Amlodipine side effects ?
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hello folks, I'm hoping you can help me. I've been put on the above b.p meds, having taken them for 10 days, I have a severely itchy neck and wake up during the night clawing at my skin, it's unbearable. I also feel I have been kicked in the gut, crampy feelings in the legs too. I'm seeing my GP later today but hope you can tell me these are the side effects that have affected some of you poor folk who need to be on these horrible drugs. I'm also on Sotalol and dabigatran. I may add that my b.p is now very low at 95/63. Bit fed up with all this stuff. All the best to you on this forum.
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kate07761 pauline31919
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Good Luck with the GP is all I can say having spoken to mine today and told her how ill I am - I have an AF problem plus other stuff which is life limiting but no clear cut diagnosis but made worse by recent ablation and I feel like I am talking to myself/brickwall. Perhaps your's will be more help to you because it dosn't sound much like fun for you. Good Luck.
Okapis kate07761
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GP's know very little about ablations I found! When is your follow up appointment with guys that did the ablation? Or has that been and gone?
kate07761 Okapis
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Okapis - My follow up after ablation is 3 months down the line. They suggest I stop Apix and Flec 2 months done the line before I see him. I've already had AF post this 2nd very recent ablation. My comment was really saying good luck to Pauline trying to work out with GP what is the best course of action - I generally find that GP and Consultants just look at you blankly when you talk about side effects and how you are feeling. Unless I came on this forum I would think I was the ONLY person which the my symptoms but its clear there is a pattern and a lot of suffering going on on drugs and with AF generally. Fortunately the drugs don't make me itchy!
Joebel46 pauline31919
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antihistamines thinking it might be an allergy but it has not improved. Maybe it is the tablets doing it. Hope you get it sorted.
Okapis pauline31919
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My commiserations on your AF. Amlodipine is not a drug that you can stay on for long. Have your docs tried Flecainide yet? But if you've already progressed to the "hard" stuff maybe you've gone past that stage. Are in you permanent AF or still paroxysmal?
pauline31919 Okapis
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I'm on Sotalol for paroxysmal AF and the amlodipine is to lower my b.p, thanx for reply.
laura20601 pauline31919
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Hi Pauline
That sounds awful 😟 I was on amopoldine for quite some time and I didn't like the meds can't remember why ! The hospital swooped it for diltiziem for high BP also good for AF been on it over a year and it's the one med I really like no side effects and makes me feel better has massively helped BP
I am also on fecanide for AF
Hope your docs change your meds for something better
Best wishes
Laura
marco pauline31919
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Never had ankle swelling until I took Amlodipine. Gave it up straight away.
BTW Sotalol started my paf but it took sometime before I realised this and I'm off that too.
moira23432 pauline31919
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I think you are having a chemical reaction or an allergic reaction to this drug, don't wait either go to your GP or the hospital, I have had this happen to me so know what it is like.
pauline31919 moira23432
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Thanks Moira, that's what I've done, now switched to Ramipril which I was on many years ago. Keep well.