NORVASC Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (787 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORVASC with similar:
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| 3 | Blood Pressure control | Lower energy level | Had one long stent put in back about 3yrs ago. Was riding bike to work and had angina daily in the mornings during ride in but subsided. Was in denial for a week. Finally that Friday, had angina and took 2 aspirin, called GP Doc and talked to nurse. She said to immediately go to emerg rm. Rode bike to emerg. rm. EKG tests, and extensive testing done. Hosp really milking ins co at this point. Tuesday following week was getting stent put in, shocking....Was on Accupril 40mg, and Verelan. Had 1st encounter with Cardio Stent Doc. Stent was put in due to blockage-angina. Ins Co changed policy on paying for Verapimil, so asked Cardio Stent Doc. to pick an equivalent off Ins Co list. He picked 5 mg Norvasc. Was on 5 mg Norvasc for 3 yrs, no real problems except low physical energy. May 10,2005-had the radioacive dye test with treadmil for first time to see if heart muscle is getting good blood flow. New Cardio Doc. showed me pics and said 3 yrs ago when experiencing angina during bike rides that I apparently had a heart attack. Blood flow appears diminished now to one area of heart muscle. Consequently, CardioDoc takes me off of 10 mg Norvasc, and puts me on Lopressor 25 mg two times a day. Taking 25 mg with food at 6 am and 25 mg with food at 9pm with my Lipitor 10 mg. CardioDoc did not explain twice a day regimen. Pharmacist said BP meds should be given according to body's natural clock. She said heart attacks mostly occur between midnight and 6 am. Lopressor generic is Metoprolol which is less expensive. Beta blocker slows heart beat and reduces load which is supposed to lower BP. My Morning BP checked at 150/100 which seems high. Writing down BP checks and checking blood sugar levels. Doing walks to support exercise regimen. Beta blocker is a new thing for me, side effects are always on my mind. Recently went in for upper resp inf, saw 2 GP docs and one asthma doc, BP was 150/95 at all three checks...not one word about these numbers being abnormally high. I asked CardioDoc, he increased Norvasc from 5mg to 10mg. Was on the higher dose for 1 week, then following radioactive stress treadmil, CardioDoc took me off Norvasc and put me on Beta Blocker 2 times a day. BP still higher than I would like. Going for a walk and will recheck. You must ask as many questions as doctors will take to cover all bases. You are your own best advocate 24/7. A 15 min or less office call every year will not give adequate coverage of a medical condition that could kill you. Change doctors, most are over loaded, and can only care so much for their many patients. Have one of your kids go to med school, or marry a doctor. Have one of your kids go to law school, or marry an attorney. Also need an engineer and a computer scientist in the family. Okay, also need a good stock broker and real estate agent in the family, now your covered....good luck with circadian clock and BP monitoring. Get a home BP meter...check it often...Wilford Brimley | M | 56 | 3 days | 5/22/2005 | 3 | Blood Pressure control | Lower energy level | Had one long stent put in back about 3yrs ago. Was riding bike to work and had angina daily in the mornings during ride in but subsided. Was in denial for a week. Finally that Friday, had angina and took 2 aspirin, called GP Doc and talked to nurse. She said to immediately go to emerg rm. Rode bike to emerg. rm. EKG tests, and extensive testing done. Hosp really milking ins co at this point. Tuesday following week was getting stent put in, shocking....Was on Accupril 40mg, and Verelan. Had 1st encounter with Cardio Stent Doc. Stent was put in due to blockage-angina. Ins Co changed policy on paying for Verapimil, so asked Cardio Stent Doc. to pick an equivalent off Ins Co list. He picked 5 mg Norvasc. Was on 5 mg Norvasc for 3 yrs, no real problems except low physical energy. May 10,2005-had the radioacive dye test with treadmil for first time to see if heart muscle is getting good blood flow. New Cardio Doc. showed me pics and said 3 yrs ago when experiencing angina during bike rides that I apparently had a heart attack. Blood flow appears diminished now to one area of heart muscle. Consequently, CardioDoc takes me off of 10 mg Norvasc, and puts me on Lopressor 25 mg two times a day. Taking 25 mg with food at 6 am and 25 mg with food at 9pm with my Lipitor 10 mg. CardioDoc did not explain twice a day regimen. Pharmacist said BP meds should be given according to body's natural clock. She said heart attacks mostly occur between midnight and 6 am. Lopressor generic is Metoprolol which is less expensive. Beta blocker slows heart beat and reduces load which is supposed to lower BP. My Morning BP checked at 150/100 which seems high. Writing down BP checks and checking blood sugar levels. Doing walks to support exercise regimen. Beta blocker is a new thing for me, side effects are always on my mind. Recently went in for upper resp inf, saw 2 GP docs and one asthma doc, BP was 150/95 at all three checks...not one word about these numbers being abnormally high. I asked CardioDoc, he increased Norvasc from 5mg to 10mg. Was on the higher dose for 1 week, then following radioactive stress treadmil, CardioDoc took me off Norvasc and put me on Beta Blocker 2 times a day. BP still higher than I would like. Going for a walk and will recheck. You must ask as many questions as doctors will take to cover all bases. You are your own best advocate 24/7. A 15 min or less office call every year will not give adequate coverage of a medical condition that could kill you. Change doctors, most are over loaded, and can only care so much for their many patients. Have one of your kids go to med school, or marry a doctor. Have one of your kids go to law school, or marry an attorney. Also need an engineer and a computer scientist in the family. Okay, also need a good stock broker and real estate agent in the family, now your covered....good luck with circadian clock and BP monitoring. Get a home BP meter...check it often...Wilford Brimley | M | 56 | 3 days | 5/22/2005 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, slow heart beat of 54, palpitation, water retention, lost sex drive. Was taking 5mg never really controled blood pressure. Doc up to 10mg which increase weight gain but lower blood pressure. Gained over 40lbs and I worked out 30 mins to an hour every day and diet consist of veggies, fruit, chicken, fish and very low salt intake. I shared side effects with Doc, but she said it was just my imagination. I asked for water pills to control weight gain but she sent low salt diet instead by mail. I changed Doc and bp medication to Cozaar along with a duretic. Have not tried the Cozaar as of yet. Will start tomorrow. | F | 54 | 2 days | 5/20/2005 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Fatigue, lack of concentration. | I am studying for an exam, no way I can take an exam while on Norvasc. | 54 | 1 months | 5/11/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | None so far, kinda researching into possible one now. | 21 | 3 weeks | 5/10/2005 | 1 | hypertension | I've been on Norvasc about 6 weeks and I have been experiencing headaches, nausea, fatigue and dizziness. These side effects have gotten worse the longer I stay on this medication. | I am going to see my doctor about taking me off Norvasc and replacing it with something else. | F | 81 | 6 weeks | 5/9/2005 | 1 | High BP at 140/90 and 185 lbs | Blood pressure initially came down about 15 points but after a few days I felt like I was not breathing deeply at night like a person should, although I didn't feel short of breath. I can feel my pulse in my ears. Had to open the window. Blood pressure went up during the night, went to doctor instead of work, doctor raised dosage to 10 mg thining I was not on enough medicine. | After five more days on the higher dosage, BP dropped to 122/85. Ended up in ER with chest pains, all tests showed no problem, including cardio stress test. Why is it since taking this medicine I have nearly been in the ER twice? ER doctor said Norvasc would not do this but I think he's wrong. Swollen red legs yesterday, today I was taken off Norvasc and put on a new medicine. Happy because I think Norvasc lowered my BP too much at night when no one measured it, I measured it on arousal today and it was 98/65 with pulse of 57! Too low! Lack of oxygen will cause angina. After waking up it went to 120/85. I probably would have died in my sleep on this medicine. I saw my doctor three times after starting this medicine! | F | 45 | 14 days | 5/6/2005 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | After switching from 5 mg to 10 mg I developed severe swellin of the ankles. I returned to 5 mg. I take this drug with Atacand 25 mg. | M | 63 | 30 days | 5/3/2005 | 2 | high blood pressure/hypertension | nausea, dizziness, water retention in ankles and feet, pain when first getting up to walk | Started at 5mg., doc upped to 10mg. 6 months ago, feel like this drug may have lowered my BP somewhat, but hate the side effects and want to discontinue. Am seeing doc today, curious what he will do. | F | 49 | 10 months | 4/26/2005 | 1 | high blood pressure | Dizziness, heavy feeling in head, heart palpitations. BP sometimes low sometimes higer. Varies from 110/65 to 160/85. Tinnitis, abdominal pain and feeling faint. I also take atenolol and xanax | I'm currently on 5mg. 10mg. lowers bp too much and increases edema. But it works in lowering my pressure so doc just won't change it. | F | 58 | 5 years | 4/26/2005 | 3 | High BP | October 04 I had an episode of vertigo. Jan 05 through the end of Feb 05 I had nine more. April 05 two more. My BP is down but all this coincides with when I began taking Norvasc. | M | 47 | 11 months | 4/14/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Was originally on 5MG prescribed by my cardiologist and had no problems at all, blood pressure was around 140/75 in Doc's office, my Family Doc. changed me to 10MG. Within 6 weeks had swollen ankles and back aches. Cardiologist changed me back to 5MG today. | Overall seems to be controlling BP at Doc's office usually 140/75 at home around 120/70. Hope the lower dosage stops the other problems. | M | 55 | 8 days | 4/8/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Was originally on 5MG prescribed by my cardiologist and had no problems at all, blood pressure was around 140/75 in Doc's office, my Family Doc. changed me to 10MG. Within 6 weeks had swollen ankles and back aches. Cardiologist changed me back to 5MG today. | Overall seems to be controlling BP at Doc's office usually 140/75 at home around 120/70. Hope the lower dosage stops the other problems. | M | 55 | 8 months | 4/8/2005 | 3 | hypertension | Headaches with slight dizziness and nausea. Some fatigue. this is my second week on 5MG of the drug. | I'll wait one more week. If side effects continure I'll call my doctor about either changing the drug or reducing the dosage. | M | 64 | 2 weeks | 4/8/2005 | 3 | hypertension | Facial flushing, constipation, extreme and unpleasant sensitivity to acid tastes (e.g. orange juice, dry wine), and teeth sensitivity to acid food. | It brought down my blood pressure, but has reduced a lot of my pleasure in fine wine and some foods. | F | 60 | 12 weeks | 4/3/2005 | 5 | Hypertension | I take it in conjunction with Tritace. I find that my blood | It totally cured my headaches/migraines. I used to get monthly severe, disabling migraines and multiple times a week I'd get less strong but still painful headaches. These have completely disappeared since I've been taking Norvasc/Tritace. It is a total revelation and a massive quality of life improvement. | M | 31 | 2 years | 3/28/2005 | 4 | high blood pressure | At 10mg it caused extreme ankle swelling and numbness in legs. At 5mg I can tolerate it with diuretics, currently using it with Lasics (furosemide) 40mg. No other side effects. | Excellent blood pressure lowering effect but high dose has bad side effects. Currently taking 5mg per day. | M | 53 | 2 years | 3/6/2005 | 1 | high blood pressure | swelling of my ankles, my menses started (which I have not had for 6 months), tiredness, jittery, huge appetite (which will lead to weight gain), headaches, stomach pains, to name a few | I tried taking the drugs with a big breakfast to minimize the side effects...it worked for a few days. Now I am trying it at night before I go to bed. | F | 49 | | 2/26/2005 | 4 | hypertension chest pains | unknown - taking other meds they maybe responsible for side effects | Helps angina-like pains. Not as effective now that I have thyroid problems | F | 49 | 6 years | 2/23/2005 | 1 | mild hypertension | Made me feel nauseous shortly after starting taking it. I would throw up every morning. I could not drink more than one beer, and eventually gave up even that much; but I still threw up. The monopril made me light-headed and the norvasc made me feel nauseous. My doctor did not believe it for a long time, but I am a trained biological research scientist, and proved it to my satisfaction. I was nauseous and dizzy for two years, and changed my doctor - the new one prescribed coversyl, and I feel better than I have for a long time. | Your site shows some people like it, but I would not recommend it. In particular, if you know that drugs are giving you side effects, and your doctor says that they could not be doing that, don't believe him!! | M | 55 | 2 years | 2/22/2005 |