High blood pressure medications works in different ways and can have an effect in different time periods. In general you should allow about 2 - 3 weeks to see a full effect from a medication. This full effect is not only what the medication does, but how your system reacts to the drug and adjusts to the changes.
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The most important thing the nurse should worry about, is if their patient will be able to breathe on there own, without suffocating.