NORVASC Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE)

Average Rating: 2.1 (780 Ratings)

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NORVASC  (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE):  Amlodipine is used with or without other medications to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Amlodipine belongs to a class of drugs known as calcium channel blockers. It works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Amlodipine is also used to prevent certain types of chest pain (angina). It may help to increase your ability to exercise and decrease the frequency of angina attacks. It should not be used to treat attacks of chest pain when they occur. Use other medications (such as sublingual nitroglycerin) to relieve attacks of chest pain as directed by your doctor.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-07-31 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR NORVASCCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE		DATE ADDED
 
 4  160/100 Some perspiring in bed. Ankles slightly swollen. I am an ex-heavy smoker (quit 8 years back), which no doubt explains my hbp. I am located in the UK where amlodipine besylate is tradenamed 'Istin' - so same as Norvasc I presume. Dr tried 5mg first but little improvement, so I am on 10mg/day, which reduces my bp to average of 138/85. So it works for me. Actually I am not helping myself much - I still take a few alcoholic drinks most evenings, have not improved my diet, and exercise little. I'll have to get my self-help act together and then maybe soon I could reduce my dose to 5mg. M 60 2 years
 1/22/2005
 4  Hypertension Cured my migraines! F 62 8 years
 1/5/2005
 4  high pressure M 56 2 years
 12/13/2004
 4  Hypertension Extreme swelling of legs and ankles diagnosed as pitted edema and fatigue. Norvasc has helped my HBP but the swelling and fatigue side effects are not worth my continuing with this medication. M 51 14 months
 11/11/2004
 4  High Blood Pressure I've experienced more frequent headaches and had some weight gain but can't be sure that's related to Norvasc. Other than that no side effects I'm aware of. Since starting Norvasc 2 months ago, I've developed severe acne. I researched and found no information linking the two so I'm thinking it's just an unfortunate coincidence. F 22 2 months
 10/27/2004
 4  high blood pressure swollen legs, very noticeable at times when touched but usually negligible. Among all the BP medication I tried for almost 20 years off and on, this seems to be both effective and of a few side effects. But still BP tends to register high when doc takes it - almost always I measure normal at home, 70-80/130-140 M 64 2 years
 10/26/2004
 4  high blood pressure 45 60 days
 10/11/2004
 4  aoritc regurgitation None that I know of Switched to this after taking Nifidipene, which made my ankles swell, caused headaches and generally made me feel lousy M 55 60 days
 9/16/2004
 4  high blood pressure none so far Physician started dose at 5mg, but I discovered that 2.5 mg had same reduction effect, so he lowered the prescribed dosage. M 66 2 years
 8/11/2004
 4  Hypertension None F 48 1 times
 7/19/2004
 4  high bllod pressure M 41 6 months
 7/6/2004
 4  Hypertension Not much, just have to wait a couple of minutes before walking after wakeup in the morning Interested in any long term side effects. M 35 6 months
 6/15/2004
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 4  angina swelling of feet and ankles F 49 2 years
 3/22/2004
 4  heart condition don't know of any,but my fatigued feeling may come from this M 76 5 years
 12/6/2003
 4  hypertension nonpruritic rash, lower legs early in the course of taking this drug especially after exercise, resolved fairly quickly. Taking concommitantly with lisinopril, BP now 120/80. M 57 2 years
 9/11/2003
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8/6/2003
 4  high blood pressure none yet expensive- 159/98 to 132/78 M 52 14 days
 11/14/2002
 4  high blood pressure slight blurred vision good drug M 54 3 weeks
 2/12/2002
 3  Hypertension Feeling tired always, tingling feeling on arms, back pain, light headache & palpitations. bp improved but not happy with side effects I am not myself with this meds F 62 16 days
5 1X day		 4/4/2023
 3  Benign Hypertension I am not getting all the side effects others speak about but the edema (I had some already due to MS). However I have recently changed cardiologists after seeing the first one for 1 month for of a laundry list of reasons and I really like my new one he actually cut the dosage down to 2.5 mg and added the smallest dosage of Coreg and that seems to be working much better. If you are not happy with your doctor do not suffer through just change doctors I had high hopes for my first one and it turned into a nightmare. This is your health and you have to be your own advocate because trust me no one in the medical field today will do it for you and I am sad to say as an RN it hurts to see the medical field in such disarray. If this med does not work for you do not suffer through it get with your doctor and come up with a new plan your health is number one. I will say for some reason this medication made by Ascend labs is better than what I hear about most of the other generics that is the one I have some maybe there is some truth to it. Never stop any of your medications cold turkey always get with your doctor or find a new doctor to help you through any issues and come up with a better plan. Blood pressure medication can be very tricky. F 1 months
5mg 1X day		 6/30/2022

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