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 | high blood pressure | Loss of memory, had to pee every 20 minutes, confusion, loss of breath while trying to sleep, no reduction in my blood pressure numbers. | after beginning this horrible drug I felt confused (could not find areas in my town that I had known for decades) would wake up suddenly trying to catch my breath, would pee all the time, and blood pressure was actually rising instead of falling, vision messed up and thoughts of suicide came and went.....stopped taking it and everything went back to normal after awhile. This is HORRIBLE!!!! | F | 57 | 45 days 10MG 1X day | 4/3/2017 | 1 | Bp was high | Memory failure..lost thingsminutes after put down. With no recall!! Fatigue, throat tight, achy,letgargic | F | 49 | 10 days | 3/17/2017 | 2 | high blood pressure | Dry mouth depression memory loss Swollen lower legs | Blood pressure down but bad side effects. Thought i was having alzhimers starting till I read these comments | M | 74 | 1 months 5 mg | 3/13/2017 | 1 | High blood pressure | Tachycardia, chest pressure and pain, kidney pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, massive anxiety | This garbage is POISON!!!! DO NOT TAKE IT!! | M | 36 | 10 days 10 | 2/25/2017 | 1 | 3rd drug added to control hbp | Major swelling in ankles and legs. Horrible joint pain. Decreased appetite. No change in bp numbers. | F | 42 | 2 weeks 5 | 2/17/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | Absolutely horrible!! I called my dr after taking for 2 days to report my side effects of extreme fatigue, lightheaded, dizzy, blurred vision. Blood pressure dropped to 101/50. I could not function at all. Terrible terrible medicine. He told me that he doubted my numbers because I would be passing out and see my family doctor. My neighbor is a RN. Came over and took blood pressure and it was correct. Finally got in touch with another doctor in the practice that took me off and said rest for 48 hours then call him and let him know how I feel. I thought I was truly going to die. Been off for 36 hours now and feel so much better already. Never will take this again | F | 58 | 10 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/7/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | Right eye swelled up under lid,depression,anxiety lost of appetite heart rate was 120 to God be the glory I didn't stay on it Thank you Jesus!!! | F | 39 | 6 days 5mg | 12/12/2016 | 5 | High blood pressure | None | I started this medication(NORVASC)today.I was taking 12.5mg (microzide) for 3 weeks had heart palpitations,feeling disoriented (like I was dying) went to ER (low potassium) so they gave me 4 tab(potassium) was fine after that.Then saw my Dr. 2 weeks ago got blood work done and potassium was still low so my dr. called me yesterday to tell me I was sensitive to microzide so she told me to stop taking it.And she put me on this medication.Took it At 7am this morning after eating toast & banana.Now as I'm writing this review (1:34pm) still feel great.No heart palpitations,(dying feeling) only feel tiny flutters in my heart but nothing uncomfortable.Thats it.I do feel like I have more energy(weird) but great feeling.I have had erratic high blood pressure(hypertension) for a little over a year tried the DASH diet without any results.BP would still rise especially at the doctor's office.She has me sit there a few min then take it again it would go back down from 156/106 to 134/80 (much better) happens Everytime I go to the doctor's.So I am hoping this medication continues to do a good job for me.I read a lot of reviews on here mostly negative.But I have noticed something most are on more then 1 medication & or on the original medication.I seem to do pretty well on generic medication yes it seems weird but I do.Is anyone else like that? Does better on generic medication? Please let me know. | F | 37 | 1 days 5mg | 12/6/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Painful thumps in chest (missed beats) insomnia, severe stomach bloating, water retention. Feelings of helplessness anxiety. It has brought my bp down but at what cost. Strangest med I have ever taken. I feel lost in a fog of sadness and as if this is the beginning of the end. Due to have dose doubled tomorrow, I just cant. | Please remember pharmaceutical companies are businesses, they don't care about you, like YOU do. Most of us can change this ourselves if we care enough. You deserve good health but as I'm learning it must be earnt. Start today people x | F | 41 | 5 days 5 1X day | 12/4/2016 | 2 | Blood Pressure | Dizziness. Total loss of inner ear balance function. Stuffed head feeling. | Dizziness set in shortly after beginning. Specifically, it knocked out all my vestibular balance function. In other words. I had my kinetic sense and my visual sense, but I could not, for instance, stand upright with my eyes closed without falling over. I could sit on a chair or the bed or lie in bed and be okay, because my body was in substantial contact with a reliable surface or known orientation. I withdrew from the drug, which was only providing marginal improvement over my other two BO drugs that I have taken for years with untoward effects. With 48 hours, my inner ear function began returning, but erratically, resulting in frank vertigo. It's now been five days without, and my inner ear is somewhat normalized. I can stand with my eyes closed, for instance. I still have the "head stuffed" feeling that went with the dizziness, but it has lessened. I credit this wen site and everyone's contributions with giving me the clue. The fact that this came on shortly after taking the drug and is resolving within days of stopping it, leaves little doubt as to the cause. Drugs have side-effects. Not everyone gets them, and not everyone gets the same ones. Most have none and have a satisfactory experience. The other two drugs I take have known untoward effects, too, but I've never had any of them that gave me any trouble. (I don't count bathroom visits at night to be an untoward effect of a diuretic. That's how they work.) This not a "bad" drug, but it does seem | M | 67 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 12/2/2016 | 1 | Elevated bp | Horrible, worsening side effects. BOTH PHYSICAL & EMOTIONAL. Felt fine with slightly elevated bp to fearful of having heart attack or stroke. Water retention to chest pains to my chest, neck and throat feel like closing in!! Doc cut my anxiety meds same time so til I got mad enough and had enough energy to read about other patients I thought I was having panic & anxiety attacks turning me into major depression. NO, ITS THIS BP MED! have fibromyalgia too so put the weird million other side effects to that. Nope. Its this drug they put me on THEN RAISED FROM 10MG TO 20MG. | F | 46 | 3 months 20 | 11/19/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | HORRIBLE side effects for me, and I only took 1/2 a pill. I lost my appetite, felt nauseous all day, and just felt "out of it." Like I was on a sedative...tired, lethargic, didn't feel myself. As soon as I stopped taking it, I felt way better. | F | 34 | 9 days 10 mg 1X day | 11/15/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Pounding heartbeat; pain in my shoulders, arms, and legs; EXTREME fatigue to the point of exhaustion; don't sleep well (never had trouble sleeping before this drug); red blotches on feet; bloodshot eyes; weird tingly sensations. | My BP was 170/110, doctor put me on 5 mg Norvasc, then upped it to 7.5 mg. Side effects were even worse, so went back to the 5 mg and added 10 mg Lisinopril. Am going to see if I can reduce dose or change meds. | F | 36 | 4 months 5 1X day | 10/27/2016 | 1 | Blood pressure | Joint pains, muscle fatigue, extreme fatigue, depression, terrible constipation | F | 68 | 3 months 2.5mg | 10/8/2016 | 4 | high blood pressure | Libido increased to unbelievable heights. I feel like I am 21.The blood flow to my vagina has increased ten fold. I am walking around all day feeling aroused. It seems to be stronger in the morning. | However, I have side effects that are less desirable which include, ankle swelling, tingling feet, knee and back pain, stomach discomfot, brain fog, fatigue and inability to sleep at bedtime. | F | 58 | 1 months 30MG | 9/5/2016 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | SEVERE allergic reaction - swelling of throat, face, hands, ankles, confusion, lethargic, constantly tired, restless legs 24/7. AWFUL drug - should be BANNED in the US like it already is in the Netherlands! | My doc put me on this AMLODIPINE BESYLATE crap because she said the Losartan was increasing my potassium number? I had been taking that for years and years and never had a problem, until she switched me to this pill of death. Woke up one morning, thought I had strep throat, face swollen, looked like I had the mumps. Got to Urgent Care and within minutes they were calling 911 for an ambulance - 2 ambulance rides, 2 hospitals and 2 days later I was almost back to normal. Never had an allergic reaction to ANYTHING in my entire life! Scary thing is a friend of mine just went through the SAME thing with this SAME medicine. I think it needs to be investigated!! | F | 54 | 2 weeks 5 MG 1X day | 9/1/2016 | 1 | Norvas (amplodine) 10mg | Extreme shortness of breath, lightheaded dizzy,fast irregular heart beats, tiredness, crying spells, feverish, insomnia suicidal thoughts, no motivation, anxiety and panick attacks.. | Elevated blood pressure when standing and elevated heart rate acid reflux also can't seem to think straight.. horrible horrible drug | F | 44 | 3 months 10 mg | 8/30/2016 | 3 | High bp | Worked well with my bp went from 180/90 to about 130/70 in a number of weeks. However I'm experiencing awful side effects mostly feeling dizzy and light headed with mild back and chest pain with increased urination. | I don't know whether to stick with it and put up with this. I guess I'm worried that the medication is harming me in some way. I do love the reduced bp though. | M | 57 | 3 months 5mg | 8/28/2016 | 4 | High blood pressure | I don't appear to have had strongly negative side effects after taking this drug. In fact , this is the third bp medication I've tried as I couldn't tolerate the others at all because they caused such a bad cough that I couldn't sleep at night. However, it's possible that I'm a little more prone to anxiety than previously, since taking this drug. Also, my sleeping isn't great , but who knows whether this would really be any better off the medication? There's no major swelling of ankles although marks form from wearing socks. These quickly disappear. | My blood pressure has come right down so I guess this drug has achieved its aim. However, I do wonder about long term effects | F | 64 | 1 years 5mg 1X day | 8/3/2016 | 5 | Hypertension | Occasional ache in the left ankle but it does'nt affect my mobility at all. I've read reviews from others on this site saying this medicine is banned in the Netherlands. This is not true. I live in the Netherlands and i take this drug at present. I took it since 2010 for 3 years. Stopped for a year due to hair loss. I tried Enalapril which did nothing for me. Stopped a year and started taking Valsartan for about 3 months. Had to stop that too because of high liver counts. I am now back to Amlodipine and my blood pressure is now stable. | It may not work for everyone but one must always try these medicines first. It's the only way one can find out what the effects are. The effects of drugs are personal. I forgot to state that i took Hydrochorthiazide in 2006 for a few years and had terrible tinnitus, was worse especially at night. I also experienced painful ankles that i had to get an xray, Of course nothing was found. Could'nt figure out what the reason was till i coincidentally realised that this pill was not good for me. So i will reiterate that this drug is not poison for everyone. | F | 57 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 7/11/2016 |