Norvasc side effects

Last week i had severe chest pain and took norvasc and i didn't know the side effects of this, but heard to reduce attacks of chest pain.and i have seen the side effects of this medication from here,
****** pain reduced day by day and i regain normal state.

I've been taking this medicine Amlodipine Besylate 5mg (generic for Norvasc) for two months. First my feet and ankles are swollen all the time, this only happened to me 34 years ago two days before the birth of our son. Then the itching on both arms and both legs. Then the blisters on my legs and arms. Then the numbness in my right toes. These blisters remind me of shingles my grandmother had in her 80's. I'm (55). I am allergic to anything with sulfur in it.

After reading other people's experiences with Norvasc, I realized that my symptoms are almost identical. I thought it was rheumatoid arthritis and asked my doctor to give me some tests and all came back negative. I started 5mg of Norvasc about 10 months ago and about 6 months in I started to get muscle spasms in my feet, then spasms and muscle twitching in legs, arms and hands. Extreme flushing in feet, small freckle-like rash on feet, lower legs and ankles. Also have what I would call chronic fatigue and just cannot get myself up and down stairs well. I'm 57 and feel like 100. All over body pain is very debilitative. I've gone from an active, happy person to a cranky person in pain 24 hours a day. So, now I have taken myself off Norvasc and am waiting to see if there is an improvement in my health. I'm still on coversyl for my blood pressure and will talk to my doctor again. It is so true that you must be your own health advocate and try to stay on top of all your health issues.

I have only been taking the generic form of Norvasc for about a week, and I can't take it anymore, as I have to drive to work, and was unable to while I was on it. I was very dizzy, had a red, hot to the touch face constantly, only wanted to sleep all the time, my legs feel so heavy, have a headache, and am very depressed and anxious. Also had stomach pains, and nausea. How can they expect people who have to go to work everyday to take that stuff? It is not a good drug, unless all you need to do is sleep all day!

I took the generic for Norvasc (amlodipine)for 2 months and all I have
to say is the stuff is pure junk.
I felt absolutely AWFUL.
I felt like I had been poisoned.
My lips and tongue swelled,canker sores on my tongue
and I became horribly depressed.
What a bunch of BS!!!
I'm not taking anymore of these poisonous substances!

I HAVE BEEN TAKING NORVASC FOR YEARS.I TOLD MY DOCTOR IT WAS HURTING ME AND SHE SAID I JUST DIDN'T LIKE MY MEDICINE.WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SINCE TAKING THIS POISON.I HAVE SOMETIMES SEVERE HEADACHES THAT FEELS LIKE I AM GOING TO HAVE A SEIZURE.VISION PROBLEMS,HOT FLASHES,NUMBNESS FROM NECK DOWN TO TOES,FEELINGS OF ELECTRIC SENSATIONS IN HANDS AND FEET,SWELLING OF FEET AND LEGS,REDNESS,BURNING,SEVERE PAIN IN FEET AND LEGS LIKE A SEVERE SUNBURN PAIN,CAN'T STAND TO BE BARELY TOUCHED ON MY FEET AND LEGS,I FIRST STARTED WALKING LIKE A SOLDIER MARCHING WITH LEGS GOING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU,THEN I GOT WHERE I COULD BARELY WALK,WELL NOW I HAVE COMPLETE PARALASIS FROM WAIST DOWN.I CAN'T MOVE MY FEET AND LEGS AT ALL.I HAVE SEVERE MUSCLE CRAMPS AND PAIN FROM MY HIPS TO MY TOES.THAT HURTS SO BAD IT MAKES ME SCREAM.I HAVE TO BE LIFTED WITH A PATIENT LIFT AND CARRIED TO MY RECLINER AND THEN BACK TO BED.IT GAVE ME SEVERE CONSTIPATION,NAUSEA,VOMITING,I LOST 60 LBS FROM SEVERE VOMITING.I HAVE BLEEDING GUMS AND BAD TEETH FROM IT AS WELL.I HAVE CHEST PAIN LIKE SOMETHING HEAVY SITTING ON IT,HEART FLUTTERS AND IT WILL STOP AND JIGGLE IN MY CHEST AND WHEN IT STARTS BACK BEATING IT WILL FEEL LIKE A BIG GUSH OF BLOOD AND I WILL GET SO DIZZY I NEARLY PASS OUT.IT DOES NOT CONTROL MY BLOOD PRESSURE EITHER.MY BP RUNS AROUND 178/106 .SO I WOULD ADVISE PEOPLE RUN DON'T WALK AWAY FROM TAKING THIS DEADLY DRUG.

Day 29 of Norvasc generic 10MG. I have swollen ankles and at the end of the day they a little painful. I cannot stay up past 10:30 P.M. I just feel so tired. Periodically my legs will turn red and are hot up to my knees-looks like a sun burn. I have been in a really bad mood lately. Everything annoys me...is this the meds or just me? I was on Linsinopril for about 3.5 months and coughed the entire time until I thought I was going to die. Doctor changed me to this. Swollen ankles much better then coughing all day and night. I'm just wondering if my bad mood is a side affect. Anyone have the same?

These side effects are scary! I just got off of the drug LISINOPRIL! PLEASE, PLEASE look it up if your doctor is changing your current medication to LISINOPRIL! There are 1,800 entries from people who got very sick on it! He now gave me a scrip for this and no way I am taking it after reading these side effects and seeing how sick it is making people. Thanks to everyone to for posting on this site! I am making drastic lifestyle changes with diet and exercise so I don't end up in the hospital.

My experience with Norvasc is headache, stomach pains, depression, and nausea, frequent urination, and my chest feels very heavy about 15 minutes after I've taken the pill.

I have been on Norvasc for some time,but was switched to the generic form a little more than a year ago. I have been very unhappy with the quality of the pill from Mylan Labs. It dissolves in my mouth, tastes horrible and sticks in my throat. Last month, I had it go down my trachea and was coughing it up for 2 days, which included alot of burning. I asked my doctor to prescribe the name brand but she refuses, stating state drug laws as her excuse. I know it really has to do with my insurance company's formulary and she just doesn't want to go to the trouble of getting it approved by them. I tried calling all the local pharmacies to see if another company's version was available ,but they all only carry Mylan's version. I take a lot of prescription drugs for several chronic health disorders, and several supplements and vitamins and can swallow a handfull of pills at one gulp, so I know this problem is not my pill-taking technique. I also started to experience swelling in my feet, ankles and hands about the time of the switch to generic, which I never correlated to the generic Norvasc until now. I told my doctor I will not take the generic from Mylan and am awaiting a call back from her as I sit writing this. I am having surgery in about a week and can not afford to be playing around with my meds, but this is important to me. No one should have to accept an inferior product. By the way, I'm writing to Mylan, too.

A couple of years ago had chest pains then i a saw cardiologist, I was fine, Norvac side affect. If your legs hurt check to see if your ankles are swollen it they are you are retaining water. Water retention= water around your heart, let your doctor know right away, get additional water pill to remove excess fluid. Use to be in the Medical Profession. If in doubt call Dr. and Pharmist(knows better than Dr., he knows meds)

I was recently switched from Toprol XL to the generic form of Norvasc. I have been on it for a little over a month now. I am feeling less tired although i do notice more frequent headaches and some constipation. I don't have any swelling yet but I haven't been on this medicine that long. But I am 2 weeks late with my period and am wondering if this new medicine has something to do with it. I have fertility issues so pregnancy is unlikely although not impossible. Has any other women had any other similar experiences.?I was never late or missed a period and now this is freaking me out.

Have been using 5mg of Norvasc Swelling of ankles, feet and legs - What is going on? What should I do?

I had lost about 15 pounds but the minute I was put on Norvasc, I was always hungry and no matter how hard I have tried, my weight continues to go up, also, some swelling of ankles.

I am a 26 year old diabetic. I've been on Norvasc for quite awhile now (at least a year). All of the sudden I am getting really swollen feet/ankles and legs! I don't now what's going on!

I have been taking Norvasc for about 40 days. I have absolutely no strength anymore, I am dizzy, and I can see my heart beating when I look at something with solid color, it is like my eyes are flashing as my heart beats. My legs are hard to move when I first get up, and it is hard to get up off my knees unless there is something near by to hold on to. I was having trouble going down stairs until thursday of last week when I could go down them fairly fast. This made me feel like I was getting better, then the very next day I was taking a shower at home after working a full day and I almost collapsed. I barely made it out of the shower to sit on the toilet. My legs were like the legs of a parapalegic for about 1 minute.

Severe swelling and pain in feet and ankles. Once I was put on another blood pressure medicine, all that disappeared.

I agree with some of you I am taking 5mg and I am always having headaches and Hot Flashes I feel hot all the time and Upset stomach too.

After 9 months on Norvasc the symptoms intensified. Very dizzy, weak, nausea from spinning head, insomnia. Num feeling in left hand. Within 24 hours after stopping Norvasc the symptoms started to subside. The heaviness in the chest was there but I thought it was a bad heart. Tests show I have a health heart. I'm diabetic, no meds, and have high blood pressure, I also take Accupril for my blood pressure.

pain all in my feet and legs

Second week on Norvasc and my formerly very skinny ankles and instep are swollen. Redness on legs all the way up to just below my knees, looks like a sunburn. This stuff is poison.

Started taking Norvasc 5mg about 6 weeks ago. Had mild headaches and darkened urine. After my 1 month follow-up w/my physician, dosage has been increased to 10mg in hopes of a better BP reading. After about 5 days of taking the higher dosage, I get occasional sharp chest pains. Should I be worried?

On fifth day of taking 5 MG Norvask I began severe trembling (like mild convulsions) I ended up in the Hospital ER. The trembling caused problems in walking and with my speech. I obviously was in no condition to drive. My Physician agreed with me that it must be the Norvasc.

Pins and needles in feet, legs, hands, around mouth and tongue. Thanks

I only started with Norvasc 10mg 5 days ago and already gained 5kg since then. Now suffering with very swollen legs (entire both legs) and lips, and painful ankles/lower legs. My current BP reading is 118/78. What should I do? Thanks. Joyce

I was just wondering if anyone has painful ankles/lower legs from taking Norvasc? Thank you

Hair loss. Also. swelling of lower legs and ankles.

when I first started taking it 5 years ago I was always tired and always had a headache. Those symptoms disappeared after a few days. Now it doesn't work anymore. BP was 161/114 even at 10mg. Had to switch to a beta blocker. Norvasc should only be used for mild hypertension

I am having swelling in my left foot and ankle all the time is this being cause by the norvasc. taking 0.5mg once a day.

Have extremely cold feet at times, very much like Raynaud symtoms...ice cold toes when sitting.

my mother is on norvasc and she continually has trouble with pain in feet and lower legs, trouble walking because of this.

I had extreme swelling of lower legs and ankles. I also take altace. Now I am wondering why I am on both. Physcian changed my dose of lopid to twice a day and the swelling stopped. I still get bad cramps in my legs, especially if they are crossed.

Nervous jittery feeling; wake up in the middle of night feeling like I drank 4 cups of coffee, nervous and unable to go back to sleep for hours. During the day, difficulty moving eyes smoothly across the page when reading. Stopping Norvasc now, had enough.

Dizzy and pressure headache which was very strong at first. Over a two month period these side effects got slowly a little better, but never went away entirely. I switched from taking it in the morning to taking it early afternoon and that seemed to help.

Someone told me you shouldn't eat Grapefruits or drink Grapefruit juice if your taking Norvasc, is this correct, as i eat a l/2 one at least every morning for breakfast plus sometimes eat one during the day for just a treat. Please advise, thought may have found something on side effects about it, but unable to do so. Thank you. Wilma

constant dull headaches , feeling drugged, extremes of hot and cold feeling, swelling of feet and ankles and a general feeling of not feeling well

Just wanted to know if Norvasc would increase appetite.

I am also having hot flashes. Dr. had decreased my haromones, don't think that would cause flashes.

I am experiencing severe hives on my torso, thighs, and buttocks, but usually only at night. This is the only med I have changed recently. The BP medication that Norvasc replaced was Accupril and the doc said I had developed an allergic reaction to ace inhibitors, so he changed me to Norvasc.

Swollen legs and ankles since I started with Norvasc...also pain in ankles after swelling goes down???

heavy feeling in the chest, no chest pains and fluttering in the throat area.

I HAVE BEEN ON NORVASC FOR ABOUT A MONTH, I THINK IT IS CAUSING ME EXTREME HEAT FLUSHES, AND ITCHING, CAN'T BE MENOPAUSE, I'M OVER IT!

Bloating, even my breast seem like they are getting larger.