Background: Vasodilatory edema is a frequently encountered side effect among hypertensive patients using antihypertensive drugs
Last edited 12 May 2020 Authoring team Peripheral oedema, including ankle oedema a recognised adverse effect
They're usually mild and only last for a short time
Reducing sodium (salt) intake can help balance your system and decrease swelling
Swollen ankles after flying, long car rides, and at the end of a long day frequently cause edema in your lower limbs—mostly because of the effects of gravity and the lack of
I'm on it, too, for high blood pressure and by the end of the day my feet and ankles are puffy to the point of discomfort
Mechanism of ankle oedema
Caution
Dihydropyridines — The dihydropyridines, including nifedipine, isradipine, felodipine, nicardipine, nisoldipine, lacidipine, amlodipine, and levamlodipine are potent vasodilators that have little or no negative effect upon cardiac contractility or conduction
swelling of the face, mouth, hands, or feet
5mg may cause a possibility of leg swelling by 2%, a higher dose of 10mg has been shown to cause an incidence of leg swelling by 10%
Amlodipine is an oral dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker
More focal swelling of a calf may be a DVT, SVT, infection, or secondary to injury, while swelling involving the entire limb or bilateral limbs is more likely due to a proximal pathophysiology or systemic process
Other serious causes of edema include congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and liver disease
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flushing (sudden warmth, redness, or tingly feeling)
increases plasma volume whilst also reducing vasoconstriction in the lower extremities, similar to amlodipine and nifedipine
Blood clots that form in the veins of the legs can stop the return flow of blood from the legs back up to the heart and cause swelling in the ankles and feet
So let’s say you do not have any other health problems except the one you are taking amlodipine for
There are also other non-serious causes such as inactivity, sitting in a position with your feet hanging down
swelling of the eyelids, face, lips, hands, or feet
Eventually they rupture and I have to bandage my legs (often changing the bandages 2-6 times daily!) Now, about 6 years since I started to baseline, during increasing doses of the dihydropyridine amlodipine (5 and 10 mg UID each for 2 weeks), and after drug withdrawal in 10 hypertensive men