NORVASC Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (787 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORVASC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NORVASC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | moderate high blood pressure | None | I have slept very little for years despite being being a runner. Now I am sleeping well every night. It is such a relief. | F | 57 | 14 days 5mg 1X day | 5/2/2013 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Norvas works, but it does cause fatigue, lack of motivation, low sex-drive, mild weight gain. It also affects the memory & causes mental fogginess. | F | 39 | 5 years 10 | 4/18/2013 | 2 | HP | Back and leg pain for about two weeks then I woke up one morning, my feet and ankles were Extremely swollen. Stopped taking the meds 2 days later felt great, I didn't realize that it was making me tired and deprresed also. | F | 51 | 60 days 1X day | 3/26/2013 | 3 | Hypertension | At first dizzines,tight muscles across shoulders,cold feet when sitting around,dry eyes. | Seemed to help drop my bp from 180/200 over 110 to 150/160 over 80,I also take 100mg of Lopressor/metoprolol.Im not giving up on it yet.Ive hade high bp since I was 17yrs old | M | 37 | 30 days 5mg 1X day | 3/25/2013 | 2 | Hypertension | Extreme fatigue. Dry mouth. Depression. Muscle cramps. | My doctor prescribed this because my BP was up to 170/100 and taking Metoprolol, 100 mg twice daily, wasn't helping. Now my BP is down to 95/65 and I'm exhausted. It takes everything I have to climb a set of stairs at work and I'm winded when I get up them. I was going to the gym 3-4 days a week; now I never go. I'm too fatigued. | M | 52 | 2 months 10 MG 1X day | 3/21/2013 | 1 | bp | really feeling terrible, just not right is the best way I can describe it, physically and mentally. I actually get depressed on it, started crying for no reason, joint pain, aches. This medication for me, is shit | M | 47 | 2 weeks 10mg 1X day | 3/15/2013 | 1 | Chest pain | M | 56 | 3 days | 2/13/2013 | 1 | Hypertention | rash on lower extremeties, sinus congestion, joint pain, lack of energy, no sex drive, insomnia | I'm weaning myself off of this medicine. | F | 34 | 2 years 10 MG 2X day | 2/12/2013 | 1 | New hypertension - 1st time prob BP | Where to begin? All the sudden tonight HUGE swelling of feet, ankles, & legs...all beet red. Extreme fatigue/brain fog/tiredness. Ended up in ER for 6 straight hours of excruciating check pain right on my heart & received no relief. Irritable & weight gain...much of it water. I am a hardworking, professional single mom who down not have time for this dangerous medicine. Calling dr 1st thing tomorrow to find suitable alternative. This med is TERRIBLE! | F | 41 | 1 weeks 20 mg | 2/7/2013 | 1 | high bp | At first I was just taking it twice per day, but since it wasn't helping that much, my Dr told me to start taking two in the a.m. and one in the evening. NOW, my legs are swollen from the knee down (I have to keep pulling my jean legs down every time I get up from a seated position) and my ankles are swollen. After spending about 5 hours on my feet running a leaf blower, I developed a very bright red rash around the top of my left ankle; didn't itch and it wasn't bumpy. This was about 12 days ago and it is still faintly visible in a pretty pink. Until reading these comments I didn't connect it to the Norvasc. I wonder if the REAL Norvasc instead of the generic would do the same thing? | I am going to go back to just two a day and see how things go, obviously checking my BP while cutting back. I'd rather NOT have my legs swollen but I don't want BP issues either. | F | 59 | 65 days 5mg 3X day | 1/10/2013 | 1 | hbp | Extreme anger to the point of wanting to do bodily harm!!! Face very red and hot. I feel as if the inside of my head is on fire!!! Swelling of hands and feet. Leg pain and very tired!!!!! | F | 47 | 4 days 10mg | 10/25/2012 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | This medication causes fatigue, some confusion, headaches, and low libido; not to mention lack of motivation. It does work though. | F | 39 | 4 days 10 1X day | 10/18/2012 | 1 | Hypertension | Extreme swelling in legs, ankles and feet. After two years I had so much trouble walking I was ready to sit in a wheelchair. My doctor would not take me off the medication. I saw another cardiologist in our summer home in VT who put me on another calcium channel blocker and the swelling has gone down almost completely and I feel like a new woman. | It should be taken off the market.immediately! | F | 70 | 2 years 1X day | 10/17/2012 | 1 | & BENICAR HCT, high blood pressure | Swelling of ankles, general muscle aches, pain in both arms and legs, tired all the time, mentally slow, within a day or two I have a lot more energy, no muscle pain and think more quickly and clearly! My BP remains low by taking a product called TIKVA, works great to lower BP and counter PAD and Atherosclerosis, I take it with Naicin and Salmon oil pills | M | 64 | 2.5 years 10 MG 1X day | 10/7/2012 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Most disturbing was the swelling of my fee and aching legs, but also headache, cough, and bleeding gums | If this were any product except for pharma, it would have been removed from the market as dangerous. It is shameful that something like this is approved. I am also suspicious of the lowering of values that allows them to promote administrating HBP meds to an ever increasing population. It seems to be more marketing than health related. | F | 69 | 4 months 2.5 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 1 | Hypertension | When I was younger I didn't experience many side effects beyond occasional foot cramping, ankle and hand swelling but the last six years I have been fatigued, lacked concentration, memory problems and couldn't put my finger on the problem. I went on vacation and forgot the NORVASC, and after 3 days I felt like my old self again after six years. I asked my doctor to change the medicine and she had the nerve to want to add an additonal medicine but not take me off of NORVASC. I have a new doctor now! | Please pay attention to your body when taking NORVASC, if you begin having memory issues, lack of concentration, fatigue which leads to irritability and mood swings NORVASC is the culprit, not let anyone tell you differently. | F | 43 | 10 years 10 1X day | 9/23/2012 | 2 | HBP | Has anyone had stomach pain, acid reflux and severe chest pains from taking norvasc. It's like a crushing pain in the chest and it goes up to the throat. If this has happened to anyone else please let me know. It started when I begin taking the medicine. | F | 60 | 1 years 5mg 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 3 | hypertension | bp lowered only to borderline but edema in feet and ankles is painful and gross. | F | 82 | 6 months 10 mg | 9/13/2012 | 3 | high bp | dosage was reduced to 2.5 mg due to rt leg and ankle swelling. | it has lowered my bp to a great number, 120/75 from 145/90. | M | 64 | 2 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/24/2012 | 1 | blood pressure/gerd | on 18th day started feeling like i had quad and hammy pulls, then the next day my waist and below were so swollen i ended up in er not being ab.le to walk and in severe pain. ER Doc had no clue afetr batteries of tests and sent me home! Went to my doc next day and decided to go to 2.5 mg... waiting here with my legs swollen and painful to see if the 2.5 helps.... | would never suggest it to anyone! | M | 54 | 21 days 10 1X day | 7/20/2012 |