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Hi - I am still unsure about when to take my blood pressure meds. I was told by my nurse to always take the sof/led first.

I take my sof/ led in the morning around 9 am, sometimes a bit earlier about 8 am. (Does it matter if it is not the EXACT same time?)

How does Amlodipine blood pressure medication affect sof/led ?

I have had conflicting advice about WHEN to take the blood pressure medication. Presently I am taking it four hours after the sof/led, so about lunchtime. But I don't like that as my blood pressure is already high in the morning.

And it's a bit of a double whammy as the hospital has cut my blood pressure dose to half, so it is now 5mg and not very effective anyway. ( In fact a triple whammy as sof/led raises blood pressure also.)

I do have a hospital appt in two weeks but it would be good to get some advice now, thanks.

Hi Debs
I have had elevated BP since peg/inf
I was on Atacand but a month ago switched to Coversyl because it is green flagged and the Atacand was yellow on the drug interactions charts
I'm also on only 5mg and I realised that my huge Public Hospital which I attended on Friday didn't even check my bp!
In fact I think I too will book with my local GP for a check up thanks Debs
I have had a banging headache since 4am needed a dose of panadiene forte and enough water to get a camel across the Simpson Desert
Defs time to get some advice re these issues will follow this thread ty for starters it
Xx Ariel

Getting your local GP to tinker with BP Meds is a great idea. Show him/her the interactions checker and it should be simple.

Happy to sort it online if you buy a BP machine.

Taking the Amlodipine first and the Sof an hour or two later would be fine too if you want to separate them.

Thankyou very much James

Hi Deb and Ariel
I take sof/dac in the morning about 6am, it is high summer in in Aus and the sun rises at 5.45am in Victoria. I have an early start to the day generally after only a few hours sleep. Pre Tx I would sleep for 10-12 hours nightly. I am taking Irbesartan for high blood pressure which according to the drug interaction chart comes up coded green with no interaction expected & this was confirmed by Doc James. I have begun to delay taking this med till bout 9am. Like you I am concerned about my blood pressure as something feels different now & I will have it checked on Thursday when I meet my new specialist for the first time. I am day 38. A all the best X