Nifedipine Treatment Report

• LapisLee

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  • Sex: Male
  • Age: 54y

  Condition: Chronic Kidney Disease 5 additional condition(s)

  Quality of Life:

  • Social: Mild
  • Mental: None
  • Physical: None

  I am: Good

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• by LapisLee
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Purpose: Hypertension (Started Mar 05, 2005)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 05, 2013	60 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

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• jiencar

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  Parkinson's: 22 yrs

  Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease On

  Mouth/throat: mild

  Arms: mild

  Chest: mild

  Legs: mild

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• by jiencar
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Purpose: Elevated blood pressure (Started Jun 24, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 04, 2011	20 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

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• jim0425

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 1 star

  Major Depressive Disorder

  Depression: 1

  Mania: 0

  Emotional: 0

  Anxiety: 2

  Compulsion: 0

  External Stress: Low

  Rx Therapy

  67 M

  Function: High

  Distress: Low

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• by jim0425
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Purpose: Elevated blood pressure (Started May 05, 2008)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 18, 2010	60 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Aug 18, 2010

Advice & Tips

VA replaced Nifedipine with Amlodipine Besylate

Cost

< $25 monthly

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• kmgeorge

  Data Quality: 1 star

  • Sex: M
  • Age: 27y
  • Organ: Kidney(3)

  Quality of Life:

  • Social: None
  • Mental: None
  • Physical: None

  1. Kidney : 24y Transplanted
  2. Kidney : 23y Transplanted
  3. Kidney : 3y Transplanted

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• by kmgeorge
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Purpose: Elevated blood pressure (Started Feb 15, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 31, 2010	30 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

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• butterflye

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  MS: 38 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: mild

  Speech: mild

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: none

  Walking: moderate

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• by butterflye
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Purposes: HighBlood Pressure and Elevated blood pressure (Started Jul 23, 2007)

Date	Dosage	HighBlood Pressure Perceived effectiveness	Elevated blood pressure Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 01, 2010	60 mg Daily	Major	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Jan 01, 2010

Advice & Tips

I would advice anyone taking this medication or any medication for high blood pressure to stay on their medication unless you have an adverse reaction to it. Don't stop unless you have been advised by your physician.

Cost

< $25 monthly

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• tiredoftired

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 3 stars

  Bipolar Disorder

  Depression: 3

  Mania: 1

  Emotional: 3

  Anxiety: 1

  Compulsion: 2

  External Stress: Moderate

  Rx Therapy

  29 M

  Function: Low

  Distress: Moderate

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• by tiredoftired
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Purpose: Other (Started Dec 24, 2007)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 22, 2009	As needed	Major	None	Always	Not at all
Jul 18, 2009	As needed	Major	None	Always	Not at all
Feb 12, 2009	As needed	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Jul 18, 2009

Advice & Tips

I took this whenever I had a hyperintensive crisis due to Contraindications for MAOI's, such as aged meats or cheeses, Soy, or anything else containing tyramine. I had a hyperintensive crisis once when I took cold medication that contained pseudoephedrine. Not fun. I quickly took Nifedipine, and it calmed down within 10 minutes. Two tips. After my crisis, my doctor said that if it should happen again, I should chew the pill, which will quicken the effectiveness. And secondly, I bought a small medication keychain, so that no matter where I was, I would always have access to the pill. You never know what food is spoiled or has ingredients in it that you wouldn't think it would. I had a very mild crisis when I ate some pastry twists, which must have had enough of a trace of soy in it to give me a small reaction, but not enough to list on the ingredients.

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• natatazz

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  Pain: Most

  Fatigue: Most

  Sleep: Some

  Stiffness: All

  function: Some

  external_stress: Some

  Stickman: most

  Description:F35y

  FM:4y Dx

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• by natatazz
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Purpose: Elevated blood pressure (Started Jul 01, 2008)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 11, 2009	60 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	A little

Side effects:

Dizziness, Headaches, Fatigue, Headaches

Date

Jul 11, 2009

Advice & Tips

take on time everyday

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