Blood Pressure

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Keep in mind amlodipine is one of the most widely used meds in existence, and the rare severe side effects usually have more to do with someone who already had severely compromised blood vessels, not the drug itself.

Blood pressure guideline increasingly reserve beta blockers for special cases and long term outcomes are almost always better with a CCB, which is why they’re tried first.

Only the bodybuilding community jumps on slowing heart rate as a first line method of lowering blood pressure, which it does, but introduces other risks.

My feet and ankles swelled massively. I had these huge jiggling pads on top of my feet. It was gross.

I did not think my blood vessels were severely compromised. If they were, then I still do not know it.

 

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My feet and ankles swelled massively. I had these huge jiggling pads on top of my feet. It was gross.

I did not think my blood vessels were severely compromised. If they were, then I still do not know it.

I thought they were supposed to pull water off not make you retain it?

 

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Amlodipine?

A significant side effect for some is swollen ankles and feet, severe edema. this is one of the reasons Ghoul was originally pushing Cilnidipine as superior to amlodipine like he was on commission.

Google's AI search engine says: "Amlodipine often causes peripheral edema (swollen ankles/feet) because it relaxes blood vessels, leading to fluid leakage from capillaries into surrounding tissues, not fluid retention. It's a common, dose-dependent side effect, especially with higher doses, and typically doesn't respond to diuretics."

 

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Also from Google.

 

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First, fantastic thread. Read all of it, brimmed with valuable info!

Second, just had my monitor show 150/74. Yikes on bikes... Went to the pharmacy and bought 40mg telm and 5 mg amlo. Gonna start them from today onward. Next month I'll get some cilnidipin from India and use that instead of the amlo (hopefully I'll get to experience the calming effects of cilnidipin as well since I'm a nervous wreck atm lmao).