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My Doctor has just prescribed for me Sevikar HCT after 50mg losartan didn't take down my evening 11PM blood Pressure, morning pressure was OK . Anyone taking it and how is it for you.

I am healthy normal weight non drinking/smoking with regular and healthy eater 64

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Hello and welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear you are having problems controlling your blood pressure. The medication you have been prescribed is a combination of three types of medication ; an ARB (Angiotensin II receptor blockers), a CCI (calcium channel inhibitor) and a diuretic. Combination therapies are increasingly common as working in different ways they prove more effective than increasing the dose of a single medication.

I am on a combination therapy of an ACE inhibitor and a beta blocker (also lowers pulse). Previously I was on an ACE inhibitor, a CCI and a diuretic.

It is unlikely you will have any issues but with the diuretic you may need the loo more frequently. Let us know how you get on.

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Nothing to add to Michaels post lot of information there.

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Sorry I cannot help you bayram. I was on Losartan for Raynaud's. It did help in that, but I had to stop it when got Atrial Fib which needed other medications, I never had high BP in the first place and the combination of all the medications actually reduced my BP into the low BP range.

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