My father is 71 yrs old and has HTN 176/100. He is on Tenoric 50 (one in the morning). Recently, he was advised to take Minipress 5 mg and telma 40 in the night. In addition, he takes deplatt-A 75 for blood thinning and storvas 10 mg for cholestral. Of late, he bleeds a lot when injured. He had facial palsy 6 years back. Since then he has been on medication as mentioned above. My question is (a) whether he needs to continue Deplatt-A 75 (b) whether additional medicines in the night is required for controlling his BP.
Hello, I will suggest you to tell me exact type of facial palsy your father had at that time. If it is a simple facial palsy, there is no indication of Deplatt-a but if it is facial palsy as a part of a stroke, then still he doesn't need to be on it (Deplatt-a for 1 year followed by aspirin only afterwards) but he needs to be on simple aspirin 75 to 100 mg once a day as a prophylaxis for further attacks of stroke. Rest, he needs to be careful with falls and injuries in this age as body is much fragile in old age. (he may bleed in brain or may get a fracture easily). Rest of all medications needs to be continued as such. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. 