When I discovered my pharmacist was giving me different colored pills, their answer was we haven;t gotten a shipment from our manufacturer, so we're using another pharmaceutical. I told my Primary Care dr. who told me to get another Pharmacy. The new pharmacy was horrible. So I went back to the old pharmacy & she said I should get a new doctor. When I called to seemy doctor to inform hm I had been off amlodipine 6 months due to dizziness, his office staff told me he wanted me to go to the ER. Just ridiculous1 S I got rid of him. His M.A. staff never took accurate BP readings & I askedhim to give me a second reading every time. Systolic ws always 20 - 30 pts higher than the first. So with a new doctor who can't see me until Dec. 2nd, and on my own, I go back on 5 mgs. in July, and by Oct. 24 I renew a prescription from the old doctor & the lousy pharmacy as thatis where the 3 mo. presciption was. Within 1 hr 15 minutes of taking it (a light blue tablet M A9) different from the last prescription that was white (I didnt note the coding) I was incapacitated with Vertigo. I couldnt walk or function. The pharmcist had quit as the store was closing & this was a young guy Id never seen. He kept telling me to go to the ER when I said I was overcome with dizziness after taking it. I didn;t go anywhere but made appt to see an ENT & Audiologist. The ENT was uncaring, apathetic, and smirking. He said had a lot of inner eye wax he removed, the audiologist was better, BUT the 3 days of testing showed nothing WRONG. I had to wit 4 days to get the report from th ENT. He said I had inflammation but refused to be specific. I asked was it the vesticular canal? NO Did I have displaced crystals? NO. Was the Vargus nerve damaged. NO. He put me on hold 30 minutes & guess he was shocked I was still there. In a minute he put me on hold again, and I quickly asked him COULD IT BE AMLODIPINE? NO. I ended up hanging up after being on hold another 10 minutes & asked for a report to be mailed by the office and it came today ~ Nothing was wrong with my ears. SO DID AMLODIPINE CAUSE THE SEVERE DEBILITATING DIZZINESS ~ I could barely walk. I was an invalid for 2 weeks. Today is day 15 and I am able to walk with a stick and drive locally, shop with a cart to steady myself. I'm improving every day that I'm off this drug. But I decided to see how many manufacturers make this drug. I came up with 9 companies. More on the next post. Linda
9 different manufacturers of Amlodipine Besylate 5 mg.
1. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICAL M A9 light blue & round
NDC CODE ?
2. ZYDUS PHARMACEUTICAL Z 3 white & round
NDC CODE 68382-0122
3. LUPIN PHARMACEUTICAL Lu H12 white & round
NDC CODE 68180-0751
4. INVAGEN PHARMACEUTICAL IG238 white & round
NDC CODE 31722-0238
5. GREENSTONE LIMITED G15305 white& 8 sided
NDC CODE 59762-1530
6. ROXANE LABS 54771 white & round
NDC CODE 00054-0101 white & round
7. VINTAGE PHARMACY V2109 white & round
NDC CODE 00603-2109
8. BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICAL 210 white round
NDC CODE 51991-0667
9. WOCKHARDT USA W422 white oval
NDC CODE 64679-0422
my next research is to go to their websites to see where the drug is made, marketed, and distributed. I cant do this tonight and post it as my vision is still a little blurry.
A little information on Amlodipine Besylate 5 mg.
It's made with:
micro crystalline cellulose
calcium phosphate dibasic anhydrous
sodium starch glycolate
type A starch
magnesium stearate
used to treat:
high blood pressure
Raynaud's Syndrome
Angina
heart failure
migraine prevention
am-lo-di-peen - phonetic pronunciation
A calcium channel blocking agent.
Inhibits movement of calcium ions across cell membranes in systemic & coronary vascular smooth muscles.
A steady state is reached after 7 - 8 days of consecutive daily dosing.
ADVERSE REACTIONS:
CARDIAC - 5% flushing/ palpations
CNS - headache 7% fatigue 5% dizziness 3% somnolence 2%
GI- nausea 3% abdominal pain 2%
HEPATIC - enzyme elevation
MISC. edema 15%
avoid sudden position changes to prevent orthostatic hypotension.
stop taking if pulse is below 50 bpm
Have you determined which manufacturers work for you and which causes problems? I am getting different reations too including vertigo sensations. I cut the usage to 2.5mg per day from 5mg and combine Amlodipine with Losartan and it works well with good bp. I haven't noted the different manufacturers but will now. Though not chronic with one variety I have suffered some sleep problems (I normally can sleep on a washing line) and this strange feeling of falling over. The chemist said that it could be down to the 'binders' rather than the actual drug that causes the differences?
Dickie, I only am just putting all this together. I had no idea that there were 9 different companies and I had not documented anything. I will tell you right now that in the future I will be anal about anything I take, demand to know who manufactured the drug, and find out where it originated from. I still haven't done the work on the individual companies as I've wasted weeks with Vertigo and have fallen behind on getting everything indoors for winter. I will do this task when I am resting at night time. How do we know where these ingredients are coming from. Should we as consumers blindly trust companies to do the right things to produce a pill that is sterile, clean, and made in a factory that complies with regulations? How do we know the ingredients didn't come from a filthy factory in China? We don't know. And I am going to find out the best that I can. Stay tuned.
Hello,
I feel the same as you do regarding where
our meds come from.
After reading the different manufacturers of
Amlodipine besylate you listed, I wondered
if you knew if any originated from China.
I know you posted over a yr ago, but my
son ( 30yr) may be having a reaction to this
medicine.
Thank you