I am presenting my paper as a combination medication to treat an ailment of hypertension or known for everyone as a high blood pressure. When I was a young boy growing up in the Philippines, my grandmother at my mother side of the family had two younger siblings that passed away at age of 45 from heart attacked due to high blood pressure. My father had two mild strokes but fortunately still alive with mild physical complication, and his father had three stroked, two was mild and the third is severely strong stroke that put him in bed rest for almost a year before he passed away at age of 60. This is a reason why I choose to do my paper on the combination of two medications for hypertension is because of the condition of my heart that is my
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In October 2012, my veteran affair physician provider Dr. Utt changed my prescription drug from lisinopril to atenolol of 10mg it did not controlled it so I went from 20mg, 30mg, 40mg 50mg. On October 2014, on my next visit it still uncontrolled, so then, he told me that I need to see my primary care provider in TRICARE Prime of which is my family care plan in Madigan hospital because he said that his out of option due to veteran affairs. So there my visit at Madigan hospital but before I have seen Dr. Dewell, I have gone to EKG, Sonogram of my heart, and blood tested so in January 21 2015 when I saw her, she said that I need to lower my cholesterol because it causing my heart to pump so hard that it creating hyperplasia which is enlargement of the left ventricle in my heart this was a wake-up call for me because of my childhood experience, high blood pressure is a silent killer that a person could have. She prescribe me a simvastatin to lower my cholesterol and then she said I would like to prescribe you a combination medication know as amlodipine/valsartan 10/320mg with a follow up of blood tested two weeks later and then after that I received a phone call from her that my kidneys are doing well and she said that I will keep medication regiment until my biannual blood test to monitor the condition of my kidney and my latest blood test was in May 2016 and my kidney is in good
In October 2012, my veteran affair physician provider Dr. Utt changed my prescription drug from lisinopril to atenolol of 10mg it did not controlled it so I went from 20mg, 30mg, 40mg 50mg. On October 2014, on my next visit it still uncontrolled, so then, he told me that I need to see my primary care provider in TRICARE Prime of which is my family care plan in Madigan hospital because he said that his out of option due to veteran affairs. So there my visit at Madigan hospital but before I have seen Dr. Dewell, I have gone to EKG, Sonogram of my heart, and blood tested so in January 21 2015 when I saw her, she said that I need to lower my cholesterol because it causing my heart to pump so hard that it creating hyperplasia which is enlargement of the left ventricle in my heart this was a wake-up call for me because of my childhood experience, high blood pressure is a silent killer that a person could have. She prescribe me a simvastatin to lower my cholesterol and then she said I would like to prescribe you a combination medication know as amlodipine/valsartan 10/320mg with a follow up of blood tested two weeks later and then after that I received a phone call from her that my kidneys are doing well and she said that I will keep medication regiment until my biannual blood test to monitor the condition of my kidney and my latest blood test was in May 2016 and my kidney is in good