NORVASC Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (780 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORVASC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NORVASC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Hypertension | Experienced heart palpitations continuously that wake me and have not completely gone away. Also have shortness of breath. Have become very anxious and can hardly wait for this to get out of my body. | F | 64 | 3 days 5.0mg | 6/22/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | ~ Lethargic ~ Chills ~ Constant clearing of throat ~ Body felt like it was full of bruises ~ Muscle weakness ~ Persistent backache/headache | I feel like I can sleep for days on end, under this drug. I never felt energetic and the dull muscle soreness and chills made me feel like I had the flu. If I crossed my arms too long, my forearms felt like they were bruised just from the arm-crossing! Body feels achy and sore, all over. Not a good thing. My BP was still 117/91 under this medication. I have since replaced this with Losartan 30MG. | M | 51 | 2 months 5MG 1X day | 6/19/2015 | 1 | HBP | My feet were swollen so badly I could barely walk on them. Heart palpitations, painful joints in feet, depression, EXTREME fatigue and muscle weakness. The fatigue and muscle weakness were so debilitating that I was barely able to perform my normal everyday routines, such as getting dressed and folding laundry. I have been tested for thyroid issues, blood clots in legs and lungs, vitamin deficiencies. One would think my doctor would realize these could be side effects of the medicine she's had me on.After reading other stories like mine, I will not take tonight's dose and will never take Norvasc again. | F | 37 | 4 months 5 MG 1X day | 5/30/2015 | 5 | hypertension | Depression_fatigue_fluid retension | It works for my hypertension.but side effects boder me | F | 36 | 1 days | 5/29/2015 | 1 | because lisinopril causes coughing | Headache,body aches,very tired,restless sleep | Im telling doctor this is not it. | F | 49 | 3 weeks 5mg | 5/12/2015 | 4 | Htn | Been taking Amlodopine Besylate three years now and it lowered my blood pressure. However, I am a little concerned because my Bp has been recently 98/59. Feel tired now but can't sleep, how odd. I just take prn, but the doctor says keep taking it. Well I quit a week ago and have not had any rebound hypertension. I am also a thyroid patient. | F | 33 | 3 years | 5/10/2015 | 1 | My husband took it for high bp. | After taking Norvasc for two weeks, my husband became short of breath, swelled up with water, became extremely weak, experienced a racing heart, and his mobility deteroriated. Even after the doctor took him off after two weeks, his condition continued to deteroriate. He was never the same after taking this drug and died in April from what appeared to be a heart attack.This was the first medication he had been prescribed for high blood pressure. | I would not recommend Norvasc to anyone. | M | 63 | 2 weeks | 5/2/2015 | 1 | High BP | I posted back in Feb that I was weak and had pain. Things have gotten worse. I have such crippling depression that I am motivated to do nothing in life. | Not only the weakness, pain and depression..but if have ANY excitement I feel as if my heart will pound out of my chest. An orgasm is frightening! I hate this drug but it brings down my bp. I cut down to 5mg a day taking 2.5 at night and 2.5 in the morning. I still am depressed, though not as bad. | F | 60 | 5 days 5mg 2X day | 5/1/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | blurred vision, leg pain, shortness of breath, panic attacks, depression, manic episodes, can't sleep normal | I am so glad I found this site for the past 2 days I have thought I was having a heart attack and have freaked out be in the car and just had the craziest & weirdest side effects from this drug.. Reading other people's experiences has let me know it's the medicine and I'm not crazy!! I refuse to every take this medicine again!! I can't sleep normal, I think they should have to take this medicine off the market its horrible!! Don't take unless you really have to. | F | 35 | 4 days 5 mg | 5/1/2015 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | I am increasingly concerned about my short term memory. i'm 44 and lately am half-convinced i'm getting alzheimer's. I have a significantly low thyroid and while I take Synthroid, i'm not convinced it does all it should, so not sure what to attribute memory issue to, but it's freaking me out so I googled drug and found this site. I've had LASIK and had near perfect vision, but it's increasingy blurry. I was chalking it up to my age and needing reading glases, but feel like it's more than that. Time to see my doctor. i hate to go back to Lisinopril, it made me cough all the time. Maybe it's time to lose a few #'s and lay off the salt. | F | 44 | 12 months 15 MG 1X day | 4/9/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Swelling of face & legs, crawling skin, severe aches and pains throught body, severe depression, severe anxiety and panic attacks, extreme fatigue, fever | A week ago I ended up in the ER thanks to my allergies running amok and causing my lips, eyes and face to swell. One of the first things they did was to take my BP and it was off the charts. In addition to being sent home with a prednisone script, I was I had to get on BP meds ASAP, and was given a months supply of amlodipine. In one short week my life and health have taken a nosedive thanks to this pill. The fatigue it causes is horrifying. Walking 10 feet from my bedroom to bathroom to shower should NOT require rest breaks each way en route! It never used to before this pill came into my life. And if that isn't bad enough, I've found myself suddenly struggling mightily with crippling depression and anxiety attacks, neither of which I normally suffer from. For anyone out there who does battle either of these (or other) mental illnesses, I implore you to have a long talk with you doctor about whether this is the right drug for you, then have an even longer talk with your pharmacist who is more knowledgeable about these drugs and their side effects. In addition to those side effects I've also had tremendous back pain (something I hadn't had prior), my face and legs are swelling, my skin feels like it's crawing, and I feel feverish. Rather than continue on down the road of better living through chemistry, I'm opting, with my docto's help, to make drastic lifestyle choices in hopes of lowering my BP without meds. If that doesn't work I'll revisit the medication option, but will | F | 49 | 7 days | 4/1/2015 | 3 | Nausea and Boby pain | M | 40 | 1 days | 3/30/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Weight gain, swelling of legs, face, ankles and feet. Feeling of something crawling on me. Dry eyes, blurred vision. Increased heart rate, back pain. | The side effects definitely outweigh the benefits. I stopped the medication after the swelling in my feet and ankles became unbearable to walk on. I have asked to be put back on lisinopril, which I was previously on but stopped taking it after I was told that a women of childbearing age should not be taking it. I did not experience these sort of side effects while on lisinopril just frequent urination. My advice to others is to find out what the side effects of medications are before taking them. | F | 36 | 3 weeks 10 mg | 3/29/2015 | 1 | Blood pressure | Have me tired..give me a feeli.g like im having a panic attack..lighheaded..feel like my bp is up wit dis drug... | M | 42 | 3 months | 3/19/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Felt like I was lightheaded . And I had palpations and felt really tired and weak . | I am going to my Dr and asking him to take me off this drug. I do not like feeling Sick. | F | 63 | 3 months 5mg | 3/16/2015 | 1 | BP | Severe heart palpitations, vertigo, depression, swelling of both hands and legs. Memory loss and confusion. | This drug apparently is only used in Veterinary use in Europe because of the horrific side effects. I have felt suicidal since taking it. It's cheap so Practitioners keep prescribing it. Have never felt so ill in my entire life. Avoid it if possible. I had all the symptoms of heart failure and it turned out to be this dreadful drug. | M | 46 | 1 weeks 5mg | 3/15/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Palpitations, nausea, unable to sleep properly, weakness, breathlessness | When prescribed amlidopine I wasn't asked about allergies or lifestyle. I wasn't told I'd be on it for life. Prescribing was based purely on a BP reading. My doctor prescribed me a higher dose despite a fall in BP but I stuck with 5mg. I would like to get off it completely. Has anyone done that? Is it actually possible or am I now trapped? | F | 67 | 3 months 5mg | 3/6/2015 | 3 | high blood pressure | Had a stroke, left hopspital on 5mg Norvasc. Was upped to 10 a week after getting out of hospital. Thought nothing of it, but on looking back noted that recovery from stroke was very much slower after med was increased, so went off it for 3 days just to see what it was doing. BP went up, so went back on, and BP went down, but all the improvements in physical well-being, increased movement that I was experiencing when I was off went away when I went back on. The doc has now decreased the dose to 5mg and I am feeling better, but think complete getting off will improve things even more. But how to keep BP under control. May have to try magnesium glycinate and coq10. By the way, the side effects of dizziness, messed up vision, increased lack of coordination, burning, tingling, numbness were getting progressively worse. I really did not think the tingling etc. was due to the med until I took that little break. I thought it was part of recovering from the stroke. After all, I had never had a | M | 47 | 16 months 10mg 1X day | 2/6/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | weakness, leg pain, exhaustion, headaches, | At first this seemed as if it'd be a dream drug for me. First I noticed I started to get pain in my shins when I ran on the treadmill, something I have been doing easily for over a year. I finally had to start limiting my work out more each day. Today I woke up as if I'd been hit by a truck! I usually walk my dogs 3 miles in the morning...its become a matter of blocks! | F | 63 | 2 weeks 5mg 2X day | 2/4/2015 | 1 | hbp | If u like feeling tired all the time then this is right medication for u! | 40 | 1 years 5mg | 2/3/2015 |