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Reviewer: Wyojeanne@aol.com, 75 or over Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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on for month, sweats at night, very dry mouth, feels like lips & tongue swollen, hope symptons abate as usage continues, also sleepy all time, brain fuzzy, thighs sore & heavy feeling.
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Reviewer: bbaaww, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I used Clorpres for many years. The cost was over one hundred a month, so I went with Clonidine. The Clorpres has a diuretic in it, but otherwise it is just Clonidine. My biggest problem is hair loss. I am finding it too annoying. My hair was fine with Clorpres. The BP numbers are okay. I went through over 17 prescriptions before settling on the Clorpres,and I feel I need to go looking for somethi
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Reviewer: inkoming, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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prolific constipation, extreme dry mouth, swollen gums etc. Fail to see any BP improvement even with two tablets per day.
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Reviewer: none, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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clonidine for me has been a life saver, after three doctors and twenty or so blood pressure kinds of pills, clonidine worked best for me. it is not perfect but works great 99 percent of the time.
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Reviewer: Jess, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Been on clonidine for over a year now for extremely high bp that is hard to control. At first worked great. Now I take it 4x per day it's barely moves my bp and the side effects are terrible. Dizziness, dry eyes and mouth. Also if I don't take it right before bed I don't sleep at all but when I do take it right before bed I wake up with terrible migraines, also have very vivid dreams.
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