Amlodipine

I’ve had no problems with it.

I’ve been on Amlodopine since June 2022. Prior to lockdown I did not have high BP. I’ve had no side effects but could be wrong as I do have very achy muscles and joints. But I’d only know if I stopped taking them.

Not at all sure this is helpful but one of our cats was on it. He never had swollen ankles despite the woeful state of his kidneys.

Wow! I had no idea bladder irritation could be a side effect I just hadn’t made the association. I’ve been known to get up to the loo up to 6 times a night for massive wees. So irritating. I always get up at least once. Twice is most common.

glammagran

Wow! I had no idea bladder irritation could be a side effect I just hadn’t made the association. I’ve been known to get up to the loo up to 6 times a night for massive wees. So irritating. I always get up at least once. Twice is most common.

If you google Amlodipine and bladder problems you will see glammagran I had such a problem

I have been taking it for several years, (can't remember what for now) but have had had no side-effects.

Drugs work differently for different people. Just because one patient suffers bladder irritation, another may not. One person's failure can be another's success story.

Recently I have had to stop biologic injections, (£1000 per month) due to horrific side effects and them making me exxtremely unwell. However, for other RA sufferers it is a miracle drug. You never know until you try it.

I took it for a few days in the summer, and one leg swelled badly. The other one was fine, which was strange. I rang the surgery and they prescribed Ramipril instead, which has been symptom free.

Marydoll

Drugs work differently for different people. Just because one patient suffers bladder irritation, another may not. One person's failure can be another's success story.

Recently I have had to stop biologic injections, (£1000 per month) due to horrific side effects and them making me exxtremely unwell. However, for other RA sufferers it is a miracle drug. You never know until you try it.

Oh gosh yes I completely agree and i promise that I wasn't trying to be alarmist, just sharing my own experience which might be helpful to someone reading this

Hubby takes it alongside other medication, no obvious side effects. But every prescription drugs will have a side effect to someone, you have to weigh up the benefits against the side effects. Personally I would try it for 3 months and keep a diary of how you are feeling.

I had a silent heart attack after taking only two Lifludomide tablets for RA. I only knew that I had a heart attack because I couldn't stop vomiting and was so ill, I was rushed to A&E. It was there they discovered it had affected my heart.
No-one could have predicted that.
You take your chance with medication, weighing up the pros and cons in the hope you will be OK and that you will benefit from it.
Twice I've had to stop different biologics, due to severe side effects.
Unfortunately I have had a number of scares like that, but have no choice, but to try.

Very very swollen feet for me.
So much that when I took my shoes off the shape of them was still there for ages.
Changed to Felodipine and no trouble since.

I’m ok on it, however my brother has recently developed swollen ankles and an itchy rash on his ankles so is now on something different.

I’ve been taking it for many years with no problems. Ankles swell slightly in hot weather but not enough to be a problem. I’d rather that than overly high blood pressure!

Aveline there are a number of tablets that say not to have grapefruit in any form plus no alcohol. 2 of my other tablets say that. So not had either for 35 years.

Hope the Amlodopine works but after a week if you have bad side effects you will know.

Luckily I really don't like grapefruit juice!

I had to stop taking it as my feet were permanently cold.

I've been taking Amlodipine 5mg daily along with many other medication for about six years now for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure. I never read about the potential side effects. I don't want to think about any negative ideas.

It gave me headaches until I decided to try taking just half of one. It seems to be keeping my blood pressure under control, although I now have to get up during the night to use the toilet.

I am 93 years old and I have been taking Amlodopine for quite some time and my legs have swollen. I have had 8 doppler scans to see if I had DVT but nothing showed.
After a recent bout of my legs swelling so badly the consultant has contacted my doctor requesting that I come off it for a while to see what my blood pressure would be. Hence I am in the middle of a three week experiment with taking my blood pressure night and morning without taking the Amlodipine but to carry on taking my other blood pressure tablet Valsartan.
My blood pressure this morning was 113/54.
I have just taken it 12 hours after and it is 154/87. It will be interesting to know what is going to happen next.

I had a few side effects when I started on it, mainly a very flushed face and dizziness. I now take it just before I go to bed and the issue is resolved.

I've only just seen this thread but, yes, I have been taking it for over a year now. My ankles swelled at first then seemed to settle down but they've started swelling again and I'm sure it makes my joints ache. Indapamide was prescribed too but doesn't seem to make much difference to water retention.

Trying to speak to anyone at the surgery is difficult unless it's an emergency but I must make an effort t try to discuss an alternative.

I had some growth of my gums so my GP prescribed a different drug with no problems. Gum growth is a known side effect, I think.

My husband was on it for several years, maybe 2-3. He has high BP and we noticed his feet/ankles were swollen and he'd never had that issue. I googled symptoms, this was one. His cardiologist agreed and discontinued it while monitoring his BP. BP didn't change and within 6 months, the swelling subsided.

Well I've been on it for a month now. Absolutely no side effects which is good. However, I'm doing a week of BP readings as instructed by the GP and my BP hasn't gone down much! I suspect that after this week's readings she'll up the dose and then I might notice some side effects.