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This product is primarily used for the treatment of high blood pressure, and is also used in the treatment of coronary artery disease / angina. It relaxes blood vessels by reducing calcium flow into smooth muscle cells.

Last text update: 2010-12-15

Last data update: 2012-01-14

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7.0
Norvasc Average Satisfaction Score
  • 73% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Norvasc.
  • 19% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Norvasc

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Norvasc or Amlodipine are the only drugs that controls my blood pressure at reasonable levels. I am 75 years old and have had high blood pressure since I was checked at 12 years of age. I had some serious heart enlargement in my twenties but luckily diuretics were available and they reduced my blood pressure to a lower level but still on the high side.....perhaps saving my life. Norvasc works well for me with some side effects. Rich at 75

  • 75 year old – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2012-01-25 10:33:28
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was taking amlodipine(norvasc} for couple of months-10 mg.with accupril and metoprolol.legs began swelling-only worsened-feetand ankles reddened.legs hurt.could not wear my shoes after standing or walking awile. stopped amlodipine but nothing hasreturned to normal yet-has been two weeks.Dr. is aware.

  • 58 year old – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2012-01-04 21:48:38
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After a couple of months on Azor, a combination of Amlodipine and another drug, the doctor changed the med to a lower dose of Amlodipine and Diovan. I continued to have feet that looked like the Hulk!! So I'm back on Diovan as well as Medopropanol. I still have some edema, but my blood pressure is back down in the 130 range,not the 188 after the sudden loss of my Husband, just before Christmas.

  • 70 year old – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2011-10-23 17:42:12
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