Atorvastatin 20mg side effect or not
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After finding I had high blood pressure a year ago I was put on Amlodipine I had really bad side effects with swollen ankles and a really bad rash.
My medication was changed to losartan 50mg and Atorvastatin 20mg. Although this combination is keeping my Blood Pressure down. I still have a weakness in my ankles and a slight remaining problem with my skin on my ankles.
I would have thought these problems would have disappeared completely after stopping Amlodipine . But now I am thinking it's the statins that is stopping the side effects in my legs from disappearing completely.
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graham_j paul33163
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is your left foot hurting??
are you also getting pins and needles these are my side effects i am keeping a diary week 5... I had to come of the statin due to bad sleeping patterns bad aches and feeling awful BUT i Also think the other culprit in my sarga is bisiprol
paul33163 graham_j
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Both my Ankles swelled to the same size as my leg above my knee, they looked like tree trunks. I also got a very bad rash on both ankles.
after stopping Amlodipine about 6 months ago my legs are not back to normal. so I wondered if the statin was playing them up and stopping them going back to normal.
graham_j paul33163
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paul33163 graham_j
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Tafia43 paul33163
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I know a lady who was prescribed Amlodipine by a doctor with a suspect reputation and she was not given the water tablet. She then had swollen legs and stopped the Amlodipine though her legs are still not as they should be several months later.
paul33163 Tafia43
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I was prescribed a diuretic along side the Amlodipine, but it still didnt stop both my legs from swelling to large size with a very bad red rash on both ankles.
I am similar to the lady you mention, 6 months later my legs are not right, they feel week and I cannot walk very far, that’s why I was wondering if the satins were playing my legs up and not letting them return to normal
jude65855 paul33163
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High blood pressure can often by controlled to a lesser or greater extent with exercise and meditation.
paul33163 jude65855
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Jude where did you get that from?
Amlodipine for Blood Pressure
Atorvastatin for cholesterol
Losartan for blood pressure
Diuretic self explanatory
I had bad side effects while on Amlodipine, after I stopped that drug my side effects have taken a lot longer than most to reduce.
I wondered if the side effects of the statins were having some effect in stopping of my other symptoms
mrbob84 paul33163
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Anybody ever heard of it?
mrbob84 paul33163
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