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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 2  High Blood Pressure I am 47 years old and weight train everyday. I was prescribed the generic version of this drug (Amlodipine 5mg). I am having teffible side effects: sleeplessness, irritability, tingling in hand and foot, blurred vision, tiredness. I have scheduled an appointment with my doctor to get off of this and on to something else. Your quality of life should not suffer while trying to control a health concern that is very manageable now a days. 47 10 days
5mg
10/16/2014
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 3  to wean off of clonidine patch Clonidine sucked worse that Norvasc, and Norvasc is no picnic. I have depression weight gain and edema. This does lower my blood pressure, and is more tolerable (just barely) then the other BP meds. F 50 6 months
2.5 mgs
10/4/2014
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 1  High blood pressure Feeling like I couldn't catch my breath, very mentally foggy, heartburn, very cold feeling like my insides were freezing, dizzy to the point I can't drive, swollen gums and anger, sleep problems F 31 5 days
5mg
8/31/2014
 4  High blood pressure 143/102 I went to the dr. BP was 143/102 was prescribed norvasc 5mg initially. Next day BP was 135/100 called dr. Increased to 10mg. Norvasc works at lowering my BP but at an unfortunate cost. I get up in the a.m no appetite, take meds. 2 hrs later I'm ready for a nap and with 2 lil ones it's unlikely. I feel like a zombie or high, I can't concentrate and this is just 2 weeks of taking it. I'm constipated, and having chest pain neither of which were an issue before I began this medication. I also noticed that if I get up to use the restroom at night I have trouble falling back asleep which is why I'm adding my "2 cents" to this thread at 1:54/a. I'll definately be letting my dr know but I'm trying to be a "good lil patient" and wait an entire month before asking NO, demanding something else. I went from living a normal life, not knowing I had hbp to having all kinds of symptoms trying to control it. I've read poor reviews of this medication and very few good ones, as for the good reviews, each person claims to be otherwise healthy so I guess the rest of us are overweight, obese, and have bad habits. Just a thought! Good luck and God bless. F 26 2 weeks
10mg
8/8/2014
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 4  Pulminary hypertension I take the generic brand of norvasc along with adcirca and xarelto . I've noticed that the drug does work. My blood pressure was near perfect and I can actually climb stairs again without my heart beating so fast that I have to lie down because otherwise I would faint. I have been having fainting spells prior to takin my calcium channel blockers and now I do not so its a huge relief. Yet the side effects are unbearable! I feel like I am always chasing sleep. I am a awake a few hours than sleep a few hours awake for a few and then sleep for a few. I have no days and long nights its awful. I have had a persistent headache for over two weeks that is in the areas of my head as if I wear wearing a thick headband. So pretty much all over! I have extreme lower back pain after a month of taking (norvasc). I have lack of motivation to do anything I stay in bed all damn day. My joints hurt. And my gums hurt and bleed. I even got a canker sore on my lip. Ugh! And I have barely an appitite. And if you now me you know all I used to do was eat all day. I also have runny eyes n red tired looking eyes. Not a good look. I just want a normal life and for people to understand I'm actually going through something and to stop judging me n thinking that I don't care. This medicine is probably causing me depression. Also I'm always in a fog and have almost tunnel vision. I feel more awake when I'm dreaming then I do when I'm actually up! F 29 1 months
10 mg
8/2/2014
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 3   This has been an excellent medication lowering my BP, with few side effects until now. I've developed brown leopard spots on my arms and legs that appear all in a row. I'm not vain but I have 6-7 areas and worry that they may turn up on my face. F 65 6 years
10 mg 1X day
7/28/2014
 1  High blood pressure This drug is poison. I'm in excellent physical shape but have hbp. Felt fine for 3 weeks. Slowly this drug turned me into a zombi. Depressed, no energy , shortness of breath. Every side affect possible I had. Don't believe everything you read on the studies. Guess who is paying for them? If they say 9% get headaches you can be sure it's 50%. By the way. Do you think your gp reports back to the pharma companies what his patients are telling him? Also. Consider how many people are suffering that don't post or say anything. This is my fist post ever. I can't believe how sick this drug made me. I thought it was something else. Read read read. Come to your own conclusions. M 47 2 months
2.5 mg
7/19/2014
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 2  Blood pressure My dr prescribed Norvasc a while back and I would get migraines so I stopped. Recently my blood pressire was 177/118 and I was scared so I started taking it again. It's been 10 days and each day feels worse. I already suffer from depression and this drug drags me deeper. I lack motivation because I'm so tired, every task is overwhelming. Then there's the the panic attacks. All day I was weak and felt faint I could barely grocery shop. Last night I was light headed and would feel like my eyes were about to black out and I'd faint, my chest started feeling uncomfortable, my arm was tingling and started feeling numb, I panicked and thought I was about to die then after what seemed eternity it went away. My right hand is tingly and shaking and when I take the pills "they take me out" is the phrase I use which means I just want to be in bed. I have a long commute and I get so dizzy and drowsy driving. I just want to live again, I'm tired if feeling this way. I'm not going to work today and will call my dr again. F 32 10 days
10mg
6/23/2014
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 5  High blood pressure None, I read all the reviews and was hesitant, this prescription had not only helped my blood pressure but has no side effects what so ever in my case. I read about a lot of body aches and cramps, but have been drinking lots of water and eating high potassium foods, so no headaches, no cramping, no feeling of tiredness either. F 39 2 weeks
5mg
6/13/2014
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 1  Hypertension Fatigue, constipation, general malaise, racing pulse. Tried this drug because Bystolic gave me a very slow pulse, and I thought it was making me tired. I will look for more natural ways to control BP because I've had too much trouble with prescription drugs. In the meantime, I'll go back to Bystolic. F 65 7 days
5 1X day
6/11/2014
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 1  hypertension Have had mildly high bp 130/90 for several years. I was given prescription for 5mg norvasc. After about two months of taking this regularly i developed papitations, skipped beats, anxiety, ankle swelling, and i was so dizzy sometimes i had to just lay down. Went back to the doc he said i had anxiety gave me prozac. Everytime my heart would flutter it would send me panicking. I actually felt worse so I went back and asked to lower my norvasc dose. It was a huge difference. In four days i felt so much better it was crazy. Yeah this med lowered my bp to where it should but its not worth the side effects. I'm currently weaning off this and will be working on eating better and exercising instead. F 28 4 months
5mg
5/31/2014
 2  high blood pressure At first chest tightness and tingling in legs, agitation, overly excited,not relaxing. if late taking dose felt weird but hard to explain! Weight loss (good). After a while on this med I have painful knees hips arm joints lower back pain. I cant get off the floor for the pain it causes. Arms and hands tingling in bed.shoulders aching. General weakness. Leg weakness. Agitation. Foggy brain. Off balance when walking. Hot then cold during the night (not caused by menopause).. diagnosed as 'idiopathic blood pressure'only goes up with stress, fluid retention and pigging out on carbs as I am a type 2 diabetic diet controlled. Dr now weaning me off ('Norvasc') only positive from the meds was I didnt gain anymore weight! F 58 8 months
5 mg x1
5/6/2014
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 2  Hypertension Rebound hypertension, panic/stress, insomnia, foggy thinking Has quite a few side effects. Most noticeable are substantial increase in panic/stress which is quite debilitating at times, a very salty taste in my mouth after taking the medication. My hypertension seems to rebound quite rapidly if I don't take the medication within 18-24 hours after last dose(Normal blood pressure for me is 130/82 without medication, and have seen spikes with the amlodipine up to 150/95). Am going to get in touch with my doctor to try a different medication. Perhaps someone can use this medication as a "quick-fix" short-term solution (perhaps one day if blood pressure is high) for HBP, but does not appear very useful as a long-term medication. M 39 7 days
5mg 1X day
4/29/2014
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 1  Abdominal vascular insufficiency I had side effects hit me in 12 hours of starting, and yes I am POSITIVE this med did it. I became a different person- mentally unstable, depressed, lethargic, angry, sad, mean, hopeless, panic attacks, agoraphobic, lack of sex drive, and lack of sexual response. Been off it for two days and I am feeling very unbalanced still. I so hope this stops bc I cannot stand how I feel. I wouldn't touch this med for all the money in the world, but I know everyone is different in their reactions. Bystolic 10mg is what I take for my high BP and that works perfectly for me. My dr did warn me of depression in norvasc and started me on a low dose and had me call in 5 days to see if I could tolerate it, so he KNOWS. I did not think I would have depression, much less all the other stuff with it bc I figured it was too low of a dose. UGH!!!! F 36 3 days
2.5 mg
4/22/2014
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 2  Hypertension Extreme fatigue, rapid weight gain (10 pounds in 2 months), heart arrhythmia. This medication lowered my blood pressure but some days my readings would be higher (140/90) to lower (100/63). The worst part was the fatigue and weight gain. I have been on other blood pressure meds that have made me tired but this one was the worst. The fatigue was so bad that I could hardly get out of bed. I could sleep 12 hours a night and would wake up feeling like I still needed a lot more sleep. As soon as I went off of it my energy came back within a week. F 34 2 months
5MG 1X day
4/4/2014
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 1  Hypertension Omg!! I've had the worst anxiety panic attacks where people around me kept getting bigger and bigger and I was shrinking! Anxiety so bad leading to ill feeling and some depression. My legs have been in pain (addicted to icy hot). Bad feeling like I can't feel my legs, sometimes when i was driving (scary feeling). Extreme weight loss I dropped about 20-25 pounds. Started to worry due to weight loss and feeling like I'm gonna have a heart attack or puke also I've been having trouble walking and when I stand up my lower back gets stuck and it takes me a few minutes to be able to stand up straight. I'm calling my doctor to set up an appointment. Glad I finally researched! F 29 1 years
10mg
2/17/2014
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 5  High blood pressure Lack of sexual interest, occasional ankle swelling.have noticed swollen gums like others have mentioned. This medicine has worked great for me it's dropped my bp from 149/98 to 120/80 , it's actually taken away my anxiety, I have actually lost weight, and feel good. F 33 8 months
10mg
2/13/2014
 4  High Bp. Swollen. Face and lip. F 70 3 days
10mg
1/19/2014
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 1  High blood pressure This drug is another one with bad side effects! My ankles swelled, I felt like I was dizzy all the time. If you want to learn how to get off of prescription meds and what natural supplements to take in place of them, please visit www.thepeopleschemist.com M 50 2 months
10 mg
1/14/2014
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 1  HTN Shoulder neck pain, depressed, miserable, dry mouth, drpwsy, tired, anxious. Got off 5 days ago and a bit better. now on low dose hctz F 46 2 months
10
1/7/2014

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