AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question My blood pressure is 185/69, should I go to the emergency room? I am on Verapamil and I took my meds last night but I have had a blood pressure at an average of 173/81 for about a week now.
Answer Hi Sharon,
Going to the emergency room is always a good option. I think what yu have is systolic blood pressure, which should have been controlled by verpamil, but apparently the dose is too low, you may have to increase its dose or change to a beta blocker.
Ravi Ghooi
