Lecardipine

[Caradomben]

Does any one take lecardipine at night and when after eating your evening meal.

[Caradomben]

Sorry should be lercanidipine

[Geronima in reply to Caradomben]

Hi Caradomben no I don’t take lercanidipine, but I take my BP medication in the morning. Have you been told when to take it? Then follow instructions as once I changed from morning to evening and had bad palpitations. Hopefully someone else on here with experience of lercanidipine will reply. Take care.

[Sleepyholllow in reply to Caradomben]

Hi Caradomben I take lercanidipine 10mg in the morning before eating, I have some side effects, but if I take it at night it’s much worse.

[TheJazzSinger]

Hello Caradomben, I’ve been taking lercanidipine daily for a couple of years now. I take it in the morning before breakfast. I don’t have any side effects from it but I don’t think it reduces my BP that much either but it was never very high anyway.

[Caradomben in reply to TheJazzSinger]

Thank you for your reply . I been taking it before breakfast but have had side effects I do t like . Fast heart rate and slight chest pain which settled after a few hours . Going to contact my GP

[TheJazzSinger in reply to Caradomben]

Probably the best thing as the most well known side effect is swollen ankles.

[Sleepyholllow in reply to Caradomben]

Yes that fast heart rate and pounding is definitely a side effect

[Poetry19]

Hello Caradomben, I take lercanidipine around 5pm before my evening meal. I tend to eat my main meal at lunchtime so I’m not actually taking my tablet on an empty stomach. I found taking it any earlier gave me awful awful acid reflux, but I do get a bad headache soon after taking it whatever time of day I try. I take an omeprazole most mornings before breakfast to try and elevate the acid.