PROCARDIA XL Reviews (NIFEDIPINE)

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PROCARDIA XL  (NIFEDIPINE):  Nifedipine is used alone or in combination with other drugs to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is also used for certain types of chest pain (angina). It may help increase your ability to exercise and decrease the frequency of chest pain attacks. It should not be used to treat chest pain when it occurs. Use other medications (e.g., sublingual nitroglycerin) to relieve attacks of chest pain as directed by your doctor. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. This medication is known as a calcium channel blocker. It works by relaxing and widening blood vessels so blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 1989-09-06 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Hypertension Panic attacks lt. Headed sleepless nights It works for awhile then it backfire on you. F 74 4 months
30mg. 1X day
12/28/2022
 1  High blood pressure/preeclampsia The worst medication on the planet. I started this medicine right before I got pregnant. At first, the anxiety, loss of appetite and palpitations started but then I found out I was pregnant so they kept me on it. I was diagnosed with ppa/ppd but was not on medication but doing therapy then I suddenly stopped thus meds and I started to feel better but then my bo went back up and I continued to the meds, this time, the panic attacks, anxiety loss of appetite, insomnia, feel like I'm dying and ended up in the ER, I just decided to goggle and I'm shocked I'm not the only one going through this ordeal. I took a dose this morning before reading the reviews, I will never take another pill of this medicine for the rest of my life. This medicine should be pulled out of the market, please stay away, it's a dangerous drug. F 42 100 days
30 mg er 1X day
11/16/2021
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 1  Postpartum preeclampsia Chest pain, acid reflux, arm and leg cramps, headaches, anxious feeling, severe shortness of breath,fast heart rate and palpitations. This medicine had me feeling like I was having a heart attack or maybe a blood clot but everything always came out normal in the ED( I went so many times I lost count). I would not recommend this medication past two weeks or so. I did not realize it was the medicine causing all of that until I did my research on it. After stopping it some symptoms went away after one day but still experienced other symptoms for some time after. I am still going through them for I just stopped the medicine 5 days ago before this post F 35 6 weeks
30 mg 1X day
10/10/2021
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 1  Postpartum Preeclampsia Extreme anxiety and panic attacks, tingling/numb feeling in hands and arms, occasionally legs and feet; swelling in hands and feet, headaches (not helped by meds), cannot relax- constant tension- clenching of jaw, knots in neck; high resting heart rate, chest pains, fatigue, dizziness when standing too quickly. If you can, try other medications. I just got removed due to an improvement in my meds, but after two trips to the ER due to different side effects, I asked for a new med if I have to go back on them. F 30 61 days
30 1X day
7/30/2021
 1  High Blood Pressure Anxiety, neck tightness, tingly sensation through left arm, chest and neck; insomnia and trouble sleeping. F 35 3 days
30 mg 1X day
1/17/2021
 1   0 days
1X day
11/26/2020
 1  Blood pressure Swings in blood pressure. Took me forever to figure this out. High anxiety. Warm flushing tingling in face ears and feet. Anxiety is so high I am close to making poor decisions and or mentally paralyzed. I am going to see another doctor. It's scary I've made it this long. M 59 9 months
30 1X day
10/1/2020
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 1  Hbp Headache Extreme fatigue Pounding heart Constipation Swelling in hands and lower legs and feet Trouble breathing Insomnia Extreme lower back pain Extreme heartburn Throat swelling Overall feeling of impending doom I am extremely angry at my new doctor for prescribing this medication to me without warning me about the horrible side effects that could occur. Suffice it to say that I am changing doctors. Just because he has never been on this medication does not mean that he shouldn’t disclose the potential side effects, which are numerous, and that I’ve experienced over the past 3 days. I feel extremely sorry for people who have these side effects and haven’t attributed them to the medication. I agree with others that this drug should be taken off the market. (And if you look it up, these are COMMON side effects. Not rare. That’s ridiculous. F 50 3 days
60 mg
12/28/2019
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 1  Hypertension Nervousness, anxiety, feeling like something bad was going to happen to me, loss of appetite potentially due to the anxiety, palpitations all day long. About 5 days after starting this medication I felt nervous as a passenger in a car. The next day I had a full blown panic attack that sent me to the er. I attributed it to me not handling being on bp meds. Well everyday after that I would have anxiety attacks every afternoon and then I would feel better. Then slowly every morning and afternoon and night. I called me doc to see if I could stop the medications and the first day off idk if i had withdrawal symptoms but I had the worst palpitations that sent me back to the er 10 days after the first attack. I've been off the meds about 9 days now and in slowly feel I am getting better each day. I was about to go on anti anxeity/depression medication bc docs were telling me that these arent side effects, even though I have no history of panic attacks. I am sorry for other people having to go through this but after reading some comments, am happy I wasnt the only one. This drug is horrible! F 33 15 days
9/10/2019
 1  Hypertension Has anyone else lost their appetite with this medicine and lost some weight? Also extreme fatigue, short of breath and depression. F 66 50 days
30mg.
6/14/2018
 1  Hypertension Please don’t doubt yourself because this medicine will work but the side effects are real. I had no problems at first then started feeling dizzy and it elevated my heart rate as if I was having a panic attack/ heart attack and it even raised my BP I also had shortness of breath. This medication should be taken off the market. F 34 3 months
60mg daily
3/24/2018
 1  Postpartum hypertension I had high bp for the first few days after giving birth, then it went down to 117/80 on avg daily after three weeks on the pill, sometimes it’s lower. I wake up dizzy, with an all over headache. Every day i have shortness of breath, leg cramps, joint pain, back pain, weakness, and shakiness. F 21 40 days
90
11/30/2017
 1  Hypertension during potential preg Flushing, warmth of lower legs/feet, tingling burning face at first, then progressed to severe palpitations/heart pounding/fast heart beat, chest pain/tightness, severe indigestion, profound fatigue, insomnia, nausea causing weight loss, and the worst, extreme anxiety/feeling of impending doom/depression. The side effects for me started as tolerable, and then progressed to completely debilitating. Had to go on antidepressants and anti anxiety meds because I thought I had developed a severe panic disorder. I became a different, non functioning person on this drug. After being taken off, I was back to normal, free from all side effects, within 3 days. The potential side effects of this drug are very scary to experience. F 31 5 months
60mg
2/19/2016
 1  blood pressure high First off. I read through everyone's comments because I wanted to know did I have similar symptoms and a lot of them I did. I have been looking for answers about this medication to find out is it still effective after years on it;and can it raise your blood pressure or stop working after years on it. I have developed symptoms such as anxiety, anger issues where I get upset to the point I could rip someone's head off, even though I can still control my anger. I have high heart rate, always now and I notice it a lot of times when I am laying down. Shaky weak feeling sometimes and headaches a lot more than usual. I don't know if this medication increases my blood pressure or is it just not working anymore. I started taking this medication in "03" even though I wasn't taking it all the time like I needed too.I would bit recommend it just because I am not sure if it is causing me to have these symptoms or if it even works. I am too scared to take another medication but I will need to see a specialist about this soon. If you guys have any more information about being on this medication for long periods of time and how it affects your body please let me know. F 28 10 years
60 mg xl
11/27/2014
 1  post partum preeclampsia At first I was prescribed 60 mg procardia Xl then my doctor added labetalol along with increasing the procardia to 90 Xl daily. At first the drug worked well but the longer I took it the worse the side effects became. The side effects are, dizziness, short of breath, faint feeling when I stand up, heaviness in my chest,headache, depression, anxiety, nervousness, and unusual fatigue.This medication feels like it is killing me, when I miss a day I feel normal again and my blood pressure does not get any higher than 140/106, although that is still hypertensive. It is not terribly high, so I wonder how beneficial this medication really is for me ? I am glad that I made an appointment with a cardiac specialist to mange my blood pressure and hopefully take me off of this awful drug. F 42 6 weeks
90
7/16/2014
 1  High blood pressure High Pules, Fast heart rate At first it worked great but over time Pules rate went higher and higher. So bad it felt like my heart was beating out of my chest. This stuff was not for me. If this happens to you tell your Dr. You want to try something eles. Fast heart rate is a side effect of this stuff. M 33 6 months
90 MG 1X day
5/18/2013
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 1  High Blood Pressure I had problems with being very violent and upset about everything. I felt very tired constantly. I had a problem with trying to hit someone with my car. I decided it was time to get off the crazy pills and move to Norvasc. It is a horrible medication. My blood pressure didn't go down at all, it actually went up because I was irritated 24/7. I do not recommend this medication to anyone. M 19 6 months
30mg 1X day
3/10/2010
 1  hypertension depression, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness Drug didn't do anything for hypertension, very expensive, Dr only kept increasing dose to 90mg. This stuff is worthless and the side effects are awful. They should take it off the market. F 64 2 years
4/22/2009
 1  Severe hypertension Didn't help my HTN, still 160/100. The swelling in my ankles and hands are unbelievable. Weight gain ridiculous. I stopped taking it. F 52 4 months
6/28/2008
 1  high bp and migraine Migraine I took a dose the first evening and woke with a migraine the next morning. None of my regular medications relieved the migraine and I ended up in the ER F 32 1 days
6/4/2008
  

PROCARDIA XL  (NIFEDIPINE):  Nifedipine is used alone or in combination with other drugs to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is also used for certain types of chest pain (angina). It may help increase your ability to exercise and decrease the frequency of chest pain attacks. It should not be used to treat chest pain when it occurs. Use other medications (e.g., sublingual nitroglycerin) to relieve attacks of chest pain as directed by your doctor. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. This medication is known as a calcium channel blocker. It works by relaxing and widening blood vessels so blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 1989-09-06 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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