Works very well to control blood pressure, however, for me, it also lowers my pulse greatly. I wore a 24 hour heart monitor which showed my pulse as low as 41 bpm while sleeping. Daytime pulse rarely over 80 bpm unless exercising. Occasional lightheadedness. But overall works better at controlling blood pressure than other drugs I've tried .
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I have mild tachycardia and was prescribed this after Beta blockers eventually killed erectile function after years of taking those. Initially switch to an ACE inhibitor and the blood pressure was fine but the resting heart rate was too high, however, erectile dysfunction ceased and all worked normally again. Was switched to this calcium channel blocker and immediately, it killed my erectile fun...
Fred | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
1/31/2008
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 4.7
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Works very well to control blood pressure, however, for me, it also lowers my pulse greatly. I wore a 24 hour heart monitor which showed my pulse as low as 41 bpm while sleeping. Daytime pulse rarely over 80 bpm unless exercising. Occasional lightheadedness. But overall works better at controlling blood pressure than other drugs I've tried .
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Anonymous | 25-34 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/12/2007
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.7
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I was pesribed this med to work on two conditions. High blood pressure and vasospasim. It has worked quite well.
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
10/26/2007
Condition: Type of Angina Where Chest Pain Occurs at Rest
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