Experiences with

Telmisartan / Amlodipine

Hi all, I'm a 27-year-old male who underwent a second open-heart surgery 7 weeks ago. I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, and initially, in 2012, I had my first surgery to replace the valve with a tissue one, along with part of the aortic root. This time around, that valve had calcified (along

16th January and as I thought Dr said to stop taking the extra .25 mg but I had already stopped as I had arranged a private test with Medichecks and the results received on the 20th December were TSH 0.012 (scale 0.27-4.2) freeT3 4.2 (scale 3.1-6.8) and freeT4 25 (scale 12-22) they advised my medication

Hi everyone I have moderate Copd and have recently started medication for high blood pressure. Ramipril 2.5mg and Amlodipine 5mg. As s Copd sufferer should I worry about the ACE Ramipril cough? Or should I ask for ARB tablets? Thanks

My BP reading varies from 155/65 to 125/65. I have been taking the 10mg Amlo for some years, is the 65 a bit low and should I ease up on it.? I am also still recovering (6 months later) from radiotherapy and chemotherapy for a mass in the pharynx. I am 76 and the treatment did knock me severely,

I have been put on Mertaziapine for anxiety. Anyone taken this and can tell me how they got on. I took the first one last night. Felt dizzy on getti ng up and lightheaded and a bit unsteady. Hlong did it take before you felt normal again. I am finding it hard to cope with these anxious feelings all because

Hi all, I started taking amlodipine 5mg and ramipril 2.5 mg few days ago ago. My blood pressure has already dropped significantly but so has my resting heartbeat- is now around 50 and sometimes goes slightly lower. Is this normal or cause for concern? My resting heartbeat is normally around 63.

After 7 days on 25mg Pregabilin daily and feeling absolutely zero change I upped it to 50mg. Straightaway, I detected an improvement in the RLS. Sleep, that rare beast, had returned. However, I now found I couldn't walk a straight line, stumbling, very anxious, had to get a walking stick to support

A year on from my NSTEMI ... So I'm being told to stop taking Clopidogrel (and it's accompanying Lansoprazole) just leaving the following: Losarton and Amlodipine for BP Aspirin for blood thinner Bisoprolol as a beta blockers Atorvastatin as a statin Does that sound about right? Not asking for a medical

Hello All, I am currently taking statins (Atorvastatin 20 mg) as recommended three months ago by my GP. I was very reluctant to start them, especially after reading about the various side effects. I am also taking Losartan 50 mg for raised blood pressure. Unfortunately, these do not seem to helping as

I have been taking 30 mg mirtazapine for five years, 50 mg sertraline for a month, 10 mg Amlodipine and 20 mg propranolol. I got a prescription for 20 mg omeprazole twice daily. I am concerned because mirtazapine, sertraline and omeprazole cause QT prolongation and put me at risk of torsades de pointes

I am male, 83 years old and was recently treated for Atrial Fibrillation. After having Atrial Flutter and ablation. I had already been taking Amlodipine for blood pressure (around 160/80). I was given Cardioversion which worked fine (so far) and also given Rivaroxaban and Bisoprolol. Since then I have

Started with stable angina,in 2022 and had a stent in LAD which was,occluded. Was,fine until summer last year,when started getting pain again this,time more at rest. Had,another angiography in,August which resulted in another stent.,was,ok until a couple of weeks ago when started to get chest pains

I have ischeamic heart disease, Aortic valve disease, anemia and afib. I get a lot of headaches and dry mouth. I am not sure if its the side effects to my medication or the lack of blood getting to my head. I'm on amlodipine, nicorandil, asprin furamide, and sertraline

I have had hypertension for 15 years, mostly controlled with Candestartan 16mgs. Over the last few months I have had a few episodes of my blood pressure spiking to over 200; worst being 250/120. I become flushed with bad palpitations at these times, but no obvious trigger or stress. The first time, on

I have had years of high BP and high HR, with my boss even sending me home for high BP. I have also ended up in A and E with crazy high BP but only recently when the diastolic failed to drop below 100 was I put on BP meds and had a full blood test... only to find I have high antibodies indicative of

Has anyone on here come off Amlodipine and got the side effects I’m feeling this morning, of panicky feelings and shakiness.

Hi everyone, am new to HBPS site but hope that it will help me as a now take more seriously the need for better blood pressure control (thankfully not after a major incident! I just seemed to have wised-up!!). I posted the following in British Heart Foundation Community but on finding HBPS hope that

Sorry, I’m having a moan again. You’ll be fed up of me. !!! It’s now day 5 since I stopped the Amlodipine and I’m still getting lightheaded feelings. It’s making me feel really down and a bit anxious. I just hope this goes soon.

Hi everyone. I have recently been swapped from Amlodipine to Losartan (50mg) as A has caused palpitations and fast heart rate when prescribed at doses of 7.5mg and above. I was very happy to be off Amlodipine after 30 months of poor response and a GP who only wanted to prescribe/amend Amlodipine doses

Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their comments. I called Doctor around 4.45pm on Tuesday evening because of the pain and I had already taken 2 x GTN spray. I got the receiptionist and said I wanted some advice regarding chest and my GTN spray only to be told it was emergency calls only after