Posted by jedi on April 7, 2009, at 1:29:08
In reply to Re: Well, my bp has hit 140. nifedipine time » Phillipa, posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 3, 2009, at 10:03:01
> Yup. Took 10mg and then went to bed.
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> Woke up about 1am with a splitting headache, took my BP and it was down to 125.
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> So everything worked out ok :)Are you taking the 10mg bite and swallow capsules? I took one of these once in a true hypertensive crisis(systolic over 200), and then rushed to the ER. Lucky I did, because the tyramine reaction wore off before my reaction to the nifedipine. I ended up spending the night in the hospital, on IV fluids, with dangerously low BP.
Obviously not everybody reacts to nifedipine this way, but many doctors will no longer prescribe the medication because of the possibility of this reaction. People die from low BP too.
Take care,
Jedi
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