After reading other people's experiences with Norvasc, I realized...

My symptoms were just like yours. When my doctor upped me to 10 mg. my hands and feet were so swollen I couldn't bend my fingers and my ankles and feet looked like balloons.One day I came home from shopping and it looked like I had broken blood vessels in big patches on my lower legs. I also had severe ringing in my ears, back pain, and I just hurt all over. She switched me to Lisinopril and I am somewhat better, but the swelling started again, and now I have joint pain and low back pain. I went off the stuff this week and the symptoms have not gone away. The worst symptom is the burning, swelling and pain in my feet. I am going to see if my hypothyroid problem is not the culprit due to not enough medication, because the burning, tingling feet sensation can be an indicator of that (among a thousand other things.) I have heard of many people not being able to tolerate Norvasc or its generic. I would like to hear from anyone who could not tolerate Norvasc or Lisinopril but found something that does work without bad side effects. MTfarmwife