PROCARDIA XL Reviews (NIFEDIPINE)Average Rating: 2.2 (52 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROCARDIA XL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROCARDIA XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | 0 days 1X day | 11/26/2020 | 5 | Raynaunds | If I take 90 mg I get dizzy and my Bp is too low. Been on it five years for Raynauds no issues. | F | 48 | 1 days 60mg | 2/8/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | Headache | Doctor said it might cause headaches and it did. One 30 mg dose gave me a headache for two days. Now I have always had a probelm with headaches (since adolesence). The beta blocker (atenolol) I have used for the last 25 years tended to suppress them. I was still using the atenolol when I took the procardia. Developed a severe headache within 3 hours. | M | 51 | 1 days | 4/8/2006 | 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 | 3 | Raynaud’s disease | Anxiety . Tiredness. Short tempered. Irritated. Slight appetite decrease. Shortness of breath . | F | 40 | 3 days 30 MG | 3/12/2020 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Postpartum preeclampsia | Extreme headache that Tylenol barely touches. Hot, red feet that somewhat get swollen. Giddiness. Racing heart sometimes. Ringing in ears occasionally. It does help stabilize my blood pressure, though. | F | 26 | 6 days 60mg 1X day | 6/2/2021 | 2 | High blood pressure while pregnant | Anxiety and panic attacks, worry, can't remember some things, jittery can't relax, and insomnia. | I started taking this medication when I had a high blood pressure reading while pregnant. I am supposed to take 60mg before breakfast and 30 at bedtime. Imagine having side effects that I have listed and being pregnant, not good. I want to get off this medication because now I'm am constantly worrying and scared to go to the doctor, or pretty much to go about my day for that matter. I'm glad I found this site because it feels like I'm the only one suffering. | F | 39 | 7 days 60mg 2X day | 9/11/2023 | 2 | hypertension | Redness, fever, and swelling of knees, lower legs, and feet. Never had this to happen before. | Doctor changed to a different medication. | F | 32 | 8 days 30mg 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 1 | Hypertension-unknown cause | Horrible drug. Made me a very crazy, angry person. Normally people irritate me but I was overreacting like I never have before | Stopped taking it and over next 3 days became much calmer and less irratable. May not happen to everyone but if you go on this and notice your temper flaring, stop the med before you kill someone----Didn't lower my BP very much | M | 40 | 14 days | 2/25/2006 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Postpartum preeclampsia | Fluttering heart, extreme dizziness, fatigue, eye floaters, stabbing pain in head, stabbing sensation in chest | Works to control BP but might go too low. | F | 31 | 45 days 30 mg | 8/16/2019 | 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 | 2 | HBP | 30 MG dosage, had some mild swelling for a couple of days. No effect on BP. Upped to 60 MG dosage in the second month. Within a few days experienced uncomfortable edema in feet. My migraines went from 4-5 per month to 10-11. I developed pain in my sternum that made it impossible for me to lie on my side in bed because of the pain. I originally attributed it to my fibromylagia, but the pain went away within a few days of my doctor taking me off of this medication because of the swelling. I have also not had a full blown migraine since stopping this medication. I was taking a generic manufactured by Mylan. | This medication did not work for me at all. But I also recognize that people with positive experiences rarely post on an internet forum such as this, which to me, explains the largely negative ratings on many medications. I am by no means saying that my experience should keep you from taking this, but rather educate yourself and be aware of potential side effects, and discuss potential side effects with your doctor. | F | 37 | 60 days 60 MG 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 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/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 | 2 | Postpartum hypertension | Extreme Anxiety, blurred vision, occasional stabbing pain in the back of my head, extremely shaky, sweaty feet, heavy feeling all over. Faster heart rate, slight chest pains in my sternum. | I absolutely hate this medicine. Yes it keeps my blood pressures near normal but I have no idea how anyone can function on this medication. I have zero quality of life since taking this medication. I can’t control living like this. It's not worth taking. | F | 39 | 3 weeks 30-60 1X day | 3/3/2023 | 2 | Post partum high blood pressure | Made me irrationally angry and very depressed. Thought it was ppd starting, but the feelings started shortly after I started the drug and stopped a few days after stopping taking it. Also caused the worst headaches of my life. It did lower BP a bit but being suicidal all the time is not a good tradeoff. | F | 40 | 4 weeks | 2/1/2020 |
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)