Question 102 · LEK · Treatment
A 82-year-old woman has been cured with amlodipine 5 mg daily and ramipril 5 mg per day. She feels well and she has no comorbidities. If the blood pressure in repeated measurements are above 160/85 mmHg, the physician should:
- A. discontinue ramipril.
- B. not change treatment.
- C. consider this as resistant hypertension and include a diuretic.
- D. increase the dose of amlodipine and ramipril.
- E. refer the patient to renal artery denervation.
Hint
Count the drugs and check their doses before calling the hypertension resistant; is a systolic pressure above 160 mmHg acceptable at 82?
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