Blood Pressure Medication

[Deb 27]

If you use one pharmacy, their computers should alert to any significant drug interactions. You can always ask them as well as your Dr. Sometimes it seems like Drs. have so little time with us, it's always rushed!

Recently, I was put on levaquin for a UTI and sure enough the pharmacist alerted me to a drug interaction with my celexa. I chose to go off the celexa for a week.

[Poppy]

Thanks Deb, I now check with Doctor, Pharmacist and Google.

[Poppy]

Sorry to go on and on about this but is it usual for BP medication to work almost ovenight? After only 2 doses of Ramipril 2.5 mg my blood pressure has come down from 161/86 to 124/79. GP said it could take up to 2 wks to work so I'm really surprised.

[litliwlowa]

Sorry to go on and on about this but is it usual for BP medication to work almost ovenight? After only 2 doses of Ramipril 2.5 mg my blood pressure has come down from 161/86 to 124/79. GP said it could take up to 2 wks to work so I'm really surprised.

Depends on the medication. I'm not familiar with the one you've been prescribed. I'm on Avapro and Clonidine. The clonidine is fast acting, usually brings down a BP spike within 30 minutes.

Plus our bodies are different, so we're going to respond differently to medications.