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 |
| 5 | Blood pressure | Have a hard time breathing heaviness in my chest my legs are always tingling swelling in my legs never thought to look this medication up always sweating thought I was having hot flashes will be calling the doctor this week. | I have been telling my doctor about so many symptoms I've been having over the years and all they say is it's fibromyalgia and arthritis I'm starting to think that it's my high blood pressure meds | F | 61 | 5 years 30 mg | 7/3/2017 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Headache, anxiety, dizziness, legs weak, a new one every 2 or 3 days | When I told the Dr. about this, he just gave me an antidepressant and said he didn't know of anybody having these symptoms, especially the headache. Needless to say he won't ever see me again.I'm not on any other drugs, so has to be the almodipine. And I didn't take the antidepressant either. I just retired 3 months ago from computer job, and was not sick. | F | 75 | 6 months 2.5 MG 1X day | 6/19/2017 | 1 | High bp | Stomach, abdominal pain, swelling, chest pain | Aweful drug. On for few weeks started to have stomach and upper right abd pain, spoke with dr. They said this drug was very safe, had MRI and ultra sound on abd all came back clean, dr dx me with gastritis. Dr left town, found new doc, took me off this poison and had immediate relief from stomach issues, swelling and chest pain. Rat poison is probably safer than this drug. | M | 41 | 4 days 7.5 mg | 5/26/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | 1. had morning -like sickness for 3 days with blurred vision. cleared up. 2. 90 degrees out, I'd get cold and need a jacket. 3. left leg began a tingling sensation at times, more when walking. 4. crying-I woke up @4 every day crying. I'd spend the next couple of hours crying. I would cry randomly during the day. I am NOT a crier. No emotion otherwise. 5. Heart-while lying on my stomach, I had to roll to my right to relieve the severe pressure in my chest. would occur randomly. Day 6, I was walking up a gentle rise I have done everyday for years. I was gasping for breath and my heart was thundering out of my chest. I stopped the drug and called the doctor. All side effects have cleared and this is day 2 of no drug! | Additionally, I had bloody urine in the middle of 1 night. I was restless and very little appetite. Lastly, I'd break out in the sweats, just like a hot flash. | F | 60 | 6 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/23/2017 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Doctors are pleased with moderated blood pressure and I have not had a migraine since on it but I have experienced foot swelling when sitting too long, also I have loss of stamina and slight dizziness. Will ask if I could try another type. | F | 68 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 5/18/2017 | 3 | Raised Blood Pressure | Palpitations, tiredness (when increased dosage to 7.5mg) bp still at 170/80. Mouth dryness and chest pains (mild) | I think norvasc is well tolerated to amilodipine (generic) | M | 60 | 6 months 5mg | 5/16/2017 | 2 | Hypertension and high blood pressur | Swelling in legs and feet and stiffness in hands and feet. Emotional, fast heart beats, fatigue, anxiety and depression. My blood pressure went up as I was taking birth control pills and doctors put me on blood pressure medicines, I was on hydrochloriathizide at first and then was put on amlodipine besylate, and I want to know if the calcium that amlodipine blocks is the same that calcium that a person needs, because I have to take a calcium supplement. | I'm considering herbs verses prescriptions, let me know what you think. | F | 39 | 0 years 5 mg | 5/9/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | Loss of memory, had to pee every 20 minutes, confusion, loss of breath while trying to sleep, no reduction in my blood pressure numbers. | after beginning this horrible drug I felt confused (could not find areas in my town that I had known for decades) would wake up suddenly trying to catch my breath, would pee all the time, and blood pressure was actually rising instead of falling, vision messed up and thoughts of suicide came and went.....stopped taking it and everything went back to normal after awhile. This is HORRIBLE!!!! | F | 57 | 45 days 10MG 1X day | 4/3/2017 | 1 | Bp was high | Memory failure..lost thingsminutes after put down. With no recall!! Fatigue, throat tight, achy,letgargic | F | 49 | 10 days | 3/17/2017 | 2 | high blood pressure | Dry mouth depression memory loss Swollen lower legs | Blood pressure down but bad side effects. Thought i was having alzhimers starting till I read these comments | M | 74 | 1 months 5 mg | 3/13/2017 | 1 | High blood pressure | Tachycardia, chest pressure and pain, kidney pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, massive anxiety | This garbage is POISON!!!! DO NOT TAKE IT!! | M | 36 | 10 days 10 | 2/25/2017 | 1 | 3rd drug added to control hbp | Major swelling in ankles and legs. Horrible joint pain. Decreased appetite. No change in bp numbers. | F | 42 | 2 weeks 5 | 2/17/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | Absolutely horrible!! I called my dr after taking for 2 days to report my side effects of extreme fatigue, lightheaded, dizzy, blurred vision. Blood pressure dropped to 101/50. I could not function at all. Terrible terrible medicine. He told me that he doubted my numbers because I would be passing out and see my family doctor. My neighbor is a RN. Came over and took blood pressure and it was correct. Finally got in touch with another doctor in the practice that took me off and said rest for 48 hours then call him and let him know how I feel. I thought I was truly going to die. Been off for 36 hours now and feel so much better already. Never will take this again | F | 58 | 10 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/7/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | Right eye swelled up under lid,depression,anxiety lost of appetite heart rate was 120 to God be the glory I didn't stay on it Thank you Jesus!!! | F | 39 | 6 days 5mg | 12/12/2016 | 5 | High blood pressure | None | I started this medication(NORVASC)today.I was taking 12.5mg (microzide) for 3 weeks had heart palpitations,feeling disoriented (like I was dying) went to ER (low potassium) so they gave me 4 tab(potassium) was fine after that.Then saw my Dr. 2 weeks ago got blood work done and potassium was still low so my dr. called me yesterday to tell me I was sensitive to microzide so she told me to stop taking it.And she put me on this medication.Took it At 7am this morning after eating toast & banana.Now as I'm writing this review (1:34pm) still feel great.No heart palpitations,(dying feeling) only feel tiny flutters in my heart but nothing uncomfortable.Thats it.I do feel like I have more energy(weird) but great feeling.I have had erratic high blood pressure(hypertension) for a little over a year tried the DASH diet without any results.BP would still rise especially at the doctor's office.She has me sit there a few min then take it again it would go back down from 156/106 to 134/80 (much better) happens Everytime I go to the doctor's.So I am hoping this medication continues to do a good job for me.I read a lot of reviews on here mostly negative.But I have noticed something most are on more then 1 medication & or on the original medication.I seem to do pretty well on generic medication yes it seems weird but I do.Is anyone else like that? Does better on generic medication? Please let me know. | F | 37 | 1 days 5mg | 12/6/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Painful thumps in chest (missed beats) insomnia, severe stomach bloating, water retention. Feelings of helplessness anxiety. It has brought my bp down but at what cost. Strangest med I have ever taken. I feel lost in a fog of sadness and as if this is the beginning of the end. Due to have dose doubled tomorrow, I just cant. | Please remember pharmaceutical companies are businesses, they don't care about you, like YOU do. Most of us can change this ourselves if we care enough. You deserve good health but as I'm learning it must be earnt. Start today people x | F | 41 | 5 days 5 1X day | 12/4/2016 | 2 | Blood Pressure | Dizziness. Total loss of inner ear balance function. Stuffed head feeling. | Dizziness set in shortly after beginning. Specifically, it knocked out all my vestibular balance function. In other words. I had my kinetic sense and my visual sense, but I could not, for instance, stand upright with my eyes closed without falling over. I could sit on a chair or the bed or lie in bed and be okay, because my body was in substantial contact with a reliable surface or known orientation. I withdrew from the drug, which was only providing marginal improvement over my other two BO drugs that I have taken for years with untoward effects. With 48 hours, my inner ear function began returning, but erratically, resulting in frank vertigo. It's now been five days without, and my inner ear is somewhat normalized. I can stand with my eyes closed, for instance. I still have the "head stuffed" feeling that went with the dizziness, but it has lessened. I credit this wen site and everyone's contributions with giving me the clue. The fact that this came on shortly after taking the drug and is resolving within days of stopping it, leaves little doubt as to the cause. Drugs have side-effects. Not everyone gets them, and not everyone gets the same ones. Most have none and have a satisfactory experience. The other two drugs I take have known untoward effects, too, but I've never had any of them that gave me any trouble. (I don't count bathroom visits at night to be an untoward effect of a diuretic. That's how they work.) This not a "bad" drug, but it does seem | M | 67 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 12/2/2016 | 1 | Elevated bp | Horrible, worsening side effects. BOTH PHYSICAL & EMOTIONAL. Felt fine with slightly elevated bp to fearful of having heart attack or stroke. Water retention to chest pains to my chest, neck and throat feel like closing in!! Doc cut my anxiety meds same time so til I got mad enough and had enough energy to read about other patients I thought I was having panic & anxiety attacks turning me into major depression. NO, ITS THIS BP MED! have fibromyalgia too so put the weird million other side effects to that. Nope. Its this drug they put me on THEN RAISED FROM 10MG TO 20MG. | F | 46 | 3 months 20 | 11/19/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | HORRIBLE side effects for me, and I only took 1/2 a pill. I lost my appetite, felt nauseous all day, and just felt "out of it." Like I was on a sedative...tired, lethargic, didn't feel myself. As soon as I stopped taking it, I felt way better. | F | 34 | 9 days 10 mg 1X day | 11/15/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Pounding heartbeat; pain in my shoulders, arms, and legs; EXTREME fatigue to the point of exhaustion; don't sleep well (never had trouble sleeping before this drug); red blotches on feet; bloodshot eyes; weird tingly sensations. | My BP was 170/110, doctor put me on 5 mg Norvasc, then upped it to 7.5 mg. Side effects were even worse, so went back to the 5 mg and added 10 mg Lisinopril. Am going to see if I can reduce dose or change meds. | F | 36 | 4 months 5 1X day | 10/27/2016 |