Drug Ratings for VERAPAMIL HCLAverage Rating: 2.6 (42 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VERAPAMIL HCL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | SVT & B/P | Constipation blurry vision tiredness but appears to help SVT & B/P lowered.Verapamil modified release 240 mg | F | 58 | 6 months 240mg | 5/7/2017 | 4 | PVCs and High Bood pressure | Neck pain and stabbing ear pain, went away in only 1 day but have gas and severe bloated belly, waiting to hear from cardiologist | This was best BP med ever , went to 110/70 in 2 days. The PVC have become calmer on 2nd, it works great . Hope stomach thing is temporary | F | 61 | 1 days 125 | 8/19/2016 | 4 | High BP | I have been taking verapamil for almost 30 years due to early onset High BP. I started w/a low dose that was increased over the years. I have been very satisfied w/it, as other BP drugs were added as well. I recently had a bout w/Afib and the Cardiologist said verapamil no longer working because of age! I am physically fit and work out daily. They want to put me on Elliquis and take me off verapamil. Now taking both (one week) and fear there may be an interaction between the two drugs?? Time will tell…..may get a rash, but rarely have headaches! 😁 | F | 72 | 10 years 360mg | 5/4/2016 | 5 | Left side hypertrophy, fast heart | Wow! I am really sorry for those of u who had had bad reactions to this med! I couldn't take beta-blockers or ACE inhibitors! I think this med has saved my life! | I have had great results w this med! I already had sleep apnea, diabetes, RA, fibro, so can't blame the med for that!! Some RA meds caused hair loss, folic acid fixed that! I feel very lucky after reading about your experiences, my heart rate went from 110 to 65, and B/P is around 110/70! No constipation. I plan on taking this med for the rest of my life! Peace-out~~~~ | F | 66 | 10 years 240 ER 2x | 5/1/2016 | 2 | A-fib and B/P | Tiredness and short of breath which has gotten progressively worse. Started with new cardiologist earlier this year and he is running tests to assess my current situation. However one of his early comments during my first visit was that he wants to get me off Verapamil soon. Apparently he does not like the drug. Seeing him next week for follow-up. | Other possible side effects I have been experiencing though I am not sure if they are related to the drug are depression, difficulty sleeping, muscle pain in my neck and shoulders and wheezing. | M | 65 | 6 years 120 2X D | 10/23/2015 | 1 | Slow down heart beat , blood pressure | Major neck pain, headache , tightness in chest, and dizziness !! I thought it would help but causes many other thing:-( I'm getting off today!!!! | F | 2 years 180 mg. | 7/13/2015 | 5 | Migraines and borderline high BP | Possibly some weight gain but not sure I can attribute it to this drug over others | Like others on this board, I went from 8 or 9 migraines a month to 1 or 2. I've been on it at least two years now and I recently ran out and was out of town and didn't fill the prescription... unfortunately the migraines came back immediately; I had one every single day until I got my Verapamil. This makes me nervous that I'll be on the medication for the rest of my life- I'm not sure if that's dangerous or not? Heart disease does run in my family and I had borderline hypertension before, so maybe it's for the best. | F | 34 | 24 months 180 ER 1X D | 6/21/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure, rapid pulse | Sudden drop in BP heavy eye lids blurred vision,difficult to breath constipation,bloated,stomach pain,tinitus with stabbing pain,tiredness. | F | 60 | 3 days 80mg | 5/12/2015 | 1 | palpitations & blood pressure | palpitation, neck pain, dehydration and vertigo | this medicine is horrible and i would not tell anybody to use | 6 months 240 er 1X D | 5/1/2015 | 5 | Migraines | Dizziness | It has helped me so much. I was having 10 or more migraines a month, and now I am down to 2 or 3 a month. I love this medication. It gave me my life back:) | F | 36 | 5 months 180 mg | 11/9/2014 | 5 | high blood pressure and migraines | I feel somewhat tired...and sometimes forget briefly something that I would not normally forget. But staying focused on things that you are doing can remedy that. It makes me giddy..which can be fine since I am a comical person. It makes me feel relaxed and focused it can give you a zoning out feeling but then my other migraine medicine would do that. I was reading side affects of other HBP medicines and they had side affects that were something I didn't want. So I opted for this in a higher mg than changing to something else. My husband takes it too and I asked him does Verapamil make you feel like "humdy..dum..dum..dum feeling" kind of relaxed and care free..is what I mean by that and he said yes it does...so it lowered my HBP and has really helped my migraines too. If I get a headache I go and get ice and put it on it and the the headache that would normally not go away ...ends up disappearing. | F | 53 | 3 months 360 | 8/8/2014 | 3 | Chronic Migraine | Constipation. Probably others but I'm on other meds too so not sure what side effect belongs to which med. | It seemed the be the magical solution in the first few weeks. I have had chronic migraine since a child. I have tried Topamax (Did not work and raised the eye pressure in my eyes which I could feel even on 25mg dose.) Propranolol (Did not work but helped keep anxiety / panic attacks down) Relpax and Imitrex work great for relieving the migraine but of course, cannot be used daily, only 8 tablets a month max per my doctor. Botox did not work either. | F | 47 | 3 months 120 2X D | 2/10/2014 | 3 | Cluster Headaches | Constipation, light headedness, tingling hands/forearms | M | 50 | 3 months 240 mg 2X D | 2/8/2014 | 3 | migraines | In the last yr Stomach pain and pain in upper right side has any one had a similar situation | F | 53 | 4 years 240mg | 9/8/2013 | 3 | high blood pressure | After eight years blood pressure is still within range but severe constipation and almost unbearable muscle pain. I will be looking for a new drug without so many side effects. | F | 63 | 8 years ER 240 mg | 5/5/2013 | 2 | Migraine Associated Vertigo | None that I know of. | I took verapamil for 24/7 dizziness and vertigo that my docs think is related to migraine. Since verapamil can prevent migraine, they hoped it would stop my dizziness. Unfortunately, I saw now improvements in my dizziness while taking this med. For this reason, I stopped after 2 months. | F | 31 | 2 months 80 mg 2X D | 4/13/2013 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Constipation and too much gas! Made the mistake of drinking a soda and was in pain for an hour due to gas trapped in my stomach. Didnt control my blood pressure. Episodes of spiking blood pressure. | I am prone to migraines which happen when my blood pressure spikes. Although, I didnt get a migraine, several times I had "the buzzing feeling and pressure" of a migraine on the verge of happening. At that time, BP was 150/110. I took this along with Benazapril. | F | 49 | 1 months 120mg 1X D | 3/4/2013 | 2 | BP | Significant constipation | I found this medication to be effective and without too many other issues, but the degree of constipation was a killer. | M | 68 | 1 years 240 1X D | 2/7/2013 | 3 | Cluster headaches | Chest pains Diziness | F | 24 | 6 weeks 80g 4X D | 10/26/2012 | 1 | B/P | EXCESSIVE GAS! | EXCESSIVE GAS-NO JOKE! It is so severe it has gotten to the point that I can not go anywhere and am unable to have anyone visit. I have never had a problem with gas...however since I started taking Verapamil (this is embrassing but I'm sure hilarious to a 5th grade boy) I pass gas @ least 6-8 times an hour and it is a continuous loud/explosive drawn out event that @ times is uncontrollable. The pathetic part is I have seen no improvement of my B/P. I do however plan on discontinuing this Rx asap, esp. after reading the other side effects described here. | F | 55 | 4 months 180 ER 1X D | 4/6/2012 | 5 | M | 67 | 8 years 240 1X D | 2/10/2012 | 5 | Migraine | dizziness and headaches at first, nausea but it was tolerable | I started taking this after I hit my head on concrete and I was getting a headache for a span of a week and they would happen like up to 6 times in a month (i didnt finish the month, was on the 3rd week when i had already 6 headaches before started the pill), not what i usually would have for headaches...started taking them been almost a year and i have gone to where i was to begin with, like only one - 3 headaches a month and they only come around my menstrual period or when im stressed so I think these definitely helped!! I hope that I don't have to take them for a long period of time however maybe than the bad side effects of taking them too long would appear! | F | 26 | 1 years 120 mg 1X D | 12/2/2011 | 1 | long term side effects untold by mfg of drug and doctors - now cause loss of sleep -nightmares and spikes in b.p ! when wakeing up stress dreams !!! b.p spikes from 179/100 to 191/118* forced to take nitro pill to lower b.p and stop chest pains that are mild but happen due to this. | cardio dr gave me verp 1/2 dose night and clonidine 1/2 pill -this is a banaid type fix as it works about 65% of the time - verapamil is very strong drug! the longer one takes it ,the more it works and cause's these problems ! my cardio doctor refuses to take me off the ccbs ! iv seem to grow allergic to or can't tollerate anymore.. so this problem happens off and on . it also causes massive gas problems and does not always stop angina. going up on dose of verapamil only makes problems worse ,the less the better - however ween off it slowly dont not just stop it ! since iv been on it its caused meny problems -from gerd ,to hypoglyceima symptoms to happen, to not working at all for bp... and has caused hair loss and dehydration and muscular pains body aches to happen when on it .. it does stop palpations for the most part ,but not always.. I would rate this drug at zero ! being it has more side effects than about anyother ccb drug out there! also it causes breathing problems and shortness of breath when you try and do anything.. active and can cause chest pains to happen.. doctors might love this drug ! but long term its crap ! and really does more harm than good ! its unsafe after 4years of taking it .. and should be recalled and or doctors forced not to keep a person on it long term ! there are hundreds of other b.p meds on the market today.. this one should be baned.. also cancer has been linked to all ccbs , this one by name was mentioned in a british test. 2003 | M | 58 | 8 years 160 1X D | 5/7/2011 | 2 | migraine | hair loss recently heart palpitations more headaches out of breath dizzy itchy skin urination issues moody cannot sleep flushes | i had very bad migraines and nothing worked i was told this would and i think it did for 8 years the hair loss was worth it but lately i believe it is causing issues | F | 59 | 8 years 80 mg 2X D | 5/1/2011 | 5 | Migraines & High Blood Pressure | No real noticeable side effect - I am normally constipated and this may be a little worse. I haven't noticed any hair loss. | This has been the best treatment for my frequent migraines. It doesn't give me dead head like the anti siezure or antidepressent med's I have tried. I was having 6-8 migraines per month and for the past 3 months I have had 2 maybe 3 per month. This drug also works to bring my blood pressure to within normal range. | F | 50 | 3 months 180 1X D | 4/2/2011 | 1 | SVT | Constipation, chronic nightmares, insomnia, severe bruising, hair loss, fatigue, sweating, cofusion | This drug was poison for me. While it did slow down the frequency of my attacks, the side effects were far worse than my symptoms. I have discontinued usage now, and i am hoping to feel better soon without this toxic sunstance in my body. | F | 38 | 5 weeks 180 1X D | 3/18/2011 | 1 | SVT & A-Fib | Constriction (a feeling like I am having difficulty breathing when I'm actually not), Anxiety, PACs and constipation. | I have been on Verapamil for over 3 years now. It has never helped to keep the heart rate of my tachycardias down that I know of. I was prescribed this for "rate control" but the side effects are now no longer worth it to me. | M | 41 | 3 years 240 1X D | 3/9/2011 | 1 | blood pressure | THIS CRAP SHOULD BE BANNED! ITS UNSAFE AND HARMFULL FOR LONG TERM USEAGE ! OR ANY USE !! BEWARE OF SIDE EFFECTS AND UNTOLD SIDE EFFECTS !! SUCH AS HEART ATTACK OR STROKE ! ANGINA ! MASSIVE MUSCULAR ATTACKS , GERD CAN HAPPEN ! SHOULD BE BANED. | long term useage can cause,Gerd to happen, hypoglycemia -vision blurring-hearing loss, cancer, swelling ankles and feet hands confusion memory loss! dehydration- angina attacks! stress ! pannic attacks! hairloss ! breathing problems, sleep apneia , nightmares Spiked b.p at night! you can not function on this drug on any dose! it will knock you down or out ! cal channel blockers have been put on notice in england! are not used as much anymore. they are totaly unsafe to use and do more harm than good !! dont take them ! | M | 57 | 12 years 140 1X D | 1/17/2011 | 3 | pvc & mild hyperstension | Hair loss, hot flashes or sweating, cold hands and feet, difficulty swalling or dry mouth, hormonal imbalance, sinus tachycardia several times a month during first stage of REM from ovulation to onset of menstral cycle, followed by episodes of chills. | I am 42 and this drug seems to prohibit some of the production of FSH and or the blance of estrogen and progestrone in my body. I have only found one article indicated this problem with this drug. If anyone has any additional information please post. I really hope my beautiful thick hair grows back, and it feels like a nest of hay and the color has changed. | F | 42 | 16 months 120 1X D | 12/8/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Sever palpitations, atrial fibrillation, fatigue, blurred vision, mental fog. | I was on Verapamil for 3 years. The side effects came on gradually and became worse over time. In a year and a half's time, I ended up in the ER 3 times for Atrial Fibrillation and once for severe palpitations. Doctors all said I had atrial fibrillation and not side effects of Verapamil. After reading here that some people cut their dose in half and their palpitations decreased or disappeared. I tried half dose and palpitations decreased dramatically. Asked Dr to change meds and he refused. I went to a new Cardiologist, who told me I should never have been on Verapamil and changed to Tekturna. He said Verapamil is known to have too many bad side effects and this is well known in the medical community. He said palpitaions and atrial fibrillation are among them. Palpitations disappeared completely in 2 days. What more can I say? If your doctor won't change your BP med when you are having problems with it, you can FIRE them and get a new Dr. | M | 55 | 3 years 12 mg 1X D | 11/27/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Mild dizziness/drowsiness, more noticeable when changing dose (take the day off!). The constipation you get on this stuff is no joke, I've never had problems with constipation before being on this drug and now I have to take miralax daily. | I've been on several migraine drugs and this one is definitely my favorite, it doesn't have the cognitive/emotional side effects that many migraine drugs do. My migraines are definitely less frequent and severe since going on this. | F | 33 | 1 years 80 3X D | 10/26/2010 | 2 | Migraines | Weight gain, belly bloat, insomnia, severe sweating, hair loss | 15 pound weight gain in 2 months (while on diet/exercise AND metformin? no thanks!), quite a bit of hair loss in the shower drain - luckily I have thick hair so it isn't too noticeable at this point. The sweating is severe and rather embarrassing. | F | 28 | 2 months 1X D | 9/9/2010 | 3 | BLOOD PRESSURE | HAIR LOSS, THIINING OD OF SCALP HAIR MUSCLE WEAKNESS, GAS, AND CONSTIPATION LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE.. | THIS MEDICATION WORKS TO CONTROL BLOOD PRESURE BUT IF YOU'RE A WOMAN AND IF YOUR EVEN SEMI VAIN THIS IS NOT YOUR DRUG. HAIR LOSS YOU CANT STOP. I QUIT TAKINGING IT A YEAR AGO AND HAIR STILL HASNT THICKENED BACK UP HORRIBLE MEDICINE. HAVE YOUR DOC LOWER THE DOSAGE AND MAYBE TAKE A LOW DIURETIC WITH IT I THINK ITS ALSO DOSE INDUCED TO CAUSE THE HAIR LOSS. IVE READ THAT ON MAY SITES. SO BEWARE AND GOOD LUCK HUMANS!! | F | 38 | 10 years 240 MG 1X D | 8/17/2010 | 1 | High blood pressure. | no power! cloudy like thinking, memory loss , heartburn bloating conditions in belly area, swelling ankles and lower legs! eyes sticking closed at night heavy lid feelings -ringing and rushing in ears time to time | Anyone get this feeling when working or moving fast paced or trying to do something active (normal)where your neck gets stiff and upper chest gets tightness and sometimes upper back goes into spasums hard ! b.p remains normal pulse normal -headache happens and you have to stop and rest a few mins and it goes away! its not Angina! and iv been tested when it happens! they dont know what it is ? I say its the pills something in them,iv never had this happen untill I took a ccb or beta blocker! never !! if you had something like this please let me know e mail aval thanks | M | 56 | 6 years | 1/23/2010 | 5 | migraine | Mild dizziness, fatigue, and occasional itching, barely noticeable once I had been taking it a couple weeks. Constipation, which was easily treatable with fiber supplements. | The side effects I got on this drug were very minimal and comfortable compared to other migraine meds I have tried. I will have to report back after a few months about the success with the migraines, but so far I am noticing an improvement. | F | 32 | 2 months | 12/28/2009 | 1 | mylan verapamil e/r | throwing up -choaking hard swollowing congestion heavy at times shortness of breath -rapid dehydration -bloating belly conditions upper chest pains off and on extream cramping in legs and feet swelling ankles and feet - itching on back and arms ... | switched from ivax to mylan mfg verapamil by pharm dept! allergic reactions to the meds right off ! ended in ER for Hives itching found coating and fillers to be main cause of allergic reactions blueish color pills. these pills also caused meny more effects to happen and still dont feel right after taking them for 4 days. | M | 56 | 4 days | 9/13/2009 | 2 | AVRNT | very dry, itchy skin rash, nausea, headaches | I took this drug for 6 days for my arrythmia and instantly felt worse on it. It did not control my arrythmia and my face felt and looked like I had been burnt. My cardiologist took me off it immediately | F | 38 | 6 days | 2/18/2009 | 1 | Lft. Ventricular dysfunction, Hi BP | Immediate Extreme uncurable constipation, had to take huge doses of laxatives. Took days after getting off it to get a bowel movement. Depression, dizzy spells, tingling in face and hands, anxiety, and finally anaphylaxis. Had to dose myself with benedryl and go off of it immediately. It was poison to me. I flushed them down the toilet. | My High Blood Pressure wasn't brought down even 1 point. I have a faulty closuer of the left ventricle, a flow murmur and very high BP. I have episodes of extreme breathlessness. I got a reading of 166/98 after 10 days on this terrible drug...at least terrible for me. | F | 58 | 10 days | 5/18/2006 | 4 | Mitral Valve Regurgitation | DIZZINESS, TIRED, very SLOW heart beat, chest pain every now and then. Occasional numbness in arms. Nausea when I DON'T eat something with it. I take it at night because I feel so lethargic afterwards. | I had a heart attack at age 37 and now have a leaky valve. The cardiologist has prescribed this drug to slow my heart down and relax the muscle so it won't beat as hard, as to slow the leak. Working so far, but I feel like I'm 92 after I take it!! | F | 37 | 2 months | 10/6/2004 | 3 | | 11/28/2003 | 1 | pvc | congestive heart failure | I was having asymptomatic PVC's and VT. When they tried to correct the problem, I had congestive heart failure. | M | 34 | 4 days | 5/28/2003 | 1 | NOT SURE | THIS IS THE WORST MEDICATION I HAVE EVER TAKEN-IT CAUSED SEVERE DEPPRESSION AND SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. | F | 43 | 2 months | 4/17/2002 |
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