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Doxazosin For High Bp

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Bazile | 15:15 Tue 29th Nov 2016 | Body & Soul
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On the instruction leaflet it says something like -

Under certain circumstances the dosage may be increased to 16 mg per day .

What circumstances would that be then ?

16 mg seems high
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16 moms seems an OK dose to me if required.
If 8mgms was not lowering the BP satisfactorily then that would be an indication to raise the dose.
Not my idea of management of high BP but that is a personal opinion.
I've been taking Adizem 300mg for many years now, but it still wasn't enough to take my BP down to the desired level, so they added in 5mg Ramipril, which did the trick.
You will be started on an initial dose, then depending on how that affects your high BP you will be gradually given an increased dose if necessary to reach an optimum maintenance dose.
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The maximum dose is 16 mg / daily , according to the instruction leaflet

It just seemed a bit odd to say ' under certain circumstances ' - without further ellaboration .

' under certain circumstances ' just means if it isn't working at a lower dose.
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right ho

Thanks all
perhaps they don't spell it out because they don't want the patient to think he can double his own dosage

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