Nifedipine for Hypertensive Emergency User Reviews

• Aud...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 12, 2021

"OMG, this is the worst medicine to take for hypertension during pregnancy! I was given this after I lost my first twin, and they kept adjusting it. A week later, after the adjustments, my baby died at 28 weeks. I had to deliver naturally. Next pregnancy, all was good until Christmas. I was past 30 weeks, and my OB said I needed it to control my BP. I needed another option, but they said this was the best and okay to use in pregnancy. At 38 weeks, I went into natural labor, and my baby died. The baby was perfectly healthy before the medicine, and then I was given the medicine, and she died. Please, please, please don’t take this medicine if you are pregnant!!!!! I have now lost 3 babies from preeclampsia/hypertension and nifedipine!"

• Ril...
• February 4, 2021

"I had a left basal ganglia stroke due to hypertension. My B/P was 220/125. I was 49 at the time. Upon discharge from the hospital and God’s hand, I was able to go home with minimal effects. I began taking Procardia ER following the stroke and had multiple trips to the ER with severe symptoms of heart palpitations, extreme dizziness, excessive weight gain and swelling, shooting electrical-like pains in my arms, joint pain, severe anxiety, random confusion, and a fuzzy feeling in the back of my head. I was told by the ER, just a headache... need to wait and see what the full effects of your stroke will be... I waited and lived like this, never knowing which day would be a horrible day of symptoms. Finally realized the first hour of getting up in the morning before I took the med, I felt normal, with symptoms starting about 45 minutes after taking it. I know I have no choice but to take some type of medication, but this medication has horrible side effects. I still have issues with B/P and even this med."

• old...
• September 3, 2016

"I started with hydralazine 100 mg every 8 hours. It worked for blood pressure, from 175/115 in the hospital, dropped to 105/68. Good BP, but for heart rate up to 112. I went to my cardiologist and he put me on nifedipine ER 60 mg. Blood pressure still good at 110/72 and now pulse rate down to 85-92. Much better for me in the last month. Still on other medicines and starting CPAP therapy. Also had a stress test and no heart disease or coronary artery disease. Had venous ablation on both legs."

• Nig...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 9, 2021

"I was recently taken off of nifedipine because of the “rare” side effects I experienced! I thought I had a pulmonary embolism or an impending heart attack! I felt terrible. I was on it for postpartum preeclampsia and felt worse taking it. Even though it helped control my BP, I had to stop it."