assume you are taking the aspirin on the advice from your doctor to help lower your risk
for heart disease. It is not uncommon for three drugs to be needed to get blood pressure in
control. Since you seem worried about your health, I would focus on losing weight. Your body
mass index is 30. This means you are in the obese category. Losing weight will likely lower both
your blood pressure and your cholesterol. With significant weight loss, you may be able to get
off more than one drug. For information about the importance of having healthy weights go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/index.html
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