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 |
| 1 | hbp | sick feeling, swollen ankles, bp spiking up to 170/120 and staying there | my ND is weaning me off. this is the 3rd drug that i have had severe side effects that my ND has had to wean me off | M | 58 | 18 months 10mg 1X day | 3/21/2016 | 1 | high blood pressure | swollen ankles, tiredness, general unwell feeling, pounding heartbeat | i'm starting some new and increasing some herbals i have been taking. there are a lot of natural remedies if you want to do the research. my pain specialist are on the same page as far as these and all pharmaceuticals are concerned, they are all toxins whether they are for pain or anything else. i like him because he is the most honest about this. all otyher doctors i have had lie and tell me side effects are in my head yet if you look them up they are in physicians desk references as well. don't let them bully you into taking this crap unless you want to ruin the quality of your life. i think people who want to should file a class action suit against the drug companies and the doctors that tell us side affects are in our heads. | M | 58 | 16 months 10mg 1X day | 3/15/2016 | 1 | BP | I took this med for the first time last night. Will not continue. Just one day of use has made me forgetful and disoriented. I felt like I was losing it but after reading posts here I am feeling better knowing I am not the only one who has experienced this. I cant find a medication that I don't get side effects from. I've taken Ace inhibitors I and II which I can't take either, I am so done. | F | 45 | 1 days 2.5 mg | 3/11/2016 | 1 | High bp | About a week into taking this drug at 2.5mg I started with a head ache that has not gone away yet. Nothing helps it. I've been taking ibuprofen but this headache is relentless. I have also been dizzy, almost feels like Vertigo type dizzy. I also feel dazed and confused and have been having chest pain and heat palpitations. I saw my gp who prescribed this yesterday because of the symptoms my bp was much higher then it normally is. She wants me to up my dose from 2.5mg to 5mg. She doesn't believe it's side effects she thinks it's my bp making me feel like this. I took her advice and I took 5mg this morning but I am going to go down to 2.5mg tomorrow and then stop. I have my 1st appointment with a cardiologist on Monday so hoping they will help. This drug is awful. Had me paranoid I am having a heart attack or a brain issue like an aneurysm or tumors because of the daily headaches. Glad I found this site and read these reviews. | F | 34 | 2 weeks 5mg | 3/9/2016 | 1 | Hypertension | Headache,abdominal swelling,weightloss, stomach pain, heart palpitations, dizziness,nausea, fatigue, confusion, raised bp, sweats/clammy | My reaction unbeknownst to me started with a headache and stomach pain, day 2 ,I took 1/2 dose I was dizzy, confused,fatigued with heart palpitations, by day 3 I took 1/2 dose I said no more, I was nauseous, bp was 150/90, by day 4 my bp was 160/110,I drove to Dr office,I got car sick and was weak and dizzy, they even charged me for the visit that was their fault in the first place,I reported my symptoms at which time they took vitals bp 144/88 and discovered a 10lb.weightloss, my rare symptoms were added to my record as well as my 1st and only allergy. It was a scary ordeal, should be a test or something to determine if a person is allergic to a med. | F | 43 | 3 days 10 mg | 3/1/2016 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Overall feeling of being unwell, lack of motivation to do anything, generalized anxiety, | This is a nasty drug. The anxiety and overall unwell feeling creeps up on you very slowly. Everyone's threshold is different...you'll just wake up one day and realize that you don't feel like doing anything, that you feel unwell, and anxious for no reason. There is withdrawal, but the symptoms above begin to abate immediately while the withdrawal headache takes about a week. If you want to be a Zombie, this might be the drug for you. | M | 59 | 45 days 5mg 1X day | 3/1/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | Dizziness,wheezing,disconnected from self, nightmares, extreme mood swings… | It felt like poison was on it a little over a month would never recommend it to anyone. | F | 65 | 10 days | 2/22/2016 | 1 | HBP | Horrible muscle cramps and pain in leg, dizzy , breathlessness, blurred vision, mood swings, zero energy,headaches, sunburn look on feet ,legs and face! | I ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS DRUG! | F | 50 | 3 weeks 10Mg | 2/20/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Very tired, urinated frequently, swollen anchors around the sock like line, headaches.. | Not recommended | M | 45 | 3 years 10 mg | 2/15/2016 | 3 | Chest pain,couldn't take NITRO | Started on this drug due to chest pain, since on it the chest PAIN is better but I do feel chronic pressure in my chest. I have serious sweating for about 2-3 hours after taking the drug, I have had chronic insomnia for more than 20 years, average about 3 hours of sleep per night but since on this drug all I do is sleep (about 18 hrs a day), I am dizzy most of the time, unsteady, weak, short of breath (more than before taking this drug). My O2 stats are in low 90s at times 87-88, I just completed a number of cardiac tests and my heart is no worse than pre med ??? (I suffer from an arrhythmia is and have off and on for 30 years, but that got worse over the last 2 years due to stress - while caring for dying family members and their subsequent deaths). I believe that although I am not having the chest pain that I was having, the other symptoms may be due to this drug. (I have many symptoms that others complain of, but I had them pre-med due to the multiple health issues that I h | I am still on this drug. but after ready some off the comments, I believe that I will wean myself off this drug and see if my health improves. For the last 3 mos, I have been in bed most of the day, too weak to do much of anything-- short of breath, dizzy, faint... in general I feel ill. I am so tired that all I want to do is sleep and after years of NOT sleeping and averaging 3 hrs a day, you would think I would love some sleep, BUT NOT LIKE THIS. I sleep but I do not feel rested upon waking. I am glad I found this site and read what others have experienced, I thought it might be the med, but when told it was not I let it go. But tonight I thought I would review the side effects of this drug due to the terrible sweats I get and in doing so found this site and more info that now make more since in relation to the symptoms I am having. | F | 62 | 90 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/13/2016 | 1 | HBP | Severe headache, extreme tiredness, dizziness, heart palpitations. | I Went into hospital for very high blood pressure, they gave me 5mg to take for 2 days. My doctor then increased my dose to 10mg which literally sucked the life out of me! I decided not to take it anymore for nearly 7 days then my doctor convinced me to continue with the drug but back to 5mg. The same side effects came back! These types of drugs are poison and should be illegal! But the big pharmaceutical companies prefer money than saving lives!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG! As of today I will be taking the natural remedy pathway and live a happier healthier life..... | F | 40 | 7 days 5mg | 2/9/2016 | 4 | hypertension | Sometimes my ankles swell. That's the only side effect I've experienced. | F | 71 | 6 years 10 mg 1X day | 2/5/2016 | 2 | BP | Ugh...moderate ankle and leg swelling. My calves feel like rocks. Headache, fuzzy feeling. Aches on the top of my feet right where my foot bends. Recently developed a blotchy rash on the tops of me feet. Kind of looks little like all broken blood vessles. Also flushing of my face and ringing in ears...I hate it. I want off! | F | 51 | 3 months 5mg 2x a d | 2/1/2016 | 1 | Bp | I've have vivid dreams feel terrible my mind is going crazy lymph nodes swell | M | 58 | 1 years 10 | 1/27/2016 | 2 | HBP | Dr put me on very lose dose (2.5) due to my concerns of side effects. Well it didn't matter because the first few nights extremely dizzy and lightheadedness. However, that did go away which is why Im rating it a 2. My on-going side effects are blurred vision, swelling gum, insomnia and stomach distress, tingling/numbness in feet and calf and sweating. Plus my blood pressure still high! Searching for natural remedies. | F | 43 | 2 months 2.5MG 1X day | 1/23/2016 | 1 | Prescribed in ER | Was put on Norvasc at the hospital due to high blood pressure from a different medicine, what I discovered was it can take up to six weeks to even effectively lower BP. Day two I developed canker type sores on lips and tongue, muscle pain and weakness. Also do not take while breastfeeding! | F | 27 | 2 days 10 mg | 1/23/2016 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I have been taking this crap since October and it has gone from bad to worse. I kept a journal for the first month and listed every side effect from headache, terrible muscle aches especially in my back and forearms, cramps in my legs, tightness in chest, and right foot with pain which was so bad I was hopping, pain in left knee, shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, extreme tiredness to the point of feeling like I am drugged up. Rash under my arms, itching, breast pain, memory loss, brain fog, nervousness, chills, irritability, sadness, and now a stomach ache with a nagging pain on my right side. | I have taken other high blood pressure medicines and they all have side effects but I think this is the worst. My body is saying this poison does not belong there. My Dr. said that Norvasc does not cause all those side effects. I am going to take myself off this stuff, and if she does not listen, I am going to keep looking until a find a Dr. that will listen. No one should have to get sick from something that should be making them feel better. | F | 62 | 3 months 10MG 1X day | 1/20/2016 | 1 | hbp | Fatigue, thumping heart beat, headaches, occasional cough, no motivation, internal nervous feeling, trips to bathroom. | Felt horrible most days shortly after taking the drug in the morning. I'm a normally very healthy guy who knows his body pretty good. Trying to find another drug for BP that doesn't make me want to stay in bed all day. In very happy to have found this site... | M | 63 | 1 months 2.5 mg | 1/20/2016 | 1 | high blood pressure | Pancreatitis, enlarged and fatty heart, read the comments | I am writing this on behalf of a good friend that passed away in 2009. She was 33 years old! Her husband and we believe that this drug caused her to go into cardiac arrest and led to her death in 2009. She also had Pancreatitis 4 months before her death. This is a possible side effect from this drug and/or the generic form called Amlodipine. Beware!!! This drug should be taken off the market forever!! It is an evil, evil drug!! | F | 51 | 2 years 1X day | 1/16/2016 | 1 | BP | I am so glad I found this site. OMG since day one of taking this medication I have felt anxiety to the fullest. I keep forgetting things cannot focus at work feeling dizzy lightheaded. I have not been able to sleep at all. I feel sick to my stomach. Thank God I found out in time I will NOT take this crap anymore. It didn't even help my BP made it worse. I hope I get better worse feeling in the world not having control of my life. I feel so tired and out of it. | F | 42 | 5 days 10MG 1X day | 1/12/2016 |