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Below are Norvasc (Amlodipine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 15 ratings/reviews, Norvasc has an overall score of 7.27. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 7.73. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence.
 

Norvasc review by 42 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Hypertension
Dosage & duration:   10mg taken daily for the period of 7 years
Other conditions:   Obesity
Other drugs taken:   Losec
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Lowering blood pressure
Side effects:   Edema
Comments:   Changed to Atacand Plus 16mg. No side effects to date (4 mths)

 

Norvasc review by 49 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypertension
Dosage & duration:   10 mg taken daily for the period of 15 yrs
Other conditions:   Adult ADD
Other drugs taken:   Triamterene, Potassium, Strattera, Welbutrin
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Quick relief of hypertension, moving from 150/120 area down to 130/80 region.
Side effects:   Side effects were edema, buildup of fluids in the lower legs and feet. This progressed to the point that it was noticeable visually, and presented problems in wearing of shoes and mobility. Blood testing also indicated a drop in Potassium levels to a low point that concerned the primary physician.
Comments:   Additional medication was needed to control the edema and the Potassium levels. Triamterene was effective in eliminating the edema. Oral Potassium and Liprosonil were needed to bring Potassium levels up to normal range.

 

Norvasc review by medical professional caring for 65 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Moderately Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypertension
Dosage & duration:   5mg bid taken bid for the period of 7 weeks
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   diuretics
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lowering BP
Side effects:   edema
Comments:   see above

 

Norvasc review by 59 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Hypertension
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once daily for the period of continually
Other conditions:   High cholesterol
Other drugs taken:   Lipitor
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lowered blood pressure to within normal limits
Side effects:   none that I am aware of
Comments:   took one 5mg tablet daily in the am

 

Norvasc review by 52 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   High Blood Pressure
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once per day for the period of still on it
Other conditions:   None
Other drugs taken:   None
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Small pill easy to take. Easy to pack in a travel pack in an alternate pill case without taking the entire bottle.
Side effects:   I did not experience any side effects that I am aware of. Of course, I am concered over having high blood pressure which has to be directly related to work-related stress.
Comments:   Apparently, this will be long-term treatment. My doctor and I had several conversations over high blood pressure. Though I have increased my exercise routines, there is not a positive impact on my blood pressure. After 1 month on Norvasc, my blood pressure was within the normal range.

 

Norvasc review by 69 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   htn
Dosage & duration:   5mg1 a day taken 5mg 1 a day for the period of still take it
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lower htn lower blood pressure. no headaches felt good. I dont know what else you want it is a good med. no problems at all
Side effects:   there were no side effects to the meds. really felt good after using, no side effects. dont know what elase you want it is a good med.
Comments:   take 1 a day. Take one a day in the am. that was it. felt good all day. How much more can i say you take one a day thats it.......

 

Norvasc review by care giver of 54 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   high blood pressure
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once a day for the period of 3 months,still using
Other conditions:   high cholesterol
Other drugs taken:   lisinopril, hydrochlorathiazide
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Helped lower blood pressure more then just using previous medications.
Side effects:   none
Comments:   After using lisinopril and hydrochlorathiazide for many years and not seeing blood pressure lower quite enough ,I pushed to see what else would help to relax blood vessels to lower blood pressure.Fianlly camup with Zorvasc.Treatment was a sucess within days.

 

Norvasc review by 59 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   blood pressure
Dosage & duration:   1-10 mg tablet daily taken daily for the period of 2 yrs
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   bupropion
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lower top/bottom reading numbers. I really don't understand the readings but initially they were like 140/90. now they read 120/70.
Side effects:   none that i know. well ask about. or re-read. Even if i feel a little spacey, it's not so much that i can't function. It actually may be the combination of the bupropion.
Comments:   Missed a few doses while traveling. was reminded by slight headache which doesn't occur otherwise. contacted pharmacy for a 6 day amount. headache cleared.

 

Norvasc review by care giver of 59 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   Extremely Severe Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   High Blood Pressure
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once for the period of Once
Other conditions:   Anxiety, depression, chronic Gout
Other drugs taken:   Lisinopril, Gabapentin, Wellbutrin, Allopurinol
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Lowered his blood pressure with one pill to the point of passing out, and having severe cramping.
Side effects:   One does dropped his blood pressure so low that it was necessary to have him hospitalized for kidney malfunction. It caused severe cramping of the intestines due to lack of blood flow. At admittance to the ER, he was put on IV to increase the blood preassure. The doctors did not believe that the Norvasc could have a severe effect because the Lisinopril, which ordinarily is the medication that causes severe reactions, did not effect his blood pressure. The one Norvasc pill caused his blood pressure to go from 185/109 to 64/43. It is important for all doctors to realize that while drug testing can give you the general reaction of most people; it is imperative to be conscious that some patients will react in a completely unexpected way. This is a situation where the man's experience with opposite reactions to caffeine, and other "uppers" to the norm would have given some indication that his reactions to medications can be contra-indicated.
Comments:   Post emergency, the doctors felt that the reaction had to be caused by something else other than the Norvasc. They tested for urethral artery narrowing, kidney malfunction, etc. with all tests coming out normal. It was finally determined that the patients reaction to this medication was unusual, and the medication should not be repeated.

 

Norvasc review by 28 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Moderately Effective
Side effects:   Mild Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Chest Pain
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once daily for the period of been taking for 2 months now
Other conditions:   Anxiety/aortic insufficiency
Other drugs taken:   Wellbutrin/Xanax as needed/excedrin migraine
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   I was prescribed Norvasc by my cardiologist because I kept having left sided chest pain. My doctor stated it wasn't angina because i'm so young. I had an echo and stress test which were all normal. each day after taking the pill, i find relief in the chest pain for a while, but then after about an hour it will sometimes come back. I have noticed increase in headaches since taking this med which i went to see a neurologist who wanted me to take neurontin but I refuse to take. He stated the headaches have nothing to do with the heart, but i disagree because when i have this chest pain, the headaches usually are there to, and when the chest pain isn't there, the headache isn't there.
Side effects:   increase in headache.
Comments:   started out the first week with breaking 5mg in half. then after that been taking 5mg daily. B/P was never above 130 systolic and never above 90 diastolic. but was prescibed this because of the intermittent chest pain.

 

Norvasc review by care giver of 93 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Moderately Effective
Side effects:   Extremely Severe Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   high blood pressure
Dosage & duration:   5 mg taken 1 a day for the period of 2 months
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Lowered blood pressure too much.
Side effects:   Experienced extremely severe rash, swelling and itching over entire body requiring emergency care. New doctor said "I would never prescribe Norvasc to anyone in a million years." Put her back on Lisinapril 10 mg. Rash is dissipating and she is now doing well.
Comments:   93 year old woman with high blood pressure was experiencing skin problems. No other health issues. When switched to Norvasc, problems with skin increased dramatically and rapidly.

 

Norvasc review by 30 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Marginally Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Raynaud's Disease
Dosage & duration:   2.5mg taken once a day for the period of 8 weeks
Other conditions:   None
Other drugs taken:   None
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Fingers didn't turn white for as long or as often as they used to. However, my fingers are still a shade of blue, and hands are still cold. My face still changes colors throughout the day, from pale, to blue, to red. It helped, but not enough. The doctor has prescribed 30mg Nifedipine to see if that works better.
Side effects:   None
Comments:   See above.

 

Norvasc review by 67 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   high blood preasure
Dosage & duration:   one tablet/once a day taken every day for the period of 7months
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   triam/hctz37.5-25, advair, albuteral inhaler
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   reasonable control of blood preasure with out multiple blood preasure med's.my blood preasure is not a perfect 120/80 but it is not 190/ 100 idon't have headaches or couphing
Side effects:   none apparent,ihaven't noticed any side effects,of course if i were a doctor I might be able to run tests to detect something has changed. but i don't notice any noticeable side effectsi m
Comments:   swallow pills with water once a day .everyday until doctor changes perscription

 

Norvasc review by 59 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   blood pressure
Dosage & duration:   1-10 mg tablet daily taken daily for the period of 2 yrs
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   bupropion
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lower top/bottom reading numbers. I really don't understand the readings but initially they were like 140/90. now they read 120/70.
Side effects:   none that i know. well ask about. or re-read. Even if i feel a little spacey, it's not so much that i can't function. It actually may be the combination of the bupropion.
Comments:   Missed a few doses while traveling. was reminded by slight headache which doesn't occur otherwise. contacted pharmacy for a 6 day amount. headache cleared.

 

Norvasc review by 49 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Moderately Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypertension
Dosage & duration:   5mg taken once daily in the am for the period of 4 months and continuing
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   hydrochlorothiazide
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   On amlodipine 5mg, controlled BP but ocassional spikes of HTN when dose should have controlled all day, doctor prescribed hydrochlorothiazide 25mg as well in response.
Side effects:   Very sleepy after taking, also my feet and ankles swelled very badly.
Comments:   Doctor told me it appeared I was getting very dehydraded, my electrolytes were depleted. I will get a full fasting lab in a few weeks. In the meantime, was told to take a sports drink once daily and take the hydrochlorothiazide to see if that helps with the edema and controls the spikes of HTN.
 


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