•Hercule Powers is seeing you in clinic today for blood pressure follow-up. He was seen previously for newly diagnosed hypertension and was started on losartan. Over the last few weeks, you’ve been adjusting his dosage for tighter BP control.
•Today his blood pressure is 150/90. For additional accuracy you rechecked it and the result was 160/90.
•His current does of losartan is 100mg per day.
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•You are considering your options for Mr. Powers, as he clearly needs additional medical management for his blood pressure.
•Increase his dosage of losartan
•Continue his current dosage of losartan and add a separate agent
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•To aid in your decision making, you review the maximum treatment dose of losartan for hypertension
•Go to Drugs.com
•Search losartan
•Click dosage
•Review recommendations under hypertension
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•Which is the better option for Mr. Powers regarding his losartan?
•A) Increase his dosage of losartan
•B) Continue his current dosage of losartan and add a separate agent
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