Indapamide

[Calm2]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone was on the drug Indapamide? This is diuretic that also helps control blood pressure. I have been on Amlodipine for about a year and it has kept my blood pressure spot on but I am suffering very swollen ankles and feet, a common side effect I am told. The dr therefore has told me to stop and take the Indapamide instead. I was wondering if anyone else had been put in this med and if they noticed any side effects and also if it made a difference to your blood pressure? Thanks in advance 😀

[JudiHalf]

I have only just started taking Indapamide this week, 2.5mg was prescribed, but I always start new meds gradually, so have been taking 1.25 mg and will start 2.5mg next week.

I have noticed a few palpitations and also I have pain and swelling in one foot which started the next day, my joints seem a bit more painful too, I’m going to give it a few weeks and see how I go. I also take 10mg Ramipril which is the highest dose

I had very swollen feet and legs with Amdolipine and also irregular heartbeat, before I knew I had AF, so came off that very quickly.

I think it’s too early to say if it has improved my BP yet, so time will tell!

[Calm2 in reply to JudiHalf]

Hi thanks for responding. I hope I don’t get the pain and swelling in my feet as that’s the reason I am coming off of Amlodipine. Joints being painful I already have from Statins so hopefully that doesn’t get worse. I guess we can all have different reactions to different meds and as you say time will tell. I would be interested to know how you are getting on in a few weeks, maybe we can compare notes? 😀

[JudiHalf in reply to Calm2]

Yes, definitely keep in touch.

[Calm2 in reply to JudiHalf]

I must admit that looking back over old posts on here no one has anything good to say about Indapamide in fact some experiences have been awful! I have decided I don’t want to take them and so will contact Gp to ask for an alternative. Problem is mine needs to be a diuretic/blood pressure but I’m sure there must be others out there? I have had adverse reactions to meds in the past and cannot put myself through that again. Am I being silly?

[JudiHalf in reply to Calm2]

I decided to give it a chance, a lot of people can’t get on with Ramipril , loads of negative posts about it on here, but I have no side effects from it!

You could go what I do and take a half dose for a few days, I have checked my BP today and it’s gone down quite a bit, from 170 to 135systolic.

[Calm2 in reply to JudiHalf]

oh that’s great you bp gone down! I get what u r saying as I was on Ramipril and got the terrible cough so had to come off. Maybe I’ll try what you said and start lower

[Catkin-blake]

I was on amlodipine and lhad to come off it due to swollen ankles and feet. I was put on indapamide first which lowered my BP a little and then Ramipril as well, no side effects with either

[Calm2 in reply to Catkin-blake]

Thank you for responding, that’s good to know. I had such an awful experience a couple of years back when I changed a med and that has made me worry about this more I think. Happy to hear you were fine! Thank you

[MountainGoat52]

I was also on Amlodipine and had severely swollen ankles. My GP couldn't put me on a diuretic as I'm allergic to both loop and thiazide diuretics, so he swapped my BP medication to Losartan. I've been on that now for well over a decade with no issues.

[sueysue]

I am on amlodipine. Ramipril and a diuretic called Bendroflumathiazide . Been on that fir a while with no side effects so you could always ask to try that one

[Deejay62]

I was on bendroflumethiazide which gave me cramps, and my doctor said it wasn’t good anymore for anyone so he took me off it, and I was also on Furosemide, both lower blood pressure and are water tablets also. Furosemide stopped reducing my fluid, so now I’m on Bumetanide, and I seem to have hardly any fluid retention and no problem with it. I’ve never heard of Indapamide. But all those ide tablets lower blood pressure and reduce fluid.

[Poetry19]

Hi. I’ve been taking Indapamide for over one yr and after suffering terrible side effects from other blood pressure tablets I was so relieved to find a tablet that didn’t make me dizzy or give me swollen ankles etc. I was taking Lorvacs XL 1.5 mg. This brand suited me so well but today I was told the brand the chemist can now supply is called Cardide and they couldn’t get Lorvacs. I think I did try this particular brand before Lorvacs but seems I’m going to have to change brands, many chemists stock Natrilix so I’ll have to do some trial n error , very dissapointed as I have awful side effects with my meds. What brand name are you taking ?

[Calm2 in reply to Poetry19]

Hi, do you mean what other blood pressure meds do I take? Losartan and Bisoprodol

[Tierney3]

hi I started taking indapamide in February by the consultant who said my ankles were swelling but after taking them for a month my legs and ankles are swollen with pitting on my ankles which I never had before. My GP won’t change the tablets because the consultant prescribed them and he never reply’s to my messages.

[Calm2 in reply to Tierney3]

Hi, isn’t that strange as I had swollen ankles and feet until I was put on Indapamide and immediately the swelling all vanished. I have noticed recently though that I get dizzy when I lay down and turn over, I thought it was a problem with my ears but I’m wondering if it’s the Indapamide? Can’t take anything without a side effect nowadays!

[Pinkutd]

Hi, I've been on Indapamide for 4 weeks and my BP is great, with no side effects. My GP rang me today though and said I have to stop it as my sodium levels are too low, I asked for a supplement to help but was told they can't do that and to try Doxazosin which I'm not happy about. This will now be my 5th tablet and I really thought I'd found the right one.