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I have been taking tenex (guanfacine) for about a month. for the past couple of weeks i have been experiencing all the major side effects including hypokinesia, impotence, insomnia, paresthesia etc. will all these tortuous side effects become permanent ev
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Probably not: You do have several of the listed side effects. If you stop the Tenex (guanfacine) be careful as your BP mat shoot up. These problems are probably not permanent I hope that helped some.
Answered 9/23/2014
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