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Blood pressure meds making neuropathy worse?

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Hi, John (@johnbishop)

First, how are you feeling? How's your recovery going?

Thank you for these links! I'll check them out later this morning. I know that my PN can progress, and that progression is often just the nature of the disease. I'm prepared to accept that. At the same time, however, I find the coincidence – the adding of Amlodipine to my daily meds, and a slight if detectable worsening of my balance – at least worth asking about.

I wish you a fine Tuesday, John!
Ray (@ray666)

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | 1 day ago

@ray666 - Hi Ray! Happy Tuesday to you also my friend! My fall recovery is going well. My eye still has a bruise under and around the edge but it's getting lighter. The scar is actually hard to see in the old man face wrinkles and looks to be healing really well. I just keep a little Vaseline on it daily like the PA at the ER that stitched me up recommended. I'm always concerned about new meds and looking up any possible side effects fearing the worse. Sometimes it makes it difficult to weigh the benefits with the risks. The longer I live I seem to feel like having a glass that is half full feels much better than having one that is half empty. 🙃

Hoping your day is a good one! I think I'm going to venture outside and shovel the snow off our deck (not a big job) and get a little exercise in and test my heated vest to make sure it's still working 🙂

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stallen | @stallen | 18 hours ago

@ray666
Hi Ray….Im on a few BP meds…I’ve done alittle looking previously to see if they could be causing my PN. I wasn’t ever able to find anything credible. One I take is amlodipine…it is possible that your balance is a bit worse due to it. But probably not because it’s making your PN worse, rather a side effect is lightheadedness/ dizziness which would aggravate balance. Drs are very cautious about prescribing additional BP meds to older folks as their balance systems are fragile…even w/o PN. One thing to watch with Amlodipine is swelling in the feet/legs..which is quite common…hopefully just 5mg won’t cause this.
Best of luck.
Steve

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