Posted by atypical on February 26, 2010, at 23:41:37
In reply to Spontaneous Hypertensive Crisis on MAOI, posted by George Romero on February 26, 2010, at 23:25:29
MAOI hypertensive crisis is scary. I've never read or heard about a spontaneous one. To answer your question, yes, there is still a medication that rapidly lowers blood pressure. My doctor gave me nifedipine capsules. I took one when I got a hypertensive crisis from cheese. It was scary. Sky high BP, like 190/110 or something. I bit into and swallowed the pill. Pressure went down gradually. I did go to the ER just in case though. Was home in a few hours.
>can't i just carry around that sublingual med that rapidly lowers bp, or are doctors not doing that anymore?
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