Hey, Doctor Danny:

How come no one ever discusses if there are any dangers for men using poppers and also take medication for high blood pressure?

Most guys seem to now be aware, more or less, of the poppers vs. Viagra warning. But there are sure are a lot of men who take daily medication for high blood pressure and may not give popper use a second thought.

My ex started taking high blood pressure meds when he was about thirty-seven -- and he continued to use poppers with apparently no interaction. Then again, he DID seem to get dumber and dumber, but maybe that's my own biased opinion!

If high blood pressure meds reduce blood pressure, and poppers do the same thing, couldn't a similarly detrimental sudden drop in blood pressure occur as it might with Viagra?

Is this LESS likely to happen because men taking high blood pressure meds start out with higher blood pressure anyway? Or is it that the action of blood pressure meds and the action of poppers is different as compared to Viagra? Would Viagra cause that drop in blood pressure much more swiftly and for a shorter duration but blood pressure meds result in a steady normalization?

Or are the two "safe" to use?

If this is something that men should take seriously if they use high blood pressure medications, it might be good to start spreading the word.

I've never seen a warning against popper use with high blood pressure meds -- does that mean it's OK? Or is it that the warnings supplied with Viagra and other ED drugs are given more sternly because they are used for SEX and poppers are also used for sex, so the drug companies feel it more likely that the two might be combined?

Thanks!

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