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Blood pressure meds and side effects
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (81)Comment receiving replies
Good question, @spet02 and you have me thinking about amlodipine I take.
I take several prescriptions, have various sensations/symptoms that your question makes me consider. I have had swelling, and also recently dry cough @covidstinks2023 refers to.
- Some of my swelling happened prior to starting the drug
- The Medline Plus drug info link @jenatsky shared is helpful. The first side effect listed is swelling of the hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs, to “Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away”. Mine are annoying, and they don’t stick around.
- I started 2.5mg several years ago and take 5mg currently. The information @mw2023 and @gardeningjunkie about keeping the dosage down is encouraging.
- My dry cough is recent and I think I have worked through by paying attention to my water intake.
So, I believe whatever is going on with me has nothing to do with amlodipine. I am, however going keep this in mind when I have conversations with my providers.
Thank you so much for prompting this discussion. What type of side effects are you having?
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It seems all meds have side effects to deal with if taken long term. I've had high BP for 26 years and in that time I've taken different drugs because eventually they either stop being effective or cause reactions. One in particular gave me a dry cough. I don't remember it's name. It was effective for about 7 years, then my symptoms- a tight throat followed by a dry cough began. This was challenging because I was teaching and forced to stop talking and slowly drink water for a minute to get the throat to loosen up. My doctor said this often happened after being on this prescription for years, so he prescribed a different one.