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SOMETIMES AT NIGHT MY PRESSURE WILL SKYROCKET TO ABOUT 235/105. I DOUBLE DOSE MY MEDS BUT IT STILL TAKES AROUND 3-4 HOURS TO GET IT DOWN; NOT LOW BUT LIVABLE. I TAKE CLONIDINE .02 LOSARTAN 100 MG AND SOMETIMES AMLODIPINE 5 MG.

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Actually, the only thing bringing it down after 3 to 4 hours is time, not the medications. These medications don't work like that to bring it down that fast, they take time to work, which requires consistent dosing for 4 to 6 weeks to have an effect, occasionally doubling up, just when it spikes does nothing.

Have you consulted your doctor about the spikes?

What are you doing that may make it elevate like that?

You most likely need a med adjustment in the evening, which will probably be a higher dosage of one of them.

One that you could ask your doctor about that can bring it down faster is Labetalol. It's the one used via IV in most ERs to treat people in hypertensive crisis to bring BP down fast, but safely.

Learn more Labetalol details here.

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My husband's on BP meds and we have with our intimate time! What can he do?

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I meant to say when we have our intimate time he has trouble all the time !What could he do? He's already tried viagra!!Help!

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that is mostly true except for the clonidine! clonidine works 30 to 60 min after ingestion and reachs peak plasma concentrations in 2-3 hours! also Clonidine is uused in ER for Hypertensive Crisis starting at .2 mg first hour then .1 mg every hour till either a total of .6 mg or target blood pressure has been reached! i have Baroreceptor Failure which causes eith random BP spikes or BP spike when i lay down and i use Clonidine just like inmentions for Hypertensive Crisis and it usually works although you can become tolerant of current dosage and need to have doctor raise it every 6 months to a year depending how much you take

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