I know its was amlodipine!

I had been running bp of around 137/90 for years and was concerned and asked my doc about meds, he said no.  Then my prehypertension went full blown and caused my aneurysm to burst in my brain.  Lucky to be alive here.  So I get out of hospital and have a new doc who prescribes me amlodipine for around 2 months.  I was getting horrible chest pain however I had much difficulty staying asleep.  My bp was running an average of 140/90 on this drug - not doing anything for me.  So I asked my doctor for Lisiniprol HCTZ and within one tablet, my blood pressure dropped to 110-120/80-90.  Varied between pretty normal ranges.  I've now been on the new drug for over 2 months and it works awesome for me and really relieves my anxiety.  I am having no side effects from the Lisiniprol.  Now I have to only worry about the high triglycerides in my system.  Good luck getting the right medicine.  I see many people taking huge doses of bp meds.  I've actually found that increasing the dosage never helps, instead the best thing to do is experiment until you find one that works with your body.  Get better all

I am beginning to think that when someone comes on these forums and slams people who are having bad side effects from a drug - that that person must be working for the drug company that makes the drug - why else be rude when we are clearly stating what this drug does to us - we are entitled to post - that is what these forums are for.  Thanks.

Nigel: I am experiencing the exact things you mentioned. As a Canadian staying on and off in the Philippines itb worries me as most of our money could be consumedby medicine and medical expences. What doyou think we should do?

Hello Nigel

I too take Amlodipine with terrible lower back pain and tingling and numbness of a few fingers. I I know that some of this lower back pain is because I am overweight but I have never experienced such terrible pain is this . I have spoken to my doctor I have asked her to change my medication and she brushes me off and says you need it and I have told her repeatedly is mostly all blood pressure medicine has side effects and a lot of them I take have lower back pain problems pain is so bad that I have to put ice packs on my back or heat and I can't take ibuprofen because I take Coumadin and you can't take too much Tylenol because it's bad for the kidney

I started taking amlodipine 5Mg then increased to10mg. I started experiencing lower back and knee pain some months back. When I stopped amlodipine the pain stopped. A doctor prescribed nifetidine to me. Am too scared to start. My BP has gone up to 142/103. I need advice

Hey Nigel. Sorry you're going through this. I found comfort in this site because I'm 38 and an asthmatic. Since I've started taking norvask. I've experienced shortness if breath, rapid heartbeat. And anxiety attacks. I've only been on it for about a week and I've called off work and ended up in the ER on Thanksgiving. I'm miserable!! I feel like not taking it at all. My doctor has the nerve to say it's normal and give it about 2-3weeks. It's definitely taken my livelihood. I can't make plans because as soon as I take the pill I'm spending time wheezing,catching my breath and trying to calm myself down. After doing all of that for a few hours. I just want to lay down.

Hi, I have been taking amlodipine 5mg or almost a month.  I am 59 with slightly raised BP.  I feel so tired, no energy and constantly feeling overheated.  Interesting your reactions.  I think I should speak to my GP.

 

I am on lisinopril and doc just added amlopedine. I was on metoprolol and lisinopril but bp not improving after a year. I've taken amlopedine before and it made me miserable but with no prescription coverage I have to take what's free or low cost. Only on 2 days and already feel like crap and my bp is actually higher. I know all these drug cocktails work differently for each person but you would think they would have this figured out by now. I've had high bp all my adult life starting age 20 and I'm in my 60s now.

There are so many blood pressure tablets out there, most with fewer side effects?", I don't understand why anyone still prescribes this. Especially for the first medication, or even the second, especially since it doesn't seem to be that effective.

There are many messages here saying how bad the side effects of amlodipine are. I take 10mg a day and 10mg a day of Ramipril.  I do feel slightly more tired than I used to BUT, generally I would say I experience [u]no side effects at all.[/u]    I also take Bisoprolol 7.5mg.   I have been taking all of these pills for 5 months.

Why is my experience so different?  My bp is down to 110/65.