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Should you take afrin (oxymetazoline) if you have high blood pressure?

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Dr. Hashmat Rajput answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

NO: Afrin is oxymetazoline a nasal decongestant spray. It raises the blood pressure by constricting the blood vessels.

Answered 11/18/2013

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