Posted by ger man on October 4, 2011, at 16:11:59
In reply to Re: Sublingual Nifedipine? » tecknohed, posted by ed_uk on November 5, 2005, at 9:50:24
As im a new member in the MAOi-community and my pdoc prescribed some nifepidine i wanted to ask some details. First of all the med i have benn prescribed is called Adalat 5 mg. I think those are capsules. I wanted to ask other MAOi-users how they use this emergency med? My doc told me only to use it when there is no adequate emergency care around. If there is a chance to get high quality emergency attention i should prefer to use it over self treatment.
1. Would you use 5 or 10 mg for treating hypertensive crisis? My pdoc told me to use 5 mg but i read that other use 10 mg!
2. What is a high blood pressure for you?
3. How are the caps ingested when it comes to the case of need?
4. Should one try to reach a normal BP or is it sufficient to reach for example a BP of 150/95? I mean is it essential to reach optimal BP (120/80) by nifedipine treatment?
5. How do you, first of all those who already experienced BP-Crisis, feel a real hypertensive crisis?
thx for your reply....
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