NORVASC Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (780 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORVASC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NORVASC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high bp, hypertension | Flushing, tightness in head and chest, headache and extreme upper back pain which came on mid afternoon and was gone the next morning, these symptoms after about the second day on the med which made me decide to continue as they were mild enough to deal with...on the 14 day woke up in the middle of the night with swollen gums on one side of my mouth, top and bottom, very painful....have been off the drug three days and all other side effects have lessened but my gums are still bad and I am on Biaxin for what is supposed to be an infection...the Biaxin seems to have made the pain worse. I would say Norvasc or the generic which is what I am taking,(Amolopidine) should be used with caution, my brother on it and no problems and we are genetically almost twins and have basically the same tolerence for meds, so I am puzzled. I am hoping that the gum problem resolves soon and hope that the dental surgeon that I see on Friday who is also an MD knows something about Norvasc. The PA that presc | M | 69 | 2 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 2/22/2012 | 1 | HTN | WARNING! This drug precipitated a severe and rare form of migraine called vestibular migraine. I developed dizziness and racing heart 3 days after starting. I split the dose into 2.5mg twice daily with no change in symptoms. I stopped after 6 days and the dizziness eventually evolved into vertigo, brain fog, dizziness, head motion sensitivity, photo and phonophobia (i.e., a full blown migraine syndrome. One year later I am still sick and I have no history of migraine, or clues to a low migraine threshold (sound,motion, light, odor sensitvity, or Hx of HAs). This drug has ruined my life. I hope I can recover. I have seen other posts regarding this drug and propensity to cause migraine, and vertigo. You must be careful with calcium antagonists as they have far reaching effects in the human body. I would appreciate anyone's comments about this drug. | M | 46 | 6 days 5mg 1X day | 2/20/2012 | 5 | Spikes in blood pressure | Slight dizzy spell in one afternoon. Some weight gain but. Not. Sure if it is from norvasc | M | 64 | 3 weeks 2.5mg | 2/5/2012 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Flushing, swollen and bleeding gums, burning mouth feeling, anxiety. At higher doses, extreme vertigo and dizziness. | I have been taking this for 9 months. The side effects were worse at first, but now have lessened somewhat. I tried to go up tp 5mg because my BP was still spiking to 150/100 at least once a day, but it caused extreme vertigo and dizziness, so I had to back off. Now a few months later, I am trying 5mg again, split up into two doses of 2.5 mg taken 12 hours apart. This seems to make it easier, I have been on the increased divided dose for four days now and so far no vertigo. The side effects are mild enough for me that I am still taking it as of now. | F | 48 | 9 months 2.5mg 1X day | 1/17/2012 | 4 | Blood pressure | Look!! These are side effects Of blood pressure meds. Alot of these effects are mind over matter. There not life threatening for god sakes. Just take it. I take it and yes it makes my feet tingle And my hands tingle and my face too. Take it at night so tou dont feel The effects during the day. Im a A paramedic myself and know what the effects are.. thats the side effects so deal with it !! | M | 40 | 6 months 5 mg | 1/14/2012 | 5 | High blod pressure | I am a pharmacist and I am reading this blog due to a patient that came into my store today, muscle aches/leg cramps are due to water pills/diuretics. Fatigue is due to beta blockers, Norbert causes edema, thats it people!... Make sure your consult your. Dr before you have hundreds of people stopping there medication! | M | 64 | 6 days 5mh 1X day | 1/12/2012 | 1 | blood pressure | Ankle swelling, pain, dry eyes, skin dryness | F | 56 | 2 months 5mg | 1/12/2012 | 1 | Hypertension | norvasc doesn't even work to lower my 148/86 blood pressure. makes me very tierd (fatigue) all day, even when I take 12hour sleep. | F | 13 | 1 months 5 mg | 1/11/2012 | 1 | Bp | After taking this Rx for 7 mos. I had a severe reaction. My tongue swelled up and I was transported by ambulance to the hospital. | F | 51 | 7 months 15 1X day | 12/31/2011 | 2 | HBP- recent weight gain | My calves bacame so sore I could barely walk. One night I had t just sit because I felt a tightning in my chest. My doc told me to take a half pill so basically I had taken 2.5 mgs. i am not going to use this medication again and just try to meditate and eliminate my stress naturally. | F | 36 | 3 weeks 5mg 1X day | 12/20/2011 | 1 | HTN | About 2-3 weeks after starting drug, developed tingling in arms and legs, chest pressure and feeling of passing out--first time while driving!! After that day, DAILY fatigue, chest pressure/pain, EXTREME dizzyness to the point of non function. Nauseated and headaches. Had EVERY less common, most extreme side effect. Went to ER at one point and all cardiac tests normal. Went back to my Dr and stopped this NASTY drug. BP still normal off it, and slowly feeling better (half life of this drug 50+ hours!!! so even when u stop, takes a while to rid from your system!!!) Be AWARE of what ur putting in your body | F | 34 | 30 days 15mg 1X day | 12/8/2011 | 1 | Hypertension | Pitting edema( especially of left knee and calf); neuropathy left leg;constipation and abdominal pain/swelling; facial flushing; swelling redness hands and feet; depression & decreased concentraion; insomnia | I think this website just saved my life, or at least my sanity. Nearly 500 anecdotal reports, mostly describing the range of as yet unexplained symptoms I have been having for the last 2 years must bear some significance. Like others I have been CT scanned, tested for blood clots and lupus and all tests have been negative. I also experienced "rare" intestinal angioedema and 5 hospitalizations due to lisinopril about 10 years ago. Although Norvasc and ACE inhibitors have different mechanisms edema is a shared outcome. I do not believe these side effects are as "rare" as physicians seem to often think and as one person noted on this site Rx list and other Pharma driven sites/resources downplay them. Gotta be your own health advocate! As with lisinopril I am pretty sure the symptoms will decline upon discontinuation of the drug. I am going to do that experiment | F | 51 | 5 years 10 mg 1X day | 12/3/2011 | 2 | high blood pressure | hideous foot swelling resulting in a broken foot stress fracture. Constipation not controlling spikes at all. | F | 66 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 11/30/2011 | 5 | Hypertension | A small amount of ankle swelling and leg cramps at the start of taking this medication along with 10-15pounds of weight gain! | This medication works very well for me! One must remember everyone has a different reaction to medications! This was the first medication I was given for my hypertension and it turned out to work well for me. | F | 59 | 5 years 2.5mg 1X day | 11/27/2011 | 1 | High blood pressure post-transplant | This drug sucked. Didn't lower my BP of 155/100, maybe because I was at lowest dose. However even on lowest dose I sweat like a little piggy in the night and freaky anxiety attacks. | I wasn't 100% sure the anxiety attacks were from this, but seeing other people's comments, I'm pretty certain now. They definitely started when I started the drug. Short but frequent 30-second anxiety attacks about all sorts of random things. | M | 36 | 2 weeks 2.5 mg 1X day | 11/24/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | Depression, panic attacks, weight gain, muscle fatigue, edema. My friend was also on it. His legs swelled up until they cracked open with sores. | It lowered my blood pressure, but so would have increasing my Lisinopril. It made it so I couldn't exercise. I like to walk/run for cardiovascular exercise and the muscle fatigue in my legs made it so I couldn't even climb stairs. When I complained, the doctors took me off the Lisinopril and gave me 10 mg. of norvasc. | F | 56 | 2 years 5 mg 1X day | 10/17/2011 | 2 | hypertension | I first was on Caduet - didn't seem to have any problems for sometime. Then, I started with the ankle/lower leg swelling. I have arthritis in my back, so when the back pain started, I attributed it to that. But, then I got to the point where everything in my body hurt - shoulders, knees, elbows, wrist, you name it. Some days were better than others - thanks to over-the-counter pain meds. Couldn't walk very far without pain and weakness - had to sit down and recover before I could continue. Until I read this blog, I just thought it was age - or something worse, but now I think I'm going to talk to my doctor about Norvasc - I'm now on the generic (5 mg) and 10 mg of lipitor, which might also be a culprit. Plan to have a chat with my Dr. when I see him tomorrow. | One thing I didn't see anyone mention is: My blood pressure runs from low 100s over 50s - sometimes 60s, which seems too low to me. | F | 76 | 5 years 5 mg 1X day | 9/29/2011 | 3 | I am taking Norvsac and for HBP | M | 35 | 2 years 5MG 1X day | 9/28/2011 Patient History | 2 | BP | Almost immediately after starting generic version of NORVASC my gums started to swell and bleed. My hygienist noticed it on my last two appointments. Never had this problem before. I added a bacteria fighting rinse to my dental cleaning routine and that has not helped. I told my GP, she said only 1% of people on drug have this issue--told me to wait. I waited a month and now gums are worse. I messaged doctor today, said I want off of Norvasc. Also have gained 12 lbs. since being on drug. | F | 44 | 1.5 years 2.5mg 1X day | 9/27/2011 | 5 | Hbp | No side effects except weight loss. Bp is down as is pulse rate. | F | 50 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 9/1/2011 |