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I am a 48 yr old male diagnosed with moderately high blood pressu...

Posted at 9: 5 AM on Nov 03, 2007 by jimdeming, #24783
I am a 48 yr old male diagnosed with moderately high blood pressure (133/82) and Secondary Polycythemia. I was put on Felodipine for about 4 months but after experiencing some uncomfortable symptoms, was switched to 5mg of Lisinopril. I have been taking this for the past 5 months. The uncomfortable symptoms I had experienced with the Felodipine are increasingly getting more severe. The most annoying is a constant pain in my chest that moves around from side to side. The pain is always present, but varies in intensity from mild to very uncomfortable. I also experience pounding heart beat, flush feelings of my face and neck, mild nausea, and tingling in my arms and fingers. WOW. This site has confirmed to me that I am not alone in having these weird symptoms. I will persuade my Doctor to look into some other type of drug. And perhaps with treatments of my Secondary Polycythemia my blood pressure is automatically being lowered and I don't need any BP meds? God knows I felt better before I was being treated.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 25, 2007 by ddimples11415, #3087

Wow. I have all the same symptoms and have been using this pill for hbp for years. Never once did I connect the symptons to this pill. Thanks for the information. Do you know if they have discontinued this pill in the 5 mg dosage?

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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 25, 2007 by ddimples11415, #3088

Wow I have been taking Felodipine Er 5mg for years, and have the same symtoms as you. I never connected those symtoms to the medicine. How stupid I feel. Thanks for the information.

Do you know if Felodipine Er 5mg has been discontinued?

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