Any one else on or been on Amlodipine for high blood pressure?

[Pilatus]

Due to my blood pressure being slightly high , my doctor has put me on a course of
Amlodipine medication, to hopefully lower my blood pressure.
May be coincidence but a few days after taking it, I have felt like I have a continuous slight hangover, most unpleasant as when walking I sometimes feel slightly “woozy” in my head,but ok sitting down as I write this thread.
Has any one else suffered similar symptoms when taking Amlodipine?
Many thanks

 

[mixedfmr]

Due to my blood pressure being slightly high , my doctor has put me on a course of
Amlodipine medication, to hopefully lower my blood pressure.
May be coincidence but a few days after taking it, I have felt like I have a continuous slight hangover, most unpleasant as when walking I sometimes feel slightly “woozy” in my head,but ok sitting down as I write this thread.
Has any one else suffered similar symptoms when taking Amlodipine?
Many thanks

There is a blood pressure thread else where with lots of contacts there who know these things, but for your pease of mind I possibly had that medication 4 or 5 years ago, and felt so tired and knocked out I went to the Doctors, who changed my meds to Larcandapine with immediate results. And i never thought it might be my medication

 

[Lamb's Orchard]

My Mum got all kinds of side effects when first put on blood pressure tablets. Tried two or three different ones all with unpleasant side effects. Eventually they settled on a very low dose of two different drugs in combination which has worked well for her. Speak to your GP, it is quite common to need to change or adjust dosages on blood pressure medication to start with til they find what works best for you.

 

[puppet]

Due to my blood pressure being slightly high , my doctor has put me on a course of
Amlodipine medication, to hopefully lower my blood pressure.
May be coincidence but a few days after taking it, I have felt like I have a continuous slight hangover, most unpleasant as when walking I sometimes feel slightly “woozy” in my head,but ok sitting down as I write this thread.
Has any one else suffered similar symptoms when taking Amlodipine?
Many thanks

Read the leaflet and it will mention those. It dilates the vessels to reduce the BP but also does the same in your head which is a closed pressure chamber so headaches and dizziness is common

 

[Bogweevil]

Due to my blood pressure being slightly high , my doctor has put me on a course of
Amlodipine medication, to hopefully lower my blood pressure.
May be coincidence but a few days after taking it, I have felt like I have a continuous slight hangover, most unpleasant as when walking I sometimes feel slightly “woozy” in my head,but ok sitting down as I write this thread.
Has any one else suffered similar symptoms when taking Amlodipine?
Many thanks

Been taking it for years no prob, forget/run out sometimes, no difference. BP under control.

Dentist said gums affected by this medication, so scrupulous with interdental brushes

Ask your quack for an alternative and see if any difference?

Hope you find a solution.

 

[dave6470]

Dad was on that one had to change to different one had the exact same symptoms

 

[Pistonbroke]

I'm on it with Ramopril and I don't see any side effects. High BP got flagged because of treatment for a kidney stone and it limits the choice of pills

 

[David.]

5mg Amlodopine.
Keeps things in check for me.
No adverse effects that I'm aware of.

 

[Pistonbroke]

5mg Amlodopine.
Keeps things in check for me.
No adverse effects that I'm aware of.

When I picked up the prescription he pharmacist recommended taking it in the evening to start with because it càn make you light headed but it didn't affect me. I'm hopeless,I keep forgetting to take the feckin things

 

[4course]

There is a blood pressure thread else where with lots of contacts there who know these things, but for your pease of mind I possibly had that medication 4 or 5 years ago, and felt so tired and knocked out I went to the Doctors, who changed my meds to Larcandapine with immediate results. And i never thought it might be my medication

Interesting im on both low level amlopidine and ramopril, blood pressure is fine but I have broken sleep and oft feel knackered got a drs appointment end of week will raise the question as one of the reasons im going is the broken sleep patterns though does explain why im sometimes on here early ,ho ho

 

[Happy]

Reading all this & counting myself lucky.
10mg amplodipine, 10mg ramiprill & 2.5mg Imdapimide without any noticeable side effects.

Mind you, BP was at 220/150 & I never noticed anything was up with me then either

 

[mixedfmr]

Interesting im on both low level amlopidine and ramopril, blood pressure is fine but I have broken sleep and oft feel knackered got a drs appointment end of week will raise the question as one of the reasons im going is the broken sleep patterns though does explain why im sometimes on here early ,ho ho

Im on Rampril 10mg as well
But on the other medication, i worked during the day because you have to just get on with it, but as soon as i stopped, had a bath, I had a job to crawl out of it, and just dragged myself around untill bed time. As you say "totaly knackered"
As soon as i told the Doc, her FIRST THOUGHT change med to Larcandapine

 

[workin f nowt]

Interesting im on both low level amlopidine and ramopril, blood pressure is fine but I have broken sleep and oft feel knackered got a drs appointment end of week will raise the question as one of the reasons im going is the broken sleep patterns though does explain why im sometimes on here early ,ho ho

Let us know how you get on have similar symptoms. Sit down and eyes close on there own.go to bed and don't sleep right

 

[mixedfmr]

Let us know how you get on have similar symptoms. Sit down and eyes close on there own.go to bed and don't sleep right

Im just realising NOW that this particular med did cause me iregular sleep paterns that has taken years to sort

 

[Pilatus]

Many thanks indeed for all your posts.
It really is great to be able to sensibly discuss health issues on TFF, as one then knows one is not alone.
Especially if you are a single person, with know one at home to discuss one’s problems with. Fortunately I can tell my wife whether I get much sympathy is a different matter
Best not tell her about the side effect I suffer after taking a blue pill !!!!!!

 

[milkloss]

Are we comparing?:

6mg lacidipine
10mg perindopril
5mg Bisopropolol
1mg doxazosin

And I’m not 50 yet!!

 

[MF-ANDY]

2.5 ramapril here for 6 weeks. Lowered pressure a bit but not enough, so upped to 5mg. GP happy with pressure now. Not noticed any symptoms that I didn't already have.

 

[collywol]

Watch out if you’re on ramapril, it is known to cause depression and in serious cases suicidal tendencies. I took it several years ago and went from being just a miserable old codger to a miserable and sad old man! Now I’m off it I’m back to being my lovable old self!

 

[mixedfmr]

Watch out if you’re on ramapril, it is known to cause depression and in serious cases suicidal tendencies. I took it several years ago and went from being just a miserable old codger to a miserable and sad old man! Now I’m off it I’m back to being my lovable old self!

All drugs have side effects, and cause diffrent symptoms in each individual
The wife is extremely sensative to almost every medication
Been on Rampril for poss 7 years now, and dont know wether to blame Rampril OR the weather, inccecent rain and wind, grass growing on the lawn but not in the sheep fields, late drilled spring barley and all that this year is throwing at me/ us for a feeling of ...............

 

[Christoph1945]

Had my amlodipine recently increased and have been suffering with very swolen feet and ankles and am presently wondering if my medications have also been inducing my habit of falling over my own feet.

I have been bruised, bloodied, and scraped several times and never thought that the medications may be causing my problems.