BP sufferer for 30 years

[Blue-Anglia]

Hi has anyone been on Lercanidipine and clopidigrel for hypertension and a blood thinner. I am on these meds. Lercanidipine for 5months and blood thinner for 3 years with many other BP drugs which I have not been able to tolerate. I have now developed severe rheumatic problems which gp isn’t blaming on drugs but I am as I have never had this problem ever before.

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I hope you don't mind me asking, but what do you mean by "rheumatic Problems"?

[Blue-Anglia in reply to Hidden]

Not at all. All of a sudden I had developed very painful knees and hips, also shoulder back and hands but it would jump from knee to knee and hip to hip. Over Christmas I felt completely crippled doc blamed on a virus but it is still here although slightly better but some days had difficulty getting up stairs. Doc said not meds and gave me pain killers. I have never had this before and felt it had to be meds’. I have stopped Lercanidipine and it appears to be getting better. Three years ago I had a mini stroke and given clopidigrel so I have stayed on this.

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Oh my goodness. I was thinking Palindromic Arthritis but I don't know now. Visit Versus Arthritis and look it up. Maybe you should ask your GP to refer you to a rheumatologist for tests.

[Blue-Anglia in reply to Hidden]

I looked it up like you, GP did blood tests and I was told I had no inflammation therefore no need for further examination. But I will just keep going back to get to the bottom of it. In side effects for clopidigrel a few patients have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis but that was in first weeks of taking it I have been on for 3 years so therefore can’t be that they said. Looked up Lercanidipine and they don’t think it’s that.

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🤔 how can they be so sure? Take care.