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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Made me VERY dizzy. Kept going to Doctor's office (with help) and finally got this drug removed. Felt so much better since.
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Reviewer: JoJo, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Also have LVSD and can not take drugs like Lisinopril due to allergies. Just started this drug 5 days ago and already feel much better. Blood Pressure is still a little high but should get better after the initial 2-3 weeks of body/heart getting use to it after being on Atenolol for 8 years. Atenolol, for me, wasnt controlling the BP at all. I am so very happy with this drug so far and thank my ne
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Reviewer: janey, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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was put on it for high b/p and was on it for 1 month then startedto get really weird side affects from it. gave me a panic attack so bad all I did was cry the whole night. the blood pressure was ok durning the day but at nite it would shoot up! finally called my md. and said listen this is making me crazy. help. so he put me on 2.5 mg of Norvasc and so far it's been ok. the other was 6.25. won
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Reviewer: my5cents, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Since taking this medication I have had severe diarrhea (explosive diarrhea) if I eat normal quantities of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. I've had numbness and tingling in my hands and tingling in my feet, itching, crawling skin feeling, backache, weight gain, and repeated bouts of gout. I never had problems with any of these things before taking this medication. I've been
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Reviewer: Stockton, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Carvedilol just about killed me. It made me nausea and dizzy with severe constipation and aching of the feet and ankles. It came on its own time table and at different levels of sickness but usually in the mornings or could last up to two to three days. For some reason, going to the gym and walking on the treadmill or riding the bike made me feel better. Some days my blood pressure would be hi
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