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 |
| 5 | Hypertension | Switched from Bystolic 5 mg to Amlodopine 5mg. Pressure controlled with either drug, but could not maintain an erection on Bystolic. Norvasc works like viagra, erections 2 or more times a day. Thought I was done for good! | M | 62 | 2 weeks 5mg | 11/27/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Started itching and diagnosed with nummular eczema. Developed large coin shaped circles on my body with excruciating itching. Went to four dermatologist. Placed on various creams and finally steroids for the itching. Lost a lot of my hair which was secondary to the itching. Went online and saw the side effects. Stopped taking it and can now think clearly again. Stopped itching. Stopped breaking out in those circles. On another med now and doing well. Will never take this drug again. | F | 77 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 11/23/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Depression, tiredness, sleepy, thoughts of giving up | Hate this drug | F | 65 | 3 months 5 mg 1X day | 11/18/2015 | 3 | Blood pressure | Insomnia, Occasional cough,Numb toes 2-3 hours after taking pill, Aching bones in shoulder and foot, occasional thumping heartbeat,and weird internal nervous feeling. These symptoms are worse 2-4 hours into dose,subside somewhat after 4 or so hours. | M | 82 | 6 months 5 1X day | 11/13/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dizziness, chest pain, arm ,shoulders ear pain with tingling in both arms tiredness BP spikes sweats and weakness in legs.,extreme anxiety . And now the chills . | I'm a healthy athletic female. Hypertension runs in my family . After taking this Norvasc my symptoms got much worse and created some other symptoms I didn't have before . I called my Dr to take me off. | F | 53 | 35 days 5mg 1X day | 11/2/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | This mess is killing me,after lisiniprol almost killed me, angeoedema,I was put on norvasc,for the last 8 months I have been having swelling in neck,crying spells,extreme fatigue,severe depression, ear infection and more,I followed my mine and stopped it for A FEW DAYS AND STARTED FEELING BETTER, STARTED BACK AND LORD BEHOLD SYMPTONS IS BACK,THAT'S IT I'M DONE.GOD KNOW they are killing us on what is ssupposed to be helping us. | I'm outdone | F | 56 | 1 months 5mg | 10/29/2015 | 1 | Blood pressure | Abdominal cramps, fatigue, dizziness, anxiety, depression, crying spells, nausea, left ear itching, insomnia, chills/hot spells, no energy, runny eyes, blurred vision, belching, heart burn and diarrhea THIS MEDICINE IS POISON!! | I STARTED TAKING NORVASC 5MG ONCE A DAY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. I TOOK THIS MED FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO MY ENTIRE LIFE CHANGED. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HAPPY AND ENERGETIC PERSON WHO NEVER NEEDED TO NAP AND SLEPT LIKE A BABY AT NIGHT. I FOUND MY SELF SHOWING SIGNS OF ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS FOR NO REASON. THIS MED HAD ME DEPRESSED AND ONLY WANTING TO STAY IN BED AND CRY. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS LOOSING MY MIND!! ON A VISIT TO THE ER ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO I WAS TOLD I HAD A TUMMY VIRUS. NOT!! I STOPPED TAKING THIS PILL BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT AND LOW AND BEHOLD I FELT SOME WHAT FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. I TOOK IT AGAIN AND STARTED TO FEEL THE SAME WAY ALL OVER AGAIN. I ASKED GOD TO HELP REVEAL TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY BODY AND WONDERING IF I WERE DYING!!! HE ANSWERED MY PRAYERS AND LED ME TO THIS SITE!! HOW GRATFUL I AM TO HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES FROM THIS MED! I HATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE TIME IN YOUR LIVES. I PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK SINCE TAKING THIS MED AND SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS HAVE GONE AWAY BUT SOME ARE STILL LINGERING. I AM SO UNHAPPY TO SAY THE LEAST WITH THE COMPANY AND THOSE WHO MAKE THIS POISON COCKTAIL!!!!! I AM ON THE ROAD TO GETTING MY LIFE BACK!! I DO FEEL BETTER IN KNOWING THAT IT WAS THIS SORRY FORM OF SOME CHEMICAL THAT INVADED MY ONCE HEALTHY BODY!! TAKE CARE TO ALL OF YOU AND IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW LONG THIS MESS STAYS IN YOUR SYSTEM, PLEASE REACH OUT | F | 47 | 14 months 5mg 1X day | 10/27/2015 | 2 | High BP | Off balance suddenly,depression, frequency of urinating through the night, muscle soreness and joint aches. Weight gain. | F | 65 | 1 years 10mg | 10/20/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Headaches, double vision, joint stiffness, muscles aches, weak legs and edema in my head. | I was taking a generic for Norvasc, Amlodipine. I took it for 7-8 months without noticing any side effects. Problems started with pain and stiffness in my neck muscles. A few months later I started having headaches, turned into serious migraines. I then started having blurred vision which eventually turned into double vision. It was so horrible I couldn't drive, had to bother people to come and pick me up and take me to see doctors who were totally stumped by my condition. After 4 months of awful headaches and vision issues and feeling exhausted all the time, It's as if this thing started moving down into my body. My legs became weak, all the muscles ached and my hips and knees became stiff. All the doctors had no idea what was wrong with me. After about 5 months of this nightmare, I decided to look up my medication. I was horrified but relieved to find out the reason for my condition. It was comforting to find all of the people on this blog posting their comments about the drug. It seems that prescription drugs are the last thing doctors think of when considering side effects. I stopped Amlodipine 18 days ago and it's still not completely out of my system. I didn't notice much change the first week. After that, a very gradual change, but each day gets a little bit better. The not knowing thing for so many months was scary as hell! So excited to get my life back! | F | 62 | 18 days 10 MG 1X day | 10/11/2015 | 1 | HBP | Burning in my feet, numbness in my toes, Swollen feet/ankles, red warm blotches from feet to top of knees. Swollen bleeding gums. Insomnia. Dry mouth and cry a lot. | I'm so thankful to find this sight! I really thought I was going crazy or had some life threatening things going on. I'm on 3 different BP meds and Norvasc was the last one added. My Dr started me out on 5mg and after a while I started to notice that the bottoms of my feet would get really hot and uncomfortable. I Dident relate it to the Norvasc. My dosage was increased to 10mg about 3 months ago. BP is better but the side effects that I now know are from this medication are horrible!! I would just cry over the pain in my feet and all the swelling!! Not to mention my gums! I do t want to even smile anymore. I'm going in for a deep cleaning under my gums starting next week. It's 4 treatments..JOY! I have got to get off this ASAP! I also made an appointment with a Natualpathic Dr, can't warier to hear what he has to say. Has anyone been told that their iron levels were really high being on this medication? | F | 45 | 9 months 10mg | 10/9/2015 | 1 | to lower my blood pressure | Forgetful, knees kill me, can't sleep well. M | Dont take this sh** | F | 41 | 6 months 5 mg | 9/15/2015 | 1 | blood pressure | Extreme dizziness, tingling in hands and arm, profuse sweating. Then all this causes my blood pressure to rise even more! | Crazy drug. | M | 40 | 3 weeks 10mg | 9/13/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Experienced low back pain, fluttering feeling in my chest, shortness of breath. It did lower my b/p to good numbers but side affects are not worth it. | Do not take this drug !! | M | 66 | 1 months 5MG | 8/26/2015 | 1 | High Bp | Extreme dizziness. Ears ringing. Muscle fatigue. | Although it does work when it comes to my Bp. I had to leave work after an hour today because I felt like I was going to faint. My ears started ringing and then my hearing went out and everything sounded as if I was underwater. The smallest task would wear me out and I kept having to stop and catch my breath. Can't function so I won't be taking norvasc. | M | 36 | 1 weeks 10mg twice | 8/24/2015 | 1 | High BP | Hives, severe itching on inside of forearm. Swelling of lymph nodes under arms and swelling of breasts. Pain in one breast. | After countless doctor visits, mammogram, blood tests, no one knew what was wrong with me. I told everyone of them what medicine I was taking. Just happened to have a follow up appt with my Cardiologist and he said oh that's a reaction to Norvasc. Rash and breast swelling stopped as soon as I quit taking. Unfortunately I have now had three more allergic reactions to three other BP meds. Never allergic to anything in my life. Now the list is growing with no known answers. Did Norvasc do this to me? I don't know. Now allergic to Lisinipril,toprol xl, hydralazine. I have taken ALEVE for years from time to time. Took two yesterday and felt like I was going to pass out. Made me lightheaded. I have just gone thru every heart test possible and all results are normal. I need answers as to why I am now allergic to so many drugs. Afraid to take anything now. | F | 58 | 5 months 30mg 1X day | 8/23/2015 | 2 | Post Bi Pass Surgery | Muscle pains, increased blurred vision in one eye, anxiety, sleeplessness, confusion, foggy headedness, memory problems | M | 51 | 7 months 5mg 1X day | 8/15/2015 | 2 | High blood pressure | Severe GERD, redness of face and pimples, flakey dry skin, eyes, bleeding gums, bruising, numbness/ tingling of hands, tiredness, back & shoulder pain, muscle cramps that strike while sleeping and wake you up instantly. | I'm a healthy active 55 yr old with HBP. This medicine hasn't significantly reduced my BP. 148/95. I wish my doctor would order an angiogram for my adrenal arteries. Perhaps a blocked or partially bloc ked artery is causing my HBP. A stent would cure this problem. | F | 55 | 1 months 5mg per da | 8/5/2015 | 1 | high bp | tingling, ear ringing, dizziness,extreem fatigue,insomnia,anxious, panic attacks,burning and cold sensations.... nausea....no sex drive....i could go on all day | had a stroke :0( due to high BP so started on 5mg so began the WORST days of my life... recovery from stroke completely only to be left so panic striken and feeling so ill but told constantly " its normal aftr stroke " im in a constant fog and scared to drive kids to nursery due to severe dizziness. BUT so afraid to come off it incase BP goes up and i have another stroke. i so want my life back | F | 42 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 7/18/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | Horrific GERD due to its being a calcium channel blocker that also dilates the esophageal sphincter!!! | Had to stop within only a few days. Changed to an ARB.. first Benicar and then Losartan...fingers are crossed we've found the right med for me...BPs are now normotensive without side effects :) | F | 3 days 20mg | 7/7/2015 | 1 | Developed ringing in both ears | Have developed continuous ringing/ buzzing in both ears | F | 61 | 8 months 5 mg | 7/2/2015 |