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Why would a doctor refuse to give me my high blood pressure meds if my gluclose went up a littlte

I am a 48 year old female (non smoker or drinker) In May of this year we discoved by accident my blood pressure was 188/100. The doctor in May put me on Chlorthalid & Amlodipine, I started expercising 3 times a week and stopped eating Red meat. Note: I stopped drinking all soda in Jan 2011.
So why was the doctor not willing to renew my vital high blood pressure meds this week.
In may my gluclose was 107 and the blood test last week showed that went up to 119. All the other high things went down and I have lost 12 LBs so far.
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asked Dec 17 at 08:36PM in Cardiology/Heart Disease
  • I appologize for the miss-spelling. That is exercising at Curves 3 times a week. I also have cut my carb consumption by half.
    Female commented Dec 17 at 08:38PM
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    answered Dec 18 at 09:52PM
    It sounds from your description that you are doing all the "right things" for management of hypertension and cardio-vascular disease in general. If your blood pressure was confirmed to be a sustained hypertension by repeated readings then the use of a diuretic and calcium channel blocker as you described would be a reasonable treatment. There are a number of reasons for a physician to discontinue drug therapy and it depends on what you mean by "unwilling to renew".
    Sometimes a pharmacist can't get a patient renewal because of administrative errors or problems of communication in the doctor's office. Other times, rejection for renewal may be strictly for appropriate medical reasons. Any physician who changes a patient's medical program because of medical reasons should communicate and explain the reasons to the patient. If you have not heard from your doctor about the reason or the reason you were given was confusing to you, you should make contact with your doctor and obtain an explanation that you understand. ..Maurice.
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