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Blood pressure meds and side effects
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Stomach cramps and diarrhea were not side effects of Amlodipine for me, Side effects of Amlodipine were just the swelling mostly in my ankles and some light fatigue. I should mention that I was on Rosuvastatin at the same time, which was causing fairly severe myalgia, and so I was switched to Praluent and Carvedilol (6.25mg 2x day) instead. Drug combinations can sometimes have different side effects. I had been on Lisinopril for several years previously with no problems or side effects whatsoever, but switched to Losartan a few years ago. This new combination of Losartan and Carvedilol so far appears to be helping to keep my blood pressure down within the normal range with no significant side effects; however, I recently (just last week) had to increase the Losartan from 50mg to 100mg 2x day to reduce blood pressure from the 140-150/70 range. Now, I'm getting some readings as low as 111/70, which could go lower, so I might need to back off on the dose of one of these drugs in the future.
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My doctor had me do a two week log of my BP readings at home. They were in the 129-150 readings and she said they weren't bad, yet they were in that same readings when she put me on the Metropol. My thoughts were I was sick from Feb thru March when my readings were high and I only assume they were high because I had an UTI and symptoms of covid or the flu. It is confusing and one big complaint I have is some doctors don't talk about a possible reason BP is higher. If we don't know the right question to ask we are left finding a support group like this one.
Yes, the swelling in my ankles got worse last Friday and I felt it was time for me to get serious.
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One more thing. I changed from Amlodipine and Rosuvastatin at different times. The swelling went away when I stopped using the Amlodipine, weeks apart from stopping Rosuvastatin (which reduced much of the myalgia I was experiencing when walking any significant distance).