Two Drugs Prescribed By Doctor For Same Purpose?

[shrid]

Okay, so my mother was pestering me to find out the reason her doctor has prescribed Telma H and Vinicor AM 50/5 for Hypertension which she has with Diabetes too. Can any doctor please clarify the purpose of both the medicines?

Please, please help.
Thanks.

 

[Akash1886]

Okay, so my mother was pestering me to find out the reason her doctor has prescribed Telma H and Vinicor AM 50/5 for Hypertension which she has with Diabetes too. Can any doctor please clarify the purpose of both the medicines?

Two similar medicines are prescribed for one ailment in case if any 1 of them is not readily available then other can serve the purpose. Telma is telmisartan and my dad uses it too as he is a diabetic but his diabetes is controlled.

My dad was prescribed two medicines for same ailment in which 1 choice was Cardace 500. So, as the other one is not available, he uses Cardace 500.

Do take note of the expiry date of medicines.