Why lower blood pressure?
Your doctor has prescribed minoxidil to lower your blood pressure and protect vital parts of your body. Uncontrolled blood pressure can cause stroke, heart failure, blindness, kidney failure and heart attacks. Most people with high blood pressure need to take medicines to treat it for their whole lives. Who should not take Minoxidil? There are many people with high blood pressure, but most of them do not need minoxidil. Minoxidil is used ONLY when your doctor decides that: 1. your high blood pressure is severe; 2. your high blood pressure is causing symptoms or damage to vital organs; and 3. other medicines did not work well enough or had very disturbing side effects. Minoxidil should be taken only when a doctor prescribes it. Never give any of your minoxidil tablets, or any other high blood pressure medicine, to a friend or relative. Pregnancy: In some cases doctors may prescribe minoxidil for women who are pregnant or who are planning to have children. However, its safe use in pregna
