Hi
Recently had my amlodipine increased and my lower legs/ankles feel really tight, has anyone else had the same problem as me or just a coincidence?
Hi
Recently had my amlodipine increased and my lower legs/ankles feel really tight, has anyone else had the same problem as me or just a coincidence?
Yes I did when on 10mg...on 5mg now so swelling has reduced somewhat.
Amlodipine is a CCI (Calcium Channel Inhibitor). A fairly common side effect of these is odema to varying degree. I was prescribed a diuretic, Furosemide, to overcome this. Some time later after these had been stopped I was prescribed another CCI, Diltiazem, which did not cause odema.
Hi
My consultant wanted to increase dosage to 10mg from 5mg. GP said no he has lots of patients who have had the swelling around lower limbs
You could ask to change to another type of CCI.
Hello Fluffybee. Yes Amlodipine did not suit me at all. Had blisters on my1 lower leg . Was sent straight to hospital for tests. Thought i may have a blood clot. But was just treated for Cellulitis in the end. Still got very thin skin covering where the blisters were. Have to be careful of not catching them. Other meds they can give you. Was on Ramapril before. Now on Doxazosin for B/P and to help my Kidney disease Take Care Brian
Thank you, I didn’t realise or relate it to those meds, I take loads more for other things so thought it could be any number of them but realised the amlodipine was my last increase, I’ve had to cut the seams on my jeans near the ankle as they’re to tight.
I’ll call my Gp on Monday 😄
How long ago was that, frightening to get blisters like that come up.
I’m not good at technology either or I’d show you my ankles 🤨
It’s not great when you finally get something that helps then get side effects, but then it’s sort of expected with most meds isn’t it.
Hello Fluffybee.
My husband was on Amlodipine 10mg and because of swollen ankles was also put on Furosemide (a water tablet that completely wrecked your day if you went out - lots of loo searching in advance!!).
Our GP took him off Amlodipine two months after his quad bypass as he thought the tablet may have caused swollen ankles. He was then put on Bisoprolol 1.25mg instead which sorted out his blood pressure (now text book and I'm jealous!) and took the water tablet away too.
Hope you get some answers.
Take care of yourself xxxx
When I was on Amlodipine and Furosemide I was commuting. Going to and from work became a military exercise :
Go to loo and leave home
Arrive at station, go to loo and catch train
Get off train, go to loo and continue to work
Drink nothing after 3:00pm
Go to loo, leave office and walk to station
Go to loo and catch train
Sometimes I could skip loo at station if I was going straight home
Post bypass I developed an electrolyte imbalance and gained 9kg. The Furosemide helped increase my walking! 😁
To Fluffybee and Bingo88. Can't resist it, it's my warped sense of humour but your posts smacked of 'You show me yours and I'll show you mine!'
Im in same position .. cellulitis!! Really struggling. Bingo88 .. how long did it take the cellulitis to clear up? Mine has been 3 weeks now and i really am sick of it. Keeps flaring up x
Hi I'm six months on from being diagnosed with your condition it is not an easy journey.. It appears to be trial and error getting the medication which works best for you. Hope they get you sorted soon .
Hi Fluffybee (I just like typing that name!).
Hope you've got some reassuring information from your friends on this site.
Michael always brings a smile to my face!!
Good luck and take care xxxx
Hi,
Glad you like it, there’s sort of a story behind it 🤭🤭
Yes thank you I have had lots of reassurance from a lot of lovely people.
Ummmmm without being rude who’s Michael
I know who he is now just seen his post about finding toilets 😂😂
I was on amlodipine for a while and had very swollen ankles and legs so was taken off it because of this
Yes.i am on it.5mghe wants to increase to 10 but I refused. As even 5 not reduced readings so no point. Legs tight and hurt to touch
When I got oedema I cut my amlodipine to 5mg from 10mg.
My BP went up by about 5 points top and bottom but still in a good range. My oedema went away as well.
My GP was ok with it and said she was a bit worried as 10mg is too much for people over 64.