Hi, we just took my boyfriends blood pressure, he is on meds for high blood pressure already (was taking teva-metoprolol film-ctd 25mg am and pm but was changed to 50 am and pm), he has no doctor but saw a nurse practitioner.  It is 147/117.  I am worried, this is the same as it was before she increased his meds.
Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on Chat Doctor! Regarding your concern, I would explain that his blood pressure values are still high. This means that his actual therapy is not very effective in controlling blood pressure. Besides, metoprolols main action is on the heart rhythm. For this reason, I would recommend adding another antihypertensive Chat Doctor.  In this regard, I would suggest adding an ARB