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 | Hbp | Cramping of calves slightly swollen calves and ankles...however no is down to 111/66 but am taking lisinopril and bisoprolol and Lipitor also! Uh hate drugs! | F | 68 | 1 days 5mg | 1/3/2016 | 1 | Hypertension caused by stress | Tightness in chest, chest pain, muscle aches in upper back, neck and tops of my arms, panic attacks, difficulty sleeping and overall sick feeling. | I wish I had found this site sooner. I ended up in the ER twice with what was diagnosed as panic attacks after taking the generic of this drug amlodipine besylate for 4 weeks. My blood pressure was great so I never thought the dug was causing the symptoms. But I began to keep a journal. Since my BP was very low and I also felt a bit dizzy I started decreasing the dose to 3/4 of a pill and then 1/2. Then a week ago I forgot to take it and remembered by 3pm. Within 40 minutes I had tightness in my chest and 7 hours later shooting chest pain. No other symptoms. I started writing notes in my journal and realized that the shooting chest pains always occurred 7 hours after taking this drug. That's when I decided I had enough and stopped taking it. It's been a week and the symptoms have subsided although not totally gone. Still a bit of tightness in the top of my chest now and again but I understand this drug has a long half life and takes a while to be completely gone. I have started yoga and walking to deal with my stress due to the fact that all of my tests were better than normal. I have also been eating more plant based foods and have made an appointment with a homeopathic doctor. This medicine is poison and I will never take it again. | F | 63 | 7 weeks 2.5mg 2X day | 12/28/2015 | 2 | hbp | Extreme fatigue and muscle weakness | Also take 50 mg metoprolol 2 x | M | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 12/25/2015 | 1 | High bp | Severe anxiety, body flushing, painful joints, feverish feeling, chills, light swelling in the ankles. | I ended up at the Er do to the anxeity. Can't wait to call doctor tomorrow. I skipped one dose and felt like I was coming off a withdrawl it was horrible. Please anyone reading this please let me know your side effects. | F | 34 | 1 days 10 | 12/20/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | Horrific muscle pain under shoulderblade fatigue dizzy,sweats unable to sleep pain so severe. I also went to emergency 2×, so stopped norvasc for 8 days and started bp manager supplement pressure normal, should I have stopped Norvasc5mg so abruptly? | Heart racing, pain pain pain | F | 66 | 8 months 5mg. | 12/14/2015 | 1 | High bp | At first I was amazed my bp was so low(116/72),even though I fealt light-headed,slightly dizzy and a low grade headache. Then I started sleepy issues,feeling in a fog,fealt like neurotransmitters were imbalanced,dizzy,pain in the back of my head & worse of all,I had,as one website described under side effects,this general sense of unease and feeling off. | Today I was supposed to take a road trip with my son,but had to cancel due to the effects of this drug! This is truly a nasty med. It has done something to my sense of balance,changed the cranial pressure,altered my perception,and made me feel like 'crap' all in three days! My heart goes out to anyone who has been on this stuff for long periods without being aware of the consequences... | M | 57 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 11/29/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | Thought I was doing fine with Norvasc until this year when we had an extremely stressful situation in our family & I lost way too much weight. My BP became super high, so doctor upped my dose to 10 mg. My legs & feet became so swollen that I had a hard time walking. Terrible problems with constantly going to the bathroom. . . I've also have a bad chronic cough for many years but was told Norvasc doesn't cause coughing (ha ha). My cough is so bad now that sometimes I reach the point where I can't breath, which is a panicky feeling. (yes, I've seen 3 ENT Doctors in the past 2 years & they say that my sinuses, etc. are dry & fine. So then, I'm back to Norvasc - since it doesn't cause any problems - HA! After so many years, I think it's time to get off this drug because things aren't getting better. | F | 77 | 15 years 5 mg 1X day | 11/28/2015 | 5 | Hypertension | Switched from Bystolic 5 mg to Amlodopine 5mg. Pressure controlled with either drug, but could not maintain an erection on Bystolic. Norvasc works like viagra, erections 2 or more times a day. Thought I was done for good! | M | 62 | 2 weeks 5mg | 11/27/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Started itching and diagnosed with nummular eczema. Developed large coin shaped circles on my body with excruciating itching. Went to four dermatologist. Placed on various creams and finally steroids for the itching. Lost a lot of my hair which was secondary to the itching. Went online and saw the side effects. Stopped taking it and can now think clearly again. Stopped itching. Stopped breaking out in those circles. On another med now and doing well. Will never take this drug again. | F | 77 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 11/23/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Depression, tiredness, sleepy, thoughts of giving up | Hate this drug | F | 65 | 3 months 5 mg 1X day | 11/18/2015 | 3 | Blood pressure | Insomnia, Occasional cough,Numb toes 2-3 hours after taking pill, Aching bones in shoulder and foot, occasional thumping heartbeat,and weird internal nervous feeling. These symptoms are worse 2-4 hours into dose,subside somewhat after 4 or so hours. | M | 82 | 6 months 5 1X day | 11/13/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dizziness, chest pain, arm ,shoulders ear pain with tingling in both arms tiredness BP spikes sweats and weakness in legs.,extreme anxiety . And now the chills . | I'm a healthy athletic female. Hypertension runs in my family . After taking this Norvasc my symptoms got much worse and created some other symptoms I didn't have before . I called my Dr to take me off. | F | 53 | 35 days 5mg 1X day | 11/2/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | This mess is killing me,after lisiniprol almost killed me, angeoedema,I was put on norvasc,for the last 8 months I have been having swelling in neck,crying spells,extreme fatigue,severe depression, ear infection and more,I followed my mine and stopped it for A FEW DAYS AND STARTED FEELING BETTER, STARTED BACK AND LORD BEHOLD SYMPTONS IS BACK,THAT'S IT I'M DONE.GOD KNOW they are killing us on what is ssupposed to be helping us. | I'm outdone | F | 56 | 1 months 5mg | 10/29/2015 | 1 | Blood pressure | Abdominal cramps, fatigue, dizziness, anxiety, depression, crying spells, nausea, left ear itching, insomnia, chills/hot spells, no energy, runny eyes, blurred vision, belching, heart burn and diarrhea THIS MEDICINE IS POISON!! | I STARTED TAKING NORVASC 5MG ONCE A DAY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. I TOOK THIS MED FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO MY ENTIRE LIFE CHANGED. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HAPPY AND ENERGETIC PERSON WHO NEVER NEEDED TO NAP AND SLEPT LIKE A BABY AT NIGHT. I FOUND MY SELF SHOWING SIGNS OF ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS FOR NO REASON. THIS MED HAD ME DEPRESSED AND ONLY WANTING TO STAY IN BED AND CRY. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS LOOSING MY MIND!! ON A VISIT TO THE ER ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO I WAS TOLD I HAD A TUMMY VIRUS. NOT!! I STOPPED TAKING THIS PILL BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT AND LOW AND BEHOLD I FELT SOME WHAT FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. I TOOK IT AGAIN AND STARTED TO FEEL THE SAME WAY ALL OVER AGAIN. I ASKED GOD TO HELP REVEAL TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY BODY AND WONDERING IF I WERE DYING!!! HE ANSWERED MY PRAYERS AND LED ME TO THIS SITE!! HOW GRATFUL I AM TO HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES FROM THIS MED! I HATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE TIME IN YOUR LIVES. I PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK SINCE TAKING THIS MED AND SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS HAVE GONE AWAY BUT SOME ARE STILL LINGERING. I AM SO UNHAPPY TO SAY THE LEAST WITH THE COMPANY AND THOSE WHO MAKE THIS POISON COCKTAIL!!!!! I AM ON THE ROAD TO GETTING MY LIFE BACK!! I DO FEEL BETTER IN KNOWING THAT IT WAS THIS SORRY FORM OF SOME CHEMICAL THAT INVADED MY ONCE HEALTHY BODY!! TAKE CARE TO ALL OF YOU AND IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW LONG THIS MESS STAYS IN YOUR SYSTEM, PLEASE REACH OUT | F | 47 | 14 months 5mg 1X day | 10/27/2015 | 2 | High BP | Off balance suddenly,depression, frequency of urinating through the night, muscle soreness and joint aches. Weight gain. | F | 65 | 1 years 10mg | 10/20/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Headaches, double vision, joint stiffness, muscles aches, weak legs and edema in my head. | I was taking a generic for Norvasc, Amlodipine. I took it for 7-8 months without noticing any side effects. Problems started with pain and stiffness in my neck muscles. A few months later I started having headaches, turned into serious migraines. I then started having blurred vision which eventually turned into double vision. It was so horrible I couldn't drive, had to bother people to come and pick me up and take me to see doctors who were totally stumped by my condition. After 4 months of awful headaches and vision issues and feeling exhausted all the time, It's as if this thing started moving down into my body. My legs became weak, all the muscles ached and my hips and knees became stiff. All the doctors had no idea what was wrong with me. After about 5 months of this nightmare, I decided to look up my medication. I was horrified but relieved to find out the reason for my condition. It was comforting to find all of the people on this blog posting their comments about the drug. It seems that prescription drugs are the last thing doctors think of when considering side effects. I stopped Amlodipine 18 days ago and it's still not completely out of my system. I didn't notice much change the first week. After that, a very gradual change, but each day gets a little bit better. The not knowing thing for so many months was scary as hell! So excited to get my life back! | F | 62 | 18 days 10 MG 1X day | 10/11/2015 | 1 | HBP | Burning in my feet, numbness in my toes, Swollen feet/ankles, red warm blotches from feet to top of knees. Swollen bleeding gums. Insomnia. Dry mouth and cry a lot. | I'm so thankful to find this sight! I really thought I was going crazy or had some life threatening things going on. I'm on 3 different BP meds and Norvasc was the last one added. My Dr started me out on 5mg and after a while I started to notice that the bottoms of my feet would get really hot and uncomfortable. I Dident relate it to the Norvasc. My dosage was increased to 10mg about 3 months ago. BP is better but the side effects that I now know are from this medication are horrible!! I would just cry over the pain in my feet and all the swelling!! Not to mention my gums! I do t want to even smile anymore. I'm going in for a deep cleaning under my gums starting next week. It's 4 treatments..JOY! I have got to get off this ASAP! I also made an appointment with a Natualpathic Dr, can't warier to hear what he has to say. Has anyone been told that their iron levels were really high being on this medication? | F | 45 | 9 months 10mg | 10/9/2015 | 1 | to lower my blood pressure | Forgetful, knees kill me, can't sleep well. M | Dont take this sh** | F | 41 | 6 months 5 mg | 9/15/2015 | 1 | blood pressure | Extreme dizziness, tingling in hands and arm, profuse sweating. Then all this causes my blood pressure to rise even more! | Crazy drug. | M | 40 | 3 weeks 10mg | 9/13/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Experienced low back pain, fluttering feeling in my chest, shortness of breath. It did lower my b/p to good numbers but side affects are not worth it. | Do not take this drug !! | M | 66 | 1 months 5MG | 8/26/2015 |