What is the dosage of AMTAS for high BP?
Patient: my mother aged 55 years has recently diagonsed high BP last 155/90 mm to 195/95 mm. ddcter has prescribed AMTAS 5 mg. She tooke it 12 hrs before now she get it checked the reading now 168/91mm. kindly suggest shd we give her 5 mg more now or follow docter instruction and wait till 24 hrs Doctor: Hello!Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!Regarding your concern, I would explain that it is necessary a period of up to one week for the antihypertensive therapy to show its effect (when it is started or when changes are made). So, I agree with her doctor that you should wait before making some changes to this therapy. From the other hand, this is a really small dose, but it is started in this way to avoid possible adverse effects related to amtas intake. So if her blood pressure is still above 130/90 mm Hg after a couple of days you should discuss with your doctor the possibility of a dose increase or adding another antihypertensive therapy. Hope to have been helpful!Best regards, Dr. Iliri