Information and opinions on health from jhoomar at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/22196/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/22196/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/22196/index http://www.healthcentral.com/high-blood-pressure/c/22196/20583/due Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:12:00 -0500 jhoomar My 75 year old mother has had high blood pressure for many years and has been taking Amlodipine (5mg) for it. For the last 4 nights consequetively she has had nosebleed due to high BP (it went up to 110/190). The doctor cauterized her nose and started her on Cozaar (100 mg) a couple of days ago but she still had a nosebleed yesterday (not excessive though). Does the new medication take some time to stabilize the blood... http://www.healthcentral.com/high-blood-pressure/c/22196/20583/due