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 | High blood pressure | Severe migraine | First day of taking this drug I noticed a slight headache. The second day of taking this drug, I woke-up with a severe migraine. I didn't continue this drug and it took me three days to get over the migraine. | F | 52 | 2 days 5 MG 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 1 | na | na | If you search for essential fatty acid deficiency, you will find high blood pressure as an effect. Try a suppliment of EFA such as Newmans Own Salad Oil and see if that helps your BP Very inexpensive and no side effects. | M | 64 | 0 days 1X day | 4/24/2010 | 2 | high blood pressure | Dizziness, constantly tired, unmotivated, swelling of legs,itching legs.My blood pressure is down, but my quality of life is terrible | I feel terrible all day everyday. Before this I worked 30hrs a week and ran a household with two children. I am reduced to sitting at home, barely motivated enough to get the housework done. After reading these comments I feel very angry. It seems to me all the doctors care about is a number on a page with little regard to how it impacts on the rest of that persons life. I am struggling financially and feel depressed. | F | 39 | 7 months 10 2X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | hypertension | WEIGHT gain,insomnia,heartburn,dry mouth, lack of motivation, mood change wife says I'm angry all the time,feelings of needle type pricks in my lower legs mainly my calves. | I still try and walk as exercise, two years ago I walked six to seven miles a day with in months of starting to take this drug this started to fall off.As I started to ween my self off of this drug my motivation to exercise and do every day things is returning. | M | 53 | 2 years 10 1X day | 4/18/2010 | 1 | hypertension | swelling of feet | did not lower bp | M | 67 | 90 days 10 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 2 | high blood pressure | within an hour of taking norvasc, I felt like there was a brick on my heart and it lasted all day. Also was dizzy and my brain was racing with a thousand thoughts, couldn't concentrate for a few hours. | Seemed to bring down bp but couldn't deal with the chest pain. DR has now switched me to Lopressor. This will be my 5th med try for high bp. | F | 39 | 2 days 5 mg 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 3 | High Blood pressure | There are three side effects that I have experienced on Norvasc. First, and the most significant for me has been the much reduced ability to think clearly. It definitely has affected my mind, my memory, and my thinking and reasoning response-time. For instance, trying to respond with answers to the Jeopardy program questions is nearly futile. I feel like a confused kid trying to figure out a mystery that's way beyond me reach. The second side effect is some swelling of the ankles and hands. This is not very pronounced and I can live with it. At the end of the day the sock ring indentation is less than 1/8th of an inch. The third side effect is itchiness, mostly in the evenings. This was worse early on, and has not been as much of a problem after 5 months, but it is a noticeable nuisance. I agree with another poster about taking an exam while on Norvasc. I am faced with the same situation and will have to get off this stuff just for that reason. I will be like a deer caught in the | M | 55 | 5 months 5 mg 1X day | 3/22/2010 | 1 | hypertension | SEVERE LE EDEMA | THIS DRUG IS HORRIBLE THE EDEMA WAS SO BAD IT HURT. I THOUGHT MY SKIN WOULD BURST. BAD, HORRIBLE UNACCEPTABLE DRUGAND ON TOP OF THAT DID NOT HELP MY BLOOD PRESSURE AT ALL. | M | 29 | 14 days 5mg 1X day | 3/20/2010 | 3 | BP | After years of taking the drug, developed pretibial edema bilaterally, followed by tiny itch rash just recently. Wife said it was the Norvasc, but I did not think a drug would adversely affect you after so many years. | Off Rx now, and no longer impotent, no longer having memory problems, BP is even lower on other meds now. | M | 64 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/19/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Body aches, sleep deprivation, red flat and slightly raised rash, itching, and acute anxiety. | I took the generic brand of Norvasc (blue pill) for high blood pressure. It reduced my HBP however within 4 weeks my hands and feet exploded with dyshidrotic eczema. My last eczema episode was in my early twenties. I was shocked it had returned. I thought it was just stress but 1 week later small to medium (1 in. diameter) red dots appeared all over my arms, legs, chest, back, and scalp with severe itching. My doctor said I was having an allergic reaction and should stop immediately. After 1 week my eczema was gone and 2 weeks later the red rash has seemed to stop spreading but hasn't gone away. Based on other research and posts the side-effects take 4 weeks to start appearing and an estimated 6 weeks to go away. Some believe the rash is caused by the blue dye in the pill. | M | 37 | 1 months 5 MG 1X day | 3/18/2010 | 3 | hypertension, two stints | Have had many of the mentioned side effects but the generic for Norvasc that I took worked well to lower my blood pressure. I decided to put up with the problems until my pharmacy changed generics and the strange dreams I'd been having became disturbing nightmares. I honestly thought I might have a heart attack in my sleep. The original medication is no longer available to anyone so I'm not sure what I'll do. I'm waiting for the doctor to call back. I know there are other manufacturers but will they be like the first or second one? | works well to lower blood pressure | F | 65 | 1.5 years 5 1X day | 3/17/2010 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Legs feeling heavy/tired. Legs bother me even when sitting. Very scatter brain feeling. Cant focus | Was on Avapro 6 yrs with no problems- Insurance wont pay anymore, so Dr. changed me to this. Dont feel like myself at all. Tired/not motivated. Reading on this site is reassuring me that I am not imagining the symptoms. | F | 43 | 2 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 1 | stopped taking it | severe edema and leg pain | I stopped taking the drug and feel as if I got my life back. I feel so much better after stopping the drug. I went through 6 months of pain. | F | 56 | 6 months 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | At 5mg a day I don't have any problems with the medication, other then possible pain in feet (but I'm on them at work 40hrs a week so it's hard to say.) When I take 10mg a day though I get a deep depression feeling, and I hate everyone and everything. I was taking 10mg a day and having thoughts of suicide to "get away from everything". As soon as I went back to my 5mg a day(without the doctors approval) I've felt perfectly fine.. it's hard to say how this medication will work. | I like how I feel on 5 mg, but now my doctor wants to change it to something else because I run at 140/85-130/80. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it since I took procardia xl and became extremely violent to those around me. | M | 19 | 1 years 5 1X day | 3/10/2010 | 1 | hypertension | constant belching, anxiety, nausea | after 3 days of taking this pill i developed anxiety which is not listed as one of the side effects,after 2 weeks of taking this i stopped for 4 days and had no anxiety. Then after my doctor persisted and said that no way does this casue anxiety I started taking it again. after 2 trips to the er for panic attacks I fainally stop this pill and my anxiety went away... mmmm coincidence I think not. Oh my doctor was going to give me lexapro for anxiety i never took the lexapro but I stopped this instead and i have been fine ever since,, also on this pill I was extremly gasy and had nausea sometimes... I will never take this or recommend this to anyone | M | 35 | 30 days 5mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | High blood pressure | Heartburn at night, mild headache all day, face flushing, some palpitations all began after few days on drug. On 9th day, leg and ankle swelling. Stopped taking immediately. This drug made me feel terrible. | M | 64 | 9 days 10mg 1X day | 2/26/2010 | 4 | For high blood pressure | In my case, the most bothersome side effect is feeling tired, followed by lightheadedness and a few tachycardic episodes. | Despite its side effects, I prefer this drug because it gives optimal control to my hypertension and it provides adequate perfusion to the coronary and renal circulation. | M | 56 | 5 mg 2X day | 2/25/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | pain in jaw, swelling in fingers, pain in forearm, pain in neck, pain both knees, overall not feel well,felt like I was slowly deteriorating from the inside out, burning feeling in my gums and bad taste in mouth, loss of motivation, felt sad. | My doctor said he's never heard of some of the side effects I complained about. I don't understand that. So many people on this site have reported my symptoms. Why don't doctors know this drug has these horrible side effects. I told my doctor I am not taking this drug anymore. After going off drug, in 1 day my symptoms started to go away. Been 5 days now and am slowly returning back to normal. | F | 54 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 2/13/2010 | 1 | hypertension | persistent nausea & vomiting, general unwell feeling | Will not take any more! | F | 39 | 2 days | 1/31/2010 | 1 | high BP 160/100 | swollen feet and ankles. deep depression. | I have variable BP 110/75 - 160/100. took Amlodipine for 2 months. after a gap of several months tried just 1 tablet again but it immediately gave me deep depression again which subsided after 1 day. | M | 58 | 2 months | 1/23/2010 |