Thoughts and advice please. BP still high after med increase.
Hi all, I’ve just had my ramipril increased to 10mg a day. At first I thought it was working well, I had a few readings in the 125/75ish region but now it seems to have gone back to my normal average of about 140/80 pulse typically about 55bpm, some readings lower, some higher. Only been on the 10mg for a week but I thought the effect was meant to be pretty quick. When the doc upped me to 10mg he said we will monitor for a few weeks and if it still doesn’t come down we might need to add in a second tablet to force it down. Not really got a specific question but just wondered what peoples thoughts were about this? It’s really annoying that no matter what I do it just seems to stay quite high. I also recently started taking beetroot supplements and drinking beetroot juice, no obvious improvements so far.
FYI, I’m Male, 51 years old. Very fit and active, run 5 times a week, lift weights 4 times a week. Not overweight, non smoker. Trying to improve my diet all the time. Drink, but only at the weekend and only ever beer. Maybe slightly more than I should but not massive amounts. One cup of coffee per day.