Amlodopine

[Des1977]

Does anyone have any problems with Amlodipine. I was prescribed Amlodipine as a trial to treat my angina, and immediately had chest pain. I stopped taking it and pain went. I now break the tablet in half, and take half a tablet a day. No pain. Now. My consultant has now left his job, and I haven’t been appointed a new one yet. Difficult to talk to a GP as they seem so busy.

[Bingo88]

Hi Des1977. Sorry i can't be of much help but Amlodipine did not suit me at all. I had lower leg ulcers and still have the scars now. Don't care how busy your surgery is. They can do a telephone consultation. Or get in touch with your hospital doctors secretary. Hope you get it sorted soon. Brian

[Ageingfast]

Amlodipine didnt suit me. Took about two years to realize what the problem was. There are alternative meds.

[Hily]

I had very swollen ankles & feet with them so tried another. My pharmacist who I trust greatly, told me that once you have that side effect with an "odipine", all the opidines affect you in the same way. Ask the GP to help.

[KipsieCat in reply to Hily]

Hi I too am suffering with swollen ankles and feet from Amlodipine. I wonder what you got changed to and how hard was it to get your GP to change it.

[Hily in reply to KipsieCat]

It was my chemist - a very bright man - who told me that once you were affected by the "lopadines" in swelling ankles, all the lopadines behaved in the same way.

[magih]

Des, I think amlodipine has a cumulative effect, so (I think) it takes a little while for it to loosen up the vascular network, maybe your pain was just it ‘settling in’ ? I am on the 1.25mg and am also thinking about asking the gp about going down to half that.

[magih]

I’ve just read the other replies and agree on the ankle swelling. I get that now and then when I’ve been on my feet a lot.

[gladliz in reply to magih]

Do you still take Amlodipine? I took it some years ago but had to stop as it wasn't agreeing with me. Haven't taken it for years now as I was prescribed Ramipril instead but am wondering if it was the cause of the problems I started having with swollen ankles which are still ongoing.

[Des1977 in reply to gladliz]

Hi Gladliz

Yes I am. I stopped taking it for a short time, and started again Dec 20, but I decided to split my 5mg tablet in half, and take that once a day, as I didn't want the chest pain it was giving me, nor the swollen ankles. The half tablet has virtually stopped the chest pain, and completely stopped the swollen ankles, but as yet I have not spoken to a consultant yet, as I do not have one appointed to me. But my BP is staying around or below 130/70, and I believe this is the objective to stop angina pain, rather than a bypass for the LAD which is 100% blocked. I am exercising and no angina pain so far.

[magih in reply to gladliz]

I do. I take it at night, about 7pm. About to have it reviewed soon. My brother takes Rampiril.

[MountainGoat52]

I'm another that can't take Amlodipine. It affected my ability to think clearly. I effectively lost a month of ny life when i couldn't function. I also got swollen ankles. It's on my list of medications to which I have had an allergic reaction.... of which there are quite a few!

[Des1977]

HI all that replied and thankyou for your comments. I stopped taking the 5 mg amlodipine, and ankle swelling went down and pain in chest stopped. I decided to break the tablet in half so I was only taking 2.5mg, and my ankles don't swell anymore, but I occasionally get the chest pain, when I do I stop taking it, until it goes, and then start again.