My mother is 91. I was testing my blood pressure with a new home machine and took hers, too. Mine was fine, but hers is 172/113! She has had high bp and is currently taking Triamterene W/Hctz 37.5/25, 1/day, as well as Amlodipine 5mg Tab 1/day. She is mostly physically inactive each day as her knees and back bother her from arthritis. She weighs approx. 170-175 and is about 5 6 and has been diagnosed with early alzheimer s. Should I be rushing her to the hospital for nitroglycerine or something?
Hello, It's not an emergency, but her BP medicine needs to change. I would have increased the dose of Amlodipine to 5 mg twice a day. Or triamterene is not an effective antihypertensive, so it can also be changed to telmisartan if BP is high. So you can discuss these issues with your local doctor.  She should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly thrice a day for one week then once or twice a week. Lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Get her lipid profile and sugars tested once.