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Male Over 60
Interview 19  

Interview 19

Age at Interview: 87
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 77
Background:

Brief outline:Discovered when applying for life insurance.


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Explains how, because of his concerns, he wanted to keep dosages to a minimum but still improve his blood pressure.

 



I once remember I asked my doctor in hospital 'Is it necessary to have such a high dose of 100mgs, could we reduce it perhaps?' Because you hear about these medicines having these disastrous effects sometimes; and he agreed and I was kept for a long time, many years, on 50mgs of Atenalol. I was never really aware of high blood pressure.

I got an additional medicine, that was 2.5 to start with then after a fortnight I was told to come back for a check-up. My blood pressure continued on 190 level, the lower one I think was on 87 or something, so doctor prescribed 5mgs and on the second visit it was 160 or 158 I think, so that was obviously an improvement.
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