User Reviews for verapamil oral

I have been dealing with anxiety the past year with neck pain mgmt. proceedures. Went to ER one night with anxiety attack which lead to Tachycardia. Had the whole cardiac workup, heart is fine. Was put on Metoprolol which worked but wanted to try other meds. for BP and heart rate due to wanting to get allergy shots (which you can not due on BetaBlockers), tried two channel blockers over the course of two weeks, one of which was Verapamil Er 120 at bedtime. This med brought my blood pressure up and heart rate up, palpitations worse with the first night I took it. My blood pressure on Losartan and Metoprolol kept it under 130/80, so I am seeing Cardiologist tommorrow to get back on Metoprolol and just deal with my allergies another way. Hopefully doing this and started a low dose antidepressant will get me felling better again.Read More Read Less

The Statin drug interred with the Verapamil and I had a heart attack.

It took a while to get this medication along with a second one to get my cluster headaches under control. I use this (180 mg) along with Deprakote (1500 mg.) I went from 120 mg to 180 mg and within a few days my cluster of headaches which I had been have for many months disappeared.

NO problems. Works extremely well. Very happy with it!

I have no side effects, from taking this drug,my cardiologist,prescribed,this medication for the arteries,to my heart, I take it everyday,very satisfied,,with his choice of medication,

This along with my other meds have kept my BP pretty much under control.

I been taking (calan) verapamil since 1988 for high blood pressure. I am now taking 240 mg verapamil and 25 mg of losartan potassium to control bp. My pulse in the morning drops to high 50's. br is usually around 125/70. I watch my salt content and avoid caffeine. I was taking diovan but asked the doctor to switch me to losartan because of cost. I also take hydrochlorothiazid, tamsulosin,warfarin, avodart, and simvastatin. About 7 years ago I switched doctors and he took me off of verapamil. 5 days later I had A-fib. Chemical shock did not work. The cardiologist put me back on verapamil. In 3 days my A_fib was gone. He then increased my dosage to 240 mg twice a day. Moved to Florida. New doctor. Talked doctor into my stop taking warfarin since I had no record of a-fib for 5 years. Changed bp medicaation to one 240 mg of verapamil a day and diovan. A year later I had a-fig for one day. I am now back on warfarin. Talked the doctor in changing diovan to losartan. Saves me approx $1000 a year. I do go to the bathroom a lot. I have had radiation treatment for prostate cancerand do have an enlarged prostste. I am slightly concerned about the interaction between verapamil and simvastatin. I am 81 and still play golf 3-4 time a week. I will stay with verapamil. Read More Read Less

I have been on this medicine for 3 weeks and I have had no relief from my migraines. My Migraines recently changed and I am now getting complex chronic migraines around 15 a month lasting up to 4 days at a time...twice they last 8 days which I went to the ER at that point to get treated with real meds that work. Out of the 45 migraines I have had in 3 months my migraine medicine has only work twice. I have been on zomig, relpax, imitrix. I have been using lortabs to control the pain and be able to function somewhat for work and taking care of my kids. I am on 180 mg daily but am having side effects, itching skins, swelling, constipation, red neck, loss of appetite. Have a follow up appointment in 2 weeks going to ask to be taken off of this med. I have heard Topamaz works better for complex migraines so maybe we can try that. The ER doctor gave me valium to take daily which worked amazing and I didn't have a migraine for 4 days but my doctor (Family Doctor) won't prescribe it to me....not sure why it helped my head. Finding a neurological doc this week.Read More Read Less

IT LOWERS MY HEART RATE BELOW 60, WHICH DO NOT THINK IS RIGHT.

Usually prevents my migraines, but not always. Ihaven't had any problems with it in all the years I've been taking it.

I have the side effect of severe sleepiness. I have to take a nap after droving 20 minutes. Hard to function.

Mild fibrillation due to thyroid

Causes constipation!May stop me having as many episodes of SVT but certainly does not prevent them completely! Wish there was a medicine that did!

Have been on this for over 10yrs.Have no complaints It works for me and is the only bp med I can take because I had kidney cancer in 1998-99.With only one kidney,I can no longer take bp meds that have any ingredient that removes water from kidneys.So far am very pleased with my medication.

I have experienced profuse sweating day and night. I do not usually sweat, but it rolls off my nose and my clothes are wet. This occurs both day and night.

Have been on this drug for several years. Began as a result of tachycardia but as time went on helps with bp. Dr. put me on lisinopril but coughed all day and all night. Quit that one. No side effects with verapamil.

I'd taken the brand name Covera HS for 10 yr and it worked great. The brand drug has been discontinued. Thegeneric equivalent did not worked at all. I have to use nitroglycerine for 4 days out of 5 when I took the generic.

heart block - low heart rate

I have been taking this RX for about 8 weeks amd went to a job interview, I was required to take a drug test and tested positive for meth,I'm 45 years old and don't do street drugs. This is the only med I'm taking. If anyone has any info on this please let me know.