'How does dietary fiber affect blood pressure medications when taken at the same time?

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Dietary fiber, especially soluble fiber, has shown to have a positive impact on blood pressure. When combined with blood pressure lowering medications, there will be an even greater effect on blood pressure:

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/hypertensionaha;38/4/821
That study conducted by the American Heart Association found that a diet high in soluble fiber lowered blood pressure amongst people diagnosed with hypertension as compared to when the same people were put on a low soluble fiber diet.

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