After finding I had high blood pressure a year ago I was put on Amlodipine I had really bad side effects with swollen ankles and a really bad rash.
My medication was changed to losartan 50mg and Atorvastatin 20mg. Although this combination is keeping my Blood Pressure down. I still have a weakness in my ankles and a slight remaining problem with my skin on my ankles.
I would have thought these problems would have disappeared completely after stopping Amlodipine . But now I am thinking it's the statins that is stopping the side effects in my legs from disappearing completely.
Hi paul
is your left foot hurting??
are you also getting pins and needles these are my side effects i am keeping a diary week 5... I had to come of the statin due to bad sleeping patterns bad aches and feeling awful BUT i Also think the other culprit in my sarga is bisiprol
AFAIK Amlodipine also needs a so-called water tablet to be prescribed along with it to reduce the swollen legs effect. I take 10mg every day with a water tab.
I know a lady who was prescribed Amlodipine by a doctor with a suspect reputation and she was not given the water tablet. She then had swollen legs and stopped the Amlodipine though her legs are still not as they should be several months later.
Hi Granam
Both my Ankles swelled to the same size as my leg above my knee, they looked like tree trunks. I also got a very bad rash on both ankles.
after stopping Amlodipine about 6 months ago my legs are not back to normal. so I wondered if the statin was playing them up and stopping them going back to normal.
havent had that one but left foot is throbbing tried everything but a saw to chop it off.
.pin s and needles and feet sometimes are cold and i never had that before like alot of things thats happened since taking these poisonous smarties
Hi Tafia43
I was prescribed a diuretic along side the Amlodipine, but it still didnt stop both my legs from swelling to large size with a very bad red rash on both ankles.
I am similar to the lady you mention, 6 months later my legs are not right, they feel week and I cannot walk very far, that’s why I was wondering if the satins were playing my legs up and not letting them return to normal
I have found that if a work in the garden with good warm socks and boots, like you, my feet quicky get very cold, someting that didnt hapen 18 months ago
Paul, either you've misunderstood your doctors or they haven't explained the medication to you properly: Atorvastatin isn't for your blood pressure, it's for high cholesterol and has many unwanted effects including muscle and nerve problems.
High blood pressure can often by controlled to a lesser or greater extent with exercise and meditation.
"Paul, either you've misunderstood your doctors or they haven't explained the medication to you properly:
Jude where did you get that from?
Amlodipine for Blood Pressure
Atorvastatin for cholesterol
Losartan for blood pressure
Diuretic self explanatory
I had bad side effects while on Amlodipine, after I stopped that drug my side effects have taken a lot longer than most to reduce.
I wondered if the side effects of the statins were having some effect in stopping of my other symptoms
I have heard that Telmisartan helps with blood pressure and has very little in the way of side effects. It is being highly praised by those who seeking to extend their lives, has been written up very favorably. It evidently has positive side aspects too, which is very rare for drugs, which usually have negative side effects. I don't have significantly high blood pressure myself, but my cardiologist wants me on Enalapril 2.5mg for the rest of my life (was on that plus carvidilol for 2 years) because of a heart operation I needed in 2012. I am going to ask him about this Telmisartan at my next consultation, as it impairs my "potence abilities", shall we say, and makes it very easy for me to get drowsy.
Anybody ever heard of it?
The enalapril impairs those abilities, not the Telmisartan...