I took 10mg Amlodipine for 10 years. I got tired of dealing with edema, and requested to be removed from the medication earlier this year. When I first got diagnosed with hypertension, I managed the edema with diet and exercise. As I got older, I found it to be more difficult to manage. It forced me to stay away from cured meats, and foods loaded with sodium. While I was grateful that the medication was helping me shift my dieting choices, the edema made it impossible to wear nice shoes. It's so nice to see the bones in my feet and hands now.
@@wajutiem08 No, I am just taking a different medication. I will never be cured. High BP runs deep in my family, and all I can do as a genetic recipient is manage the condition.
@@olive3700 Good for you! I should have stopped sooner. But, when the meds are working, it's a tough choice to make. Stop the meds and risk my BP going sky high again, or continue the meds, and just deal with the side effects. I could no longer deal!
Thank You, Doctor Ken! Your information is of the greatest interest to me, not just for the care and presentation you put into your videos, but for the simple fact that you actually give me more of your time than my own GP does. Here in UK, it is difficult enough to get an appointment with a GP, then to be faced with a person whose attention is often distracted by his phone, his lap-top screen, etc, etc, or just plain rude boredom. I don't think I am alone when I say that TH-cam has become my go-to source of information and guidance on many things, and that your presence is an enhancement to my day, because your help is free, and I can listen to what you are telling me as many times as I need. Please keep up your good work, You are on my Staff !
I had edema for OVER DECADE! Tried plethora of treatment including those tormenting pressure socks which just transfer swelling, and are more painful that edema itself for me. doc's were perplexed. For recent infection, was prescribed doxycycline. Edema went away quickly, infection not so fast. Edema has never returned. YOU MUST TRY THIS!!!
I'm on pregabalin (and NSAIDs) for intense nerve pain and after a short while I started having the lower leg swelling. I did not even think to associate this with the meds. Great video.
I saw my mother suffer from debilitating edema which in turn exacerbated her other conditions. I have no doubt she was trapped in a vicious cycle due in part to the cocktail of medications she was prescribed which most likely caused her edema. If only she were still here to get this information.
My heart goes out to you. I understand the feeling and situation due to situations with my own mom. She’s been on so many drugs for so many years now, it’s hard to determine anything with clarity.
Same here, my poor mother went through so much swelling and infections with the drugs she was taking for her rheumatoid arthritis over 3 decades, the medication helped her but also caused damage to other organs. They should have given her a liver transplant as methotrexate damaged her liver.
@@skittles2055 please,please give your mother maguinesium, B1 in the form of Benfonthiamine, 300mg 3 times a day plus 50mg of thiamin daily.. also potassium...if you dont take care of it now it will develop heart failure and enlarged heart, enlarged liver...etc...eventually she could died from it. It happened to my mom, she was having difficult breathing from heart failure...was intubated in 10 different medications and nothing resolved and she passed away after 2 days in hospital. I did so much research and discovered that the treatment with very high dose of thiamine 1500mg plus high dose vitamin C intravenously would have reserved her condition. I told the doctor who was in charge of her care to try the treatment I read the clinical trials, he refused to listen to me...and said he was applying the hospital protocols....the hospital protocol failure kill he! Diabetic, alcoholic, and people who consume too much carbs are very deficient in thiamin,people with crohn's, IBS, celiac all very deficient in thiamine. Do your research, dont let the medication kill her
Thank you! I may be commenting on old videos. I am collecting info to print out for my mother to try to undo some of the damage she has done in her refusal to listen to me. Her doctors always tell her I am wrong and that she should listen to them. But she steady grows sicker and sicker. Her legs are so swollen they are oozing! Back and forth to doctors and hospitals constantly!
Oh my, I was on Trazadone for years and suddenly I have Cellulitis, Lymphedema Phase 2 and Venous Stasis. I have had nurses here daily for six weeks cleaning and gauzing my ulcers on both legs, then when they stopped leaking out fluids, they did an ultrasound pulse/nerve testing on both of my legs and now the wrapping happens every four days to keep my circulation going and swelling down. This all makes sense to me now. I had many Doctors tell me I had this cause of me drinking too much filtered water- any sort of water(160 ozs. daily). Thanks for all your info, your great to listen to cause you explain things very clearly without the big medical words haha.
A excellent video of 11 different medications that could cause swelling in your feet ankles or legs a lot of diabetics usually gets swelling if they take too much insulin a whole trick is to eat less carbs healthy foods that don't raise your blood sugar and yet some diabetics have perfect sugar levels like for instance $130 even as low as 65 if the in the meal and they still get swelling in their legs and ankles compression socks help too they're very uncomfortable after a while and sometimes they make your feet swell up even more so the whole trick is you actually have to be your own doctor and experiment and do things just eat healthy vitamin b1 is known to get the swelling out of your legs and feet so try that also I give this video five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💯👍❤️
Amlodipine: I quit taking it and my doctor switched me to hydrochlorothiazide. My edema was getting worse and worst of all was the Peripheral Neuropathy. My feet hurt with the muscles constantly cramping especially at night. Diclofenac put me in the ER twice before I on my own concluded it was causing my respiratory distress and hives, especially in my lungs. The Peripheral Neuropathy led me to wonder what damage was being done to the nerves in my brain, spine, and heart. Thank you for the information as I believe it is saving my life.
I had swelling for long time, over a decade, maybe longer, pitted edema. I self-subscribed many treatments. Doc's thought those tormenting pressure socks would help as they did know cause. Those socks just transfer swelling! they do a darn thing!! For a recent infection, I got doxycycline. Edema disappeared and never returned. You may want to try it antibiotics if you don't know cause of swelling. May be bacterial.
The less medications you take the better off you are. I used to take atenolol (caused my heart to beat very slow) my feet froze and I had to cut it back. I also took hydrochlorothiazide and ibuprofen. Both of those damaged my kidneys to stage 2 almost stage 3... but I’m careful now. I’m trying to baby my kidneys. I realized the damage only after I started taking Synthroid and my ankles swelled so bad they hurt. So I’ve slowly come off that medication and I’m taking NAC and milk thistle for liver.. Also babying my kidneys with renofood and dandelion plus potassium, lemon water and apple cider vinegar. I’m off synthroid and my temperature stays around 98.5 (yay) with absolutely zero cold feet and hands. My fingernails and hair are much better too.
GOD Bless Your Dr. Berry. I've in so much pain due to in part of swelling in My leg, ankle and foot and toes. I cry most of the night due to this suffering. GOD led Me to You this Sunday Morning, and I am so Very Grateful. I'm taking at least four of the medications You spoke about. One being Insulin injections. I Thank GOD for You.
Im glad I watched the video I am a 32 yr old black female that has recently been prescribed this medication. I’ve only been taking it for 2 weeks and my legs feel like jello and hurt really bad my feet and thighs are swelling. 😭
TY Dr. Berry - so glad I stopped gabapentin! Most of the medications used for my condition (similar to MS & Parkinson's) causes unpleasant side affects that are an additional challenge ... I've found that adjusting diet, exercise & doing PT help way more!!
I used HCTZ four two months and I could get out of bed, because it affected my muscles. I stopped using it. My legs pains are getting better and I had a problem with urine. I could feel when I need to go to bathroom until I got bad pains in my back. I’ve changed my doctor and medication and feel much better.
Thanks Doc for this information. They say I`m in heart failure, and my legs swell terribly, and is very painful. I thought it might of been the salt intake. Come to finnd out most of my meds, are the ones you mentioned. Thanks again.
Merci Docteur ? Heureusement, des médecins honnêtes ça existe ! Je n’aurai donc pas survécu pour rien à mes douleurs. Le bien que vous me faites vous sera rendu en mille.
I was put on Amlodipine and noticed swelling of lower legs and feet. It got so bad I was having difficulty getting my shoes on. I stopped taking them told my doctor, and was re-prescribed something else. It took a long time for the swelling to go down.
Thank you for this video. Could you discuss the relationship between inflammation & edema/lymphedema? Also could you do a video on lymphedema, not just related to cancer, but lymphedema without cancer. It took me years to get a correct diagnosis of lymphedema. It seems that doctors only look at lymphedema as occurring with cancer, specifically breast cancer. While I went undiagnosed my lymphedema went from stage 1 to stage 3. Now that I am diagnosed it is still very difficult to get the proper treatment. My insurance company covers compression garments, but that is all they cover & there is still a huge co-pay of about $800.
I'm in several Facebook heart groups because I had heart valve surgery. People keep asking about if certain blood pressure medications make you gain weight. I was taking some of the ones they asked about. I've lost over 30 doing a low carb diet. I'm really thinking it probably their diet. Maybe you can do a video addressing weight gain and blood pressure medication.
Thanks Dr. Berry, I was recently prescribed Trazodone when I started having swelling in my right leg . Will try a different prescription. Thanks again.
I wish i had never started taking medicine when I was young. But we trusted our doctors and so much research has been done over the years and made available to the public. Now after taking certain medications all my adult life, I am aware of the dangers of stopping. Thank you
@@monamurphy3489I've been taking meds for for 33 yrs & decided one day I will never take another pill again. I stopped taking all of them in 2017 & I took myself off the meds my Dr & others have given me & I feel so much better, it was the best thing I've done!! Don't let those Drs tell you you can't do it yourself because there's no danger to do it because the Drs want to give you more pills to get you off the others!! Do it, quit all those meds & you'll be fine I promise you!! 🤗
you prolly dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the new movies on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my brother for the last couple of months xD
Thanks for sharing the most useful information. I was taking Amlodypine 5 mg in combination with Valsartan for nearly 4 years and suffered from ankle edema of variable severity. Recently it became severe with lot of discomfort. I have stopped Amlodipine and took Spiromide for 3 days. It gradually subsided. Thanks God i am feeling better with Valsartan only with bit increased dose.
My consultant has recently asked me to increase my Prednisolone dose from 4mg/day up to 15mg/day. I Am currently suffering very painful swollen feet, hands, joints. It does seem consistent with the increased dose.
Thank you. My CRNP just recommended that I discontinue Actos, so we’ve started that. It’s good of you to give us advice for discussions with our health providers. I “stressed” myself off KETO diet during the home isolation, but I think I must get back on it. I feel better when I eat better food. Thanks again...wish I could have you as my doctor!
Please DO NOT take Actos that stuff is deadly , was on it myself , gained 30lbs and then read up on it , it's nasty , there are many other Diabetic Meds than are better , just give them a try I won't recommend any because theyre pretty much trial and error and what is good for me might not be good for you , but Actos is good for no one, take care.
Its so crazy what medications can do to the body. I once took a medication that made me feel panic, like I was standing on the edge of a cliff and someone was telling me they were going to push me. It was so strange. I've never felt an emotion without a reason for feeling that emotion. Medications can have such awful side affects sometimes
Thank you! I recently started working out and the doctor prescribed me gabapentin for fibromyalgia and nerve pain caused by nerve root compression in my spine. I came here because I looked up swelling in legs and had no idea that it could cause this. I have been on gabapentin before and this never ever happened to me before. I literally gained 15 pounds this week and have been exercising a lot.
doctor give me gabapentin 900 mg 3x a day and .1 mg clonidine 2x a day. By day 6 my back and legs hurt so badly I felt like I have the flu. Pitting adema from zero to bed riddoned in 6 day. Just popped first diuretic and discontinued those 2 meds last night. I did not do good.
I started take low doses of Clonidine about 6 months ago. Recently my legs have been swelling and my socks are putting indentations in my legs. I suspected the swelling might be from one of the medications I've been taking for high blood pressure. I just saw this video and guess what? Clonidine is number two on the list. I'm going to ask my doctor to reduce my intake to zero and see what happens.
I used to take Gabapentine for nerve back pain.I accidentally figured out it was causing my legs to swell. I don’t take it anymore, but I have the issues from Edema now.
What do we call a medical student who graduates at the bottom of his class? ..... Doctor I don't care too much about Dr Berry's class rank; he's gone way beyond what he was taught to become an MD.
I wish you had been my mother's doctor. We used to mention to doctors that she had, both at the hospital and at the doctor's office, that her medicine's side effects were contributing or aggravating her legs and causing swelling. They always dismissed us. She might have lived longer with you as her doctor. :(
The same with my mom too doc dismiss her too it got to the point my mom's leaked fluid she went into renal failure I wish my mom was here with me God love her she was a good person
Sorry to hear about your parents but doctors never listen to anyone they want money they in business they know if they promote herbal remedies they'll lose so they dismiss any idea as not scientific and therefore wrong is unfortunate that most people still listen to them and get pile up with pharmaceuticals that cause other health problems
Years ago my doctor put me on actos for diabetes and I had swelling in my feet and legs. I kept asking him what was causing it and he never gave me an answer. Then I read that actos was linked to bladder cancer and I told my doctor I didn’t want to take it anymore. After I stopped taking it the edema went away.
Same here..Actos / Pioglitizone for type 2 diabetes and have been swelling and what I call leaking oozing skin..asked my primary doctor and he looked at me like I am crazy and stupid.
Wow. I’m so glad I came across this video! I damn near fell off my seat hearing the meds this man named because I’m on four of them and have severe edema! Never did I think they were the reason for my swelling. Now I know. Thank you! 🙏🤍
So how are you doing now? Did you quit taking those 4 or did they switch you to something else? There were 2 on this list.. the Gabapentin and Trazodone for sleeping.. I quit taking the Gabapentin and about 2 weeks later the swelling went away in my legs. What was upsetting for me was my cardiologist prescribed a water pill for me to take to get rid of it, not even looking at the list of medications I was taking or gave no thought to that aspect, I was having to go pee a million times a day because of what he prescribed, just adding to the medication list and making thing more difficult, after two weeks I quit taking what he prescribed. He told me afterword, Yeah Gabapentin can cause edema ... Just curious your path.
Since September, my left leg, ankle and foot is swollen. At least three times the size and has completely changed my life, I also have the worst time trying to breathe as well. I'm 36 and not doing well.
Have your Dr. check your heart.I had really bad swelling of my feet and legs and had trouble breathing. Called my Dr. and they told me to come in to the office immediately. They did EKG and it was prefect. Sent me to a heart specialist and they did a sonogram of my heart and found that I needed my aortic valve replaced. That was 3 and half years ago. Swelling went down and I could breathe. Please see your doctor.
@@debrarevay7493 I'm so scared to go. I cannot believe I wrote this 11 months ago and I'm still sitting here not being able to walk into another room without feeling like I'm going to die. Thank you for commenting because it really opened my eyes. Everyone is telling me that it's my heart ( I have Lupus, inherited from my Granny and the Lupus killed her heart and liver and was the reason for her death) so I've just been so scared. Was your replacement a full blown surgery or a simple procedure?
@@lucbelcher7256 just reading your comment. Did you get your heart checked?? How are you doing?? I noticed it's been over a year now. I really hope your doing better.
Thank you Dr. Berry..you read my mind about this very problem that no one listens to me about. I was just told by my pharmacist that my BP med Amlodipine causes swelling in lower legs and ankles,feet which I've had for a long time. The pharmacist told me to talk to my Doctor, which I did and was told my BP takes 1rst priority over foot/leg swelling! So damn rediculous! I just stopped it completely. I still take 1- 50 mg Hydralazine 3×day and 2 lisinipril 2× a day. How can I get off these BP meds altogether! I'm tired of doctors not listening..and I know you will
I take the same medication. Keto and exercise got rid of my edema. I used to cry at night from the swelling and pain. Currently down 45 lbs and no swelling. I tried to wean off my meds but I'm stuck. My doctor worked with me and I am on the lowest dose.
so you know, I had the same thing, but lisinopril caused me to also cough constantly. felt like there were popcorn hulls stuck in the back of my tongue all the time. they prescribed a cough med (didn't really help). :( Losartan? heart palpitations for me that sometimes made me faint. Amlodipine? OMG. my legs got so swollen, I couldn't even walk anymore. I am now on metroprolol. yes, some depression, and a week of leg/foot cramps (bad!) and a scratchy throat, but those side effects subside, and now? Pretty good!
Garlic in your food or tea lowers blood pressure naturally. Also reduce salt intake. Sometimes you need some salt to prevent cramps in the legs but just a little bit.
I am suffering from edema. I had no idea that my medication could or us/ was at fault. My physician would say ti meyou need ti lower your salt intake. I do. Yet my feet still swelling daily. The exercises , even water pills doesn't stop it.? I elevate my feet alsi in bed and I have a lift chair doesn't really help. Not only do I have edema . I have occasionally tingling and weight problems. All are derived from certain medications. It's not overeating. Who knew. What does one do.?
Omg my Lyrica experience was ABSOLUTELY horrible!! Smh, it was so awful and JUST the first evening dose and not just ankles swollen, my tongue and esophagus and it was really bad. I could not taste anything but NASTY metallic taste and it threw off my sense of smell. Idk if they have anything on common, for ME Buspar (the next prescription and I could NOT WALK, AT ALL FOR HOURS & it inflamed my joints and I am SO grateful to be settled on gabapenten for seizures and I still get them whenever under duress - no longer several times a week not to mention the very crazy side effects of different antconvulsants and cluster migraine meds. I can not seem to impress upon my doctors that MY baseline no(edited correct typo: blood pressure not'no') is supposed to be low enough normal ppl pass out. Normal IS HIGH for me and the low high and I feel like I'm going to actually drop from a stroke. I really don't understand WHY they ask just to ignore my assertions and not even bothering to look at my history, just a click on that open page on screen. Instead of blowing me off, and leaving me to feel like my brain is about to explode, every time the barometric pressure drops. Wouldn't a little time in a hyperbaric chamber relieve that pressure?
For anyone reading this, I can't stress too highly how important it is to READ the printed literature that comes with your meds! There are also now websites on prescription and OTC medicine with information in simple clear language that can help you get an idea of what to expect from a new medication. And if your doctors are blowing you off, Change your doctor to one who is listening to you.
I've been on gabapentin since my shoulder surgery in November. I have noticed this happening to my legs & feet. Thank you, as I will be asking my Dr if I can go off of this medication. I've not been since the Covid virus outbreak.
My parents have lived along life ! Neither my mom or dad has never taken any medications the doctors wanted them to take! Mom is 82 ,dad 88 ! They don’t believe in doctor meds and have lived a full life! Go Figure!
The third highest cause of death is “death by doctor”. My cardiologist won’t even talk to me anymore (a good thing) because I never take his advice. 😂 He has his nurse do the checkup which is good because she seems far smarter. All the cardiologists do is push statins and tell you to eat more (inflammatory) food. When will the medical “profession” get updated? 🤦♂️
I am terrible at remembering to take medication. I’m very new on carnivore, but I have already noticed that accidentally skipping my chlorthalidone hasn’t resulted in the typical reswelling of my ankles and feet (d/t ideopathic edema, despite the salt I’m consuming). Yay! I also have recently woke up without sore joints throughout my feet that make me walk like I’m 98. I didn’t realize it initially-it took me a minute to realize what was different, but it was amazing to not have to work through the pain to get “right” enough to walk normally. I’ve also had noticeably less back pain and stiffness. (I won’t describe how I realized that one. 😂) If this is how things will progress, I will be a faithful carnivore for life! Edit: I’m also down about 7 pounds…so I couldn’t be happier.
@@ALPHAJACK78 I don’t know exactly what to tell you, but I’m just having less pain and stiffness since beginning this way of eating. It’s fairly amazing, because I assumed that would just get progressively worse for a few reasons, mostly autoimmune, and I’m just extremely happy that things are improving so quickly. I guess the real test is to watch these great results last!!
@@ALPHAJACK78 I wish I could help you. But I’m just starting, and don’t have everything figured out yet myself. I can tell you to keep watching Dr. Berry, and others he talks about who are also making very informative videos. It’s an elimination diet at the end of the day…so you can tweak it to include only the things that don’t affect you adversely. But like I said, I’m not the one to ask…but I wish I were!!
I'm on both. The best way to go against edema was Keto and exercise. Since my BP is inherited, I can't be off it. Although the doctor has managed to keep me on the lowest doses.
My husband’s PC doc has my husband on 10 mg Amlodipine. His doc is aware of my husband’s ankle swelling but is reluctant to change prescriptions because the BP readings have improved and holding steady. He seems to think the ankle swelling is minor. I even took him your list of safe BP meds. 🤪 Now my husband is taking Tamsulosin 2 capsules daily. My question is could the Amlodipine contribute to my husband’s prostate issues? Cough syrup is a major problem as well. Anyone else out there experiencing the same with Amlodipine? Thoughts, Dr. Berry? We are discipline with our diet (beef, butter bacon, eggs, salmon, chicken, low carb vegetables. All fresh no processed).
I have odema ive been taking prednisolone steroids for a long time the side effects are not good never mind ankles swell etc it effects the whole body. blood pressure diltizem makes you put weight on etc, I never had this problem before and its definitely the medication. thank you for sharing your video.
My late husband was on predisnone for nearly ten years and it made his face and stomach swell up really bad. He was taking it for Emphysema of the lungs. Didn't help him one bit. His swollen stomach caused his breathing to get worse. The chemist who filled his prescription out just shook his head and said to me that this predisnone is poison and does terrible things to the body. After what happened to my husband I can believe it. It can also cause cancer and that's what he died in of. Look it up on internet about class sue jobs re predisnone.
Dr Berry I just started Gabapentin 300 MG 2x a day and have substantial swelling in my left foot and also swelling in my right foot although not as bad as my left foot. I am taking this drug to reduce the severe nueropathic pain in my lower back. Can you comment on my condition? Thank You.
Please give us your opinion on one tramadol a day plus one tizanidine at night and it’s effect on leg/feet swelling. Do these painkillers and muscle relaxers cause swelling?
@@eddymontemayor6035 I had to stop taking it. The swelling went down but I still have Spider veins. Going low carb lowered my blood pressure, now I’m about 95% carnivore and been off all pressure medication for two or three years now.
My ankles don't really swell, but the area just forward of my left ankle bone sometimes puffs up, and I get some swelling on the top of my left foot. I stand all day, while working, so it is most noticeable after that. I don't take ANY medications, just supplements like quercitin, zinc, magnesium and the Keto Chow Daily Minerals
Do you take probiotics? I think that's what's causing my edema. My medications I take, I've been taking for over 10yrs. If you do, then we will know the cause of our edema.
im on these now do we think these ar the answer to my oedema its widespread. been suffering 27 months now , im thinking to come off these as a trial and see as its ruined my life how was it for you
That is why I'm staying away from medication. Because most of them cause edema & another one to stay away from is pain killers on a permanent basis. And when I was on anti-depressants everyone I was on I couldn't tolerate the side effects. Then these medications don't make you well & do whats promised. All I experience is the side effects like swelling weight gain. Don't forget Cancer medications most of them cause swelling. I looked it up on Google about that. Because I have always found out stuff when was too late for me to do anything about it. I like it that you are letting people know about this before it's too late.
I was taking Ozempic (Semaglutide) Now my Thighs on the Left And Right are swelling, with a fever-type burning sensation, as well as having a mini-stroke from it.
Hello and thank you for the important information, my father has a problem with pulmonary edema, and we can't find the cause, we think it may be from different medications he receives, do you know of any medications that may cause this phenomenon? Can Pryzoline and or thyroid medication Euthrox cause water to build up in the lungs?
Would you tell the mechanic story of why, what is inside our leg where edema occur. Is it because the medicine weakened the blood vessels, like an old pump with brittle hose can't pump fluid effectively ..
Oh dear, I take Gabapentin and always have some edema, especially in my left ankle. Although the less carbs I eat, the better it gets. Really want to get off of this medication, but it is so hard due to withdrawals. Sigh..... Thanks Dr. Berry for sharing this information!
@@jualinesadler1886 I was cutting salt so much that had loss of hearing on my right ear which works well; my left ear is out and would take a very expensive hearing aid like $ 7500.- I said forget about!
I’m on 5 mg of amlodipine and 5 mg of Nebivolol for hypertension. Every night for years I have swollen feet and legs below my knees. The skin feels tight and my feet and legs feel hot. Cant get to sleep sometimes at all, most times I fall asleep but I’m wakened by the swollen feet and lower legs. It usually wears off by about 3:30 am but I have to get up at 6 am for work. I don’t know how much longer I can cope.
A cardiologist in Louisiana had me on Amlodipine. I came back to my cardiologist in Georgia and she put me on Losartan and the swelling went away. Also have been doing everything Dr. Berry said to do on Keto and have lost 45 pounds, 8 more to go to 200.
Thank you for the great information. I have problems with edema and I couldn’t figure out why because I have small amount of salt I take (if someone cooks with it), I don’t like to eat a lot of processed foods, listening to the meds you listed now I know because I’m on several different once be of fibromyalgia and arthritis along with the slew of symptoms that come with the two.
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I took 10mg Amlodipine for 10 years. I got tired of dealing with edema, and requested to be removed from the medication earlier this year. When I first got diagnosed with hypertension, I managed the edema with diet and exercise. As I got older, I found it to be more difficult to manage. It forced me to stay away from cured meats, and foods loaded with sodium. While I was grateful that the medication was helping me shift my dieting choices, the edema made it impossible to wear nice shoes. It's so nice to see the bones in my feet and hands now.
I've taken amlodipine for one week and stopped it due to edema.
I take that every day and lately my feet and legs are swelling
@LaNetra Carther are you cured from high blood pressure? Or are you taking a different medication?
@@wajutiem08 No, I am just taking a different medication. I will never be cured. High BP runs deep in my family, and all I can do as a genetic recipient is manage the condition.
@@olive3700 Good for you! I should have stopped sooner. But, when the meds are working, it's a tough choice to make. Stop the meds and risk my BP going sky high again, or continue the meds, and just deal with the side effects. I could no longer deal!
Thank You, Doctor Ken! Your information is of the greatest interest to me, not just for the care and presentation you put into your videos, but for the simple fact that you actually give me more of your time than my own GP does. Here in UK, it is difficult enough to get an appointment with a GP, then to be faced with a person whose attention is often distracted by his phone, his lap-top screen, etc, etc, or just plain rude boredom.
I don't think I am alone when I say that TH-cam has become my go-to source of information and guidance on many things, and that your presence is an enhancement to my day, because your help is free, and I can listen to what you are telling me as many times as I need.
Please keep up your good work, You are on my Staff !
I had edema for OVER DECADE! Tried plethora of treatment including those tormenting pressure socks which just transfer swelling, and are more painful that edema itself for me. doc's were perplexed. For recent infection, was prescribed doxycycline. Edema went away quickly, infection not so fast. Edema has never returned. YOU MUST TRY THIS!!!
I'm on pregabalin (and NSAIDs) for intense nerve pain and after a short while I started having the lower leg swelling. I did not even think to associate this with the meds. Great video.
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I saw my mother suffer from debilitating edema which in turn exacerbated her other conditions. I have no doubt she was trapped in a vicious cycle due in part to the cocktail of medications she was prescribed which most likely caused her edema. If only she were still here to get this information.
My heart goes out to you. I understand the feeling and situation due to situations with my own mom. She’s been on so many drugs for so many years now, it’s hard to determine anything with clarity.
Same here, my poor mother went through so much swelling and infections with the drugs she was taking for her rheumatoid arthritis over 3 decades, the medication helped her but also caused damage to other organs. They should have given her a liver transplant as methotrexate damaged her liver.
@@skittles2055 please,please give your mother maguinesium, B1 in the form of Benfonthiamine, 300mg 3 times a day plus 50mg of thiamin daily.. also potassium...if you dont take care of it now it will develop heart failure and enlarged heart, enlarged liver...etc...eventually she could died from it. It happened to my mom, she was having difficult breathing from heart failure...was intubated in 10 different medications and nothing resolved and she passed away after 2 days in hospital. I did so much research and discovered that the treatment with very high dose of thiamine 1500mg plus high dose vitamin C intravenously would have reserved her condition. I told the doctor who was in charge of her care to try the treatment I read the clinical trials, he refused to listen to me...and said he was applying the hospital protocols....the hospital protocol failure kill he! Diabetic, alcoholic, and people who consume too much carbs are very deficient in thiamin,people with crohn's, IBS, celiac all very deficient in thiamine. Do your research, dont let the medication kill her
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Thank you! I may be commenting on old videos. I am collecting info to print out for my mother to try to undo some of the damage she has done in her refusal to listen to me. Her doctors always tell her I am wrong and that she should listen to them. But she steady grows sicker and sicker. Her legs are so swollen they are oozing! Back and forth to doctors and hospitals constantly!
Oh my, I was on Trazadone for years and suddenly I have Cellulitis, Lymphedema Phase 2 and Venous Stasis. I have had nurses here daily for six weeks cleaning and gauzing my ulcers on both legs, then when they stopped leaking out fluids, they did an ultrasound pulse/nerve testing on both of my legs and now the wrapping happens every four days to keep my circulation going and swelling down. This all makes sense to me now. I had many Doctors tell me I had this cause of me drinking too much filtered water- any sort of water(160 ozs. daily). Thanks for all your info, your great to listen to cause you explain things very clearly without the big medical words haha.
I've seen that Trazadone in use Yuck! Mine went in the bin.
Was it the medicine or the water, confused
I hope you contacted a few attorneys for a potential lawsuit against big pharma for the damage their drug did to you!
A excellent video of 11 different medications that could cause swelling in your feet ankles or legs a lot of diabetics usually gets swelling if they take too much insulin a whole trick is to eat less carbs healthy foods that don't raise your blood sugar and yet some diabetics have perfect sugar levels like for instance $130 even as low as 65 if the in the meal and they still get swelling in their legs and ankles compression socks help too they're very uncomfortable after a while and sometimes they make your feet swell up even more so the whole trick is you actually have to be your own doctor and experiment and do things just eat healthy vitamin b1 is known to get the swelling out of your legs and feet so try that also I give this video five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💯👍❤️
Amlodipine: I quit taking it and my doctor switched me to hydrochlorothiazide. My edema was getting worse and worst of all was the Peripheral Neuropathy. My feet hurt with the muscles constantly cramping especially at night. Diclofenac put me in the ER twice before I on my own concluded it was causing my respiratory distress and hives, especially in my lungs. The Peripheral Neuropathy led me to wonder what damage was being done to the nerves in my brain, spine, and heart. Thank you for the information as I believe it is saving my life.
Bless you. Ruddy Big Pharma at it again!
Did your edema go away with the diuretic?
@@wread1982 yes
This happened to me as well. I use dandelion tea as a diuretic.
And that rash.
I had swelling for long time, over a decade, maybe longer, pitted edema. I self-subscribed many treatments. Doc's thought those tormenting pressure socks would help as they did know cause. Those socks just transfer swelling! they do a darn thing!! For a recent infection, I got doxycycline. Edema disappeared and never returned. You may want to try it antibiotics if you don't know cause of swelling. May be bacterial.
The less medications you take the better off you are. I used to take atenolol (caused my heart to beat very slow) my feet froze and I had to cut it back. I also took hydrochlorothiazide and ibuprofen. Both of those damaged my kidneys to stage 2 almost stage 3... but I’m careful now. I’m trying to baby my kidneys. I realized the damage only after I started taking Synthroid and my ankles swelled so bad they hurt. So I’ve slowly come off that medication and I’m taking NAC and milk thistle for liver.. Also babying my kidneys with renofood and dandelion plus potassium, lemon water and apple cider vinegar. I’m off synthroid and my temperature stays around 98.5 (yay) with absolutely zero cold feet and hands. My fingernails and hair are much better too.
How are you managing your thyroid issues?
my doctor changed my medication to NP thyroid which is both t4 and t3 and I'm much better
Atenolol caused my feet swelling also.
Tremendously helpful! Thank you so very very much
I have the swelling and I am on a few of the medications listed - I will be chatting to my GP ! thank you
GOD Bless Your Dr. Berry. I've in so much pain due to in part of swelling in My leg, ankle and foot and toes. I cry most of the night due to this suffering. GOD led Me to You this Sunday Morning, and I am so Very Grateful. I'm taking at least four of the medications You spoke about. One being Insulin injections.
I Thank GOD for You.
Quit eating bread and carbs and lose the meds it's your diet try fasting, not everyone can do it..
Im glad I watched the video I am a 32 yr old black female that has recently been prescribed this medication. I’ve only been taking it for 2 weeks and my legs feel like jello and hurt really bad my feet and thighs are swelling. 😭
TY Dr. Berry - so glad I stopped gabapentin! Most of the medications used for my condition (similar to MS & Parkinson's) causes unpleasant side affects that are an additional challenge ... I've found that adjusting diet, exercise & doing PT help way more!!
Me too
Thank you for helping us. You are so appreciated!!!!! Bless you doctor 🌴🌿🌷🐊🌼🍄🦀🐸
Thank you Dr Berry for sharing this information with us. GOD bless you.
I used HCTZ four two months and I could get out of bed, because it affected my muscles. I stopped using it. My legs pains are getting better and I had a problem with urine. I could feel when I need to go to bathroom until I got bad pains in my back. I’ve changed my doctor and medication and feel much better.
Dr. Berry thank you for this list.
Excellent video. I'm on 4 of those meds and have so much swelling that I can't wear a normal shoe.
Thanks Doc for this information. They say I`m in heart failure, and my legs swell terribly, and is very painful. I thought it might of been the salt intake. Come to finnd out most of my meds, are the ones you mentioned. Thanks again.
So happy
Hope you are doing better now x
Merci Docteur ? Heureusement, des médecins honnêtes ça existe ! Je n’aurai donc pas survécu pour rien à mes douleurs. Le bien que vous me faites vous sera rendu en mille.
I was put on Amlodipine and noticed swelling of lower legs and feet. It got so bad I was having difficulty getting my shoes on. I stopped taking them told my doctor, and was re-prescribed something else. It took a long time for the swelling to go down.
Amlodipine is the worst
Thank you for this video. Could you discuss the relationship between inflammation & edema/lymphedema? Also could you do a video on lymphedema, not just related to cancer, but lymphedema without cancer. It took me years to get a correct diagnosis of lymphedema. It seems that doctors only look at lymphedema as occurring with cancer, specifically breast cancer. While I went undiagnosed my lymphedema went from stage 1 to stage 3. Now that I am diagnosed it is still very difficult to get the proper treatment. My insurance company covers compression garments, but that is all they cover & there is still a huge co-pay of about $800.
In th tropics Lymphadema mostly is due to filariasis
I pray you’re healed in Jesus Name!!! By Faith. No matter what, trust God and remember-In Heaven, we will be perfect new bodies!!!! No ailment’s!!!
@@officialJOY1229 amen I agree!
All healing comes from God.
I'm in several Facebook heart groups because I had heart valve surgery. People keep asking about if certain blood pressure medications make you gain weight. I was taking some of the ones they asked about. I've lost over 30 doing a low carb diet. I'm really thinking it probably their diet. Maybe you can do a video addressing weight gain and blood pressure medication.
Thanks Dr. Berry, I was recently prescribed Trazodone when I started having swelling in my right leg . Will try a different prescription. Thanks again.
Thank you Dr. Berry for all the wonderful work you do. Great job!!!😊😊
I wish i had never started taking medicine when I was young. But we trusted our doctors and so much research has been done over the years and made available to the public. Now after taking certain medications all my adult life, I am aware of the dangers of stopping. Thank you
@@monamurphy3489I've been taking meds for for 33 yrs & decided one day I will never take another pill again. I stopped taking all of them in 2017 & I took myself off the meds my Dr & others have given me & I feel so much better, it was the best thing I've done!! Don't let those Drs tell you you can't do it yourself because there's no danger to do it because the Drs want to give you more pills to get you off the others!! Do it, quit all those meds & you'll be fine I promise you!! 🤗
Thank u so much for listing the meds in the show notes. Your delivery was excellent& on point, greatly appreciated 💫
OMG! I am telling my doctor to stop it. Thank you doctor!!!!
Dr. Berry, excellent information. So happy I found your channel. Thank you!
Thank you Doc.
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing it.
I had no idea why my legs and feet swell so badly some times and not others. Now I know it’s the ibuprofen! Thanks!
you prolly dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the new movies on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my brother for the last couple of months xD
I sweal on Amlodipine l
Ginger curcumin a good replacement
Thank you. I knew these blood pressure meds were causing the swelling. Doc said No. I m now breaking in half but need to do something different.
Thanks for sharing the most useful information. I was taking Amlodypine 5 mg in combination with Valsartan for nearly 4 years and suffered from ankle edema of variable severity. Recently it became severe with lot of discomfort. I have stopped Amlodipine and took Spiromide for 3 days. It gradually subsided. Thanks God i am feeling better with Valsartan only with bit increased dose.
My consultant has recently asked me to increase my Prednisolone dose from 4mg/day up to 15mg/day. I Am currently suffering very painful swollen feet, hands, joints. It does seem consistent with the increased dose.
Same here. Prednisolone 30mg was the culprit. I can barely walk.
Thank you. My CRNP just recommended that I discontinue Actos, so we’ve started that. It’s good of you to give us advice for discussions with our health providers. I “stressed” myself off KETO diet during the home isolation, but I think I must get back on it. I feel better when I eat better food. Thanks again...wish I could have you as my doctor!
Please DO NOT take Actos that stuff is deadly , was on it myself , gained 30lbs and then read up on it , it's nasty , there are many other Diabetic Meds than are better , just give them a try I won't recommend any because theyre pretty much trial and error and what is good for me might not be good for you , but Actos is good for no one, take care.
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Thank you for the information God Bless.
Its so crazy what medications can do to the body. I once took a medication that made me feel panic, like I was standing on the edge of a cliff and someone was telling me they were going to push me. It was so strange. I've never felt an emotion without a reason for feeling that emotion. Medications can have such awful side affects sometimes
boredom can cause that too hehe ...
Yup!! Same here.. Now if I get panicky constant I definitely know it’s meds👍🏼
Magnesium. Nightly
@@katjafalla8249 Yes, it helps. I take 500 mg every night. 🍁
@@katjafalla8249 Yea and GAbA
Thank you! I recently started working out and the doctor prescribed me gabapentin for fibromyalgia and nerve pain caused by nerve root compression in my spine. I came here because I looked up swelling in legs and had no idea that it could cause this. I have been on gabapentin before and this never ever happened to me before. I literally gained 15 pounds this week and have been exercising a lot.
doctor give me gabapentin 900 mg 3x a day and .1 mg clonidine 2x a day. By day 6 my back and legs hurt so badly I felt like I have the flu. Pitting adema from zero to bed riddoned in 6 day. Just popped first diuretic and discontinued those 2 meds last night. I did not do good.
I started take low doses of Clonidine about 6 months ago. Recently my legs have been swelling and my socks are putting indentations in my legs. I suspected the swelling might be from one of the medications I've been taking for high blood pressure. I just saw this video and guess what? Clonidine is number two on the list. I'm going to ask my doctor to reduce my intake to zero and see what happens.
If I stop taking NSAIDs and heart meds how long before I know that's part of the problem, thx Doc.
I used to take Gabapentine for nerve back pain.I accidentally figured out it was causing my legs to swell. I don’t take it anymore, but I have the issues from Edema now.
God bless you doctor.
You really deserve to be call a DOCTOR.
What do we call a medical student who graduates at the bottom of his class?
..... Doctor
I don't care too much about Dr Berry's class rank; he's gone way beyond what he was taught to become an MD.
I wish you had been my mother's doctor. We used to mention to doctors that she had, both at the hospital and at the doctor's office, that her medicine's side effects were contributing or aggravating her legs and causing swelling. They always dismissed us. She might have lived longer with you as her doctor. :(
The same with my mom too doc dismiss her too it got to the point my mom's leaked fluid she went into renal failure I wish my mom was here with me God love her she was a good person
Sorry to hear about your parents but doctors never listen to anyone they want money they in business they know if they promote herbal remedies they'll lose so they dismiss any idea as not scientific and therefore wrong is unfortunate that most people still listen to them and get pile up with pharmaceuticals that cause other health problems
Thanks for confirming my suspicions about the nsaids ,motrin and asprin ,I've had to take for chronic arthritis pain.
Aspirin, too?
Thank you Dr, so true what you say, we just got my husband off of Amlodipine , as his legs were so swollen, now they are pretty much down to normal !🤗
Years ago my doctor put me on actos for diabetes and I had swelling in my feet and legs. I kept asking him what was causing it and he never gave me an answer. Then I read that actos was linked to bladder cancer and I told my doctor I didn’t want to take it anymore. After I stopped taking it the edema went away.
Same here..Actos / Pioglitizone for type 2 diabetes and have been swelling and what I call leaking oozing skin..asked my primary doctor and he looked at me like I am crazy and stupid.
This was very helpful
Wow. I’m so glad I came across this video! I damn near fell off my seat hearing the meds this man named because I’m on four of them and have severe edema! Never did I think they were the reason for my swelling. Now I know. Thank you! 🙏🤍
So how are you doing now? Did you quit taking those 4 or did they switch you to something else? There were 2 on this list.. the Gabapentin and Trazodone for sleeping.. I quit taking the Gabapentin and about 2 weeks later the swelling went away in my legs. What was upsetting for me was my cardiologist prescribed a water pill for me to take to get rid of it, not even looking at the list of medications I was taking or gave no thought to that aspect, I was having to go pee a million times a day because of what he prescribed, just adding to the medication list and making thing more difficult, after two weeks I quit taking what he prescribed. He told me afterword, Yeah Gabapentin can cause edema ... Just curious your path.
Seems like every time I go for help with one thing to the doctor I end up with more problems then before I went there
I totally agree with you
You are so correct.
Reason #1 why I stay away from doctors
Thank you, Dr Berry 😊
Since September, my left leg, ankle and foot is swollen. At least three times the size and has completely changed my life, I also have the worst time trying to breathe as well. I'm 36 and not doing well.
Gboms TH-cam minister of wellness
Have your Dr. check your heart.I had really bad swelling of my feet and legs and had trouble breathing. Called my Dr. and they told me to come in to the office immediately. They did EKG and it was prefect. Sent me to a heart specialist and they did a sonogram of my heart and found that I needed my aortic valve replaced. That was 3 and half years ago. Swelling went down and I could breathe. Please see your doctor.
@@debrarevay7493 I'm so scared to go. I cannot believe I wrote this 11 months ago and I'm still sitting here not being able to walk into another room without feeling like I'm going to die. Thank you for commenting because it really opened my eyes. Everyone is telling me that it's my heart ( I have Lupus, inherited from my Granny and the Lupus killed her heart and liver and was the reason for her death) so I've just been so scared. Was your replacement a full blown surgery or a simple procedure?
@@lucbelcher7256 call 911 or end up in a box..
@@lucbelcher7256 just reading your comment. Did you get your heart checked?? How are you doing?? I noticed it's been over a year now. I really hope your doing better.
The use of any medication is always a risk versus benefit decision.
Thank you for this information, Doctor. I stopped my maintenance medication and shifted to LOSARTAN 50 and my edema appear again.
Thank you Doc, excellent information. God bless.
they say it was incurable and that it could only be managed. He would try his best. And I am grateful so much for trying your best sir.
Thank you Dr. Berry..you read my mind about this very problem that no one listens to me about. I was just told by my pharmacist that my BP med Amlodipine causes swelling in lower legs and ankles,feet which I've had for a long time. The pharmacist told me to talk to my Doctor, which I did and was told my BP takes 1rst priority over foot/leg swelling! So damn rediculous! I just stopped it completely. I still take 1- 50 mg Hydralazine 3×day and 2 lisinipril 2× a day.
How can I get off these BP meds altogether! I'm tired of doctors not listening..and I know you will
Are you doing clean Keto? Or rather Berry method Keto? I'm Keto 17 years, it puts most folks' BP in the normal zone.
I take the same medication. Keto and exercise got rid of my edema. I used to cry at night from the swelling and pain. Currently down 45 lbs and no swelling. I tried to wean off my meds but I'm stuck. My doctor worked with me and I am on the lowest dose.
so you know, I had the same thing, but lisinopril caused me to also cough constantly. felt like there were popcorn hulls stuck in the back of my tongue all the time. they prescribed a cough med (didn't really help). :( Losartan? heart palpitations for me that sometimes made me faint. Amlodipine? OMG. my legs got so swollen, I couldn't even walk anymore. I am now on metroprolol. yes, some depression, and a week of leg/foot cramps (bad!) and a scratchy throat, but those side effects subside, and now? Pretty good!
Garlic in your food or tea lowers blood pressure naturally. Also reduce salt intake. Sometimes you need some salt to prevent cramps in the legs but just a little bit.
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Hi. I take garlic pills (gel caps.)
Thank you dear Dr Berry for this informative short video , its helpful , short and illustrative appreciate very much your professionalism and help
Thank You So Much For Verification
I am suffering from edema. I had no idea that my medication could or us/ was at fault. My physician would say ti meyou need ti lower your salt intake. I do. Yet my feet still swelling daily. The exercises , even water pills doesn't stop it.? I elevate my feet alsi in bed and I have a lift chair doesn't really help. Not only do I have edema . I have occasionally tingling and weight problems. All are derived from certain medications. It's not overeating. Who knew. What does one do.?
Omg my Lyrica experience was ABSOLUTELY horrible!! Smh, it was so awful and JUST the first evening dose and not just ankles swollen, my tongue and esophagus and it was really bad. I could not taste anything but NASTY metallic taste and it threw off my sense of smell.
Idk if they have anything on common, for ME Buspar (the next prescription and I could NOT WALK, AT ALL FOR HOURS & it inflamed my joints and I am SO grateful to be settled on gabapenten for seizures and I still get them whenever under duress - no longer several times a week not to mention the very crazy side effects of different antconvulsants and cluster migraine meds.
I can not seem to impress upon my doctors that MY baseline no(edited correct typo: blood pressure not'no') is supposed to be low enough normal ppl pass out. Normal IS HIGH for me and the low high and I feel like I'm going to actually drop from a stroke.
I really don't understand WHY they ask just to ignore my assertions and not even bothering to look at my history, just a click on that open page on screen.
Instead of blowing me off, and leaving me to feel like my brain is about to explode, every time the barometric pressure drops.
Wouldn't a little time in a hyperbaric chamber relieve that pressure?
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For anyone reading this, I can't stress too highly how important it is to READ the printed literature that comes with your meds! There are also now websites on prescription and OTC medicine with information in simple clear language that can help you get an idea of what to expect from a new medication.
And if your doctors are blowing you off, Change your doctor to one who is listening to you.
Thanks for the information Doc.
I've been on gabapentin since my shoulder surgery in November. I have noticed this happening to my legs & feet. Thank you, as I will be asking my Dr if I can go off of this medication. I've not been since the Covid virus outbreak.
Gabapentin should be weaned off of VERY gradually, since it can cause suicidal tendencies. I lost a good friend that way.
Thank you for this INVALUABLE information!
Thanks Dr for this great information ❤❤
Hey Ken, thank you for clarifying this.
Can topically-applied triamcinolone cream cause edema? Even when it is not applied to the legs?
My parents have lived along life ! Neither my mom or dad has never taken any medications the doctors wanted them to take! Mom is 82 ,dad 88 ! They don’t believe in doctor meds and have lived a full life! Go Figure!
Bless them
The third highest cause of death is “death by doctor”. My cardiologist won’t even talk to me anymore (a good thing) because I never take his advice. 😂 He has his nurse do the checkup which is good because she seems far smarter. All the cardiologists do is push statins and tell you to eat more (inflammatory) food. When will the medical “profession” get updated? 🤦♂️
That’s awesome!! Congratulations to them. 🙌
Wisdom!
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Thanks Doc, for the information.
Should one take all the recommended vitamins & minerals together or could it be taken some during breakfast & other during lunch ?
I am terrible at remembering to take medication. I’m very new on carnivore, but I have already noticed that accidentally skipping my chlorthalidone hasn’t resulted in the typical reswelling of my ankles and feet (d/t ideopathic edema, despite the salt I’m consuming). Yay!
I also have recently woke up without sore joints throughout my feet that make me walk like I’m 98.
I didn’t realize it initially-it took me a minute to realize what was different, but it was amazing to not have to work through the pain to get “right” enough to walk normally. I’ve also had noticeably less back pain and stiffness. (I won’t describe how I realized that one. 😂)
If this is how things will progress, I will be a faithful carnivore for life!
Edit: I’m also down about 7 pounds…so I couldn’t be happier.
Congrats, all good results, but can you please describe about the less back pain and stiffness? I have that too, thank you
@@ALPHAJACK78 I don’t know exactly what to tell you, but I’m just having less pain and stiffness since beginning this way of eating.
It’s fairly amazing, because I assumed that would just get progressively worse for a few reasons, mostly autoimmune, and I’m just extremely happy that things are improving so quickly.
I guess the real test is to watch these great results last!!
@@J_Fine1582 thank you for the response, I want to try that carnivore diet myself I don't know where to start though, any recommendations? Thank you
@@ALPHAJACK78 I wish I could help you. But I’m just starting, and don’t have everything figured out yet myself.
I can tell you to keep watching Dr. Berry, and others he talks about who are also making very informative videos.
It’s an elimination diet at the end of the day…so you can tweak it to include only the things that don’t affect you adversely.
But like I said, I’m not the one to ask…but I wish I were!!
@@J_Fine1582 thank you I will keep watching him, have a blessed day
I'm on both. The best way to go against edema was Keto and exercise. Since my BP is inherited, I can't be off it. Although the doctor has managed to keep me on the lowest doses.
what is Keto?
High blood pressure is not a hereditary condition
My husband’s PC doc has my husband on 10 mg Amlodipine. His doc is aware of my husband’s ankle swelling but is reluctant to change prescriptions because the BP readings have improved and holding steady. He seems to think the ankle swelling is minor. I even took him your list of safe BP meds. 🤪 Now my husband is taking Tamsulosin 2 capsules daily. My question is could the Amlodipine contribute to my husband’s prostate issues? Cough syrup is a major problem as well. Anyone else out there experiencing the same with Amlodipine? Thoughts, Dr. Berry? We are discipline with our diet (beef, butter bacon, eggs, salmon, chicken, low carb vegetables. All fresh no processed).
I have odema
ive been taking prednisolone steroids for a long time the side effects
are not good never mind ankles swell etc it effects the whole body. blood pressure diltizem makes you put weight on etc, I never had this problem before and its definitely the medication.
thank you for sharing your video.
My late husband was on predisnone for nearly ten years and it made his face and stomach swell up really bad. He was taking it for Emphysema of the lungs. Didn't help him one bit. His swollen stomach caused his breathing to get worse. The chemist who filled his prescription out just shook his head and said to me that this predisnone is poison and does terrible things to the body. After what happened to my husband I can believe it. It can also cause cancer and that's what he died in of. Look it up on internet about class sue jobs re predisnone.
Dr Berry I just started Gabapentin 300 MG 2x a day and have substantial swelling in my left foot and also swelling in my right foot although not as bad as my left foot. I am taking this drug to reduce the severe nueropathic pain in my lower back. Can you comment on my condition? Thank You.
Same here..Gabapentin 300 mg at night.
Please give us your opinion on one tramadol a day plus one tizanidine at night and it’s effect on leg/feet swelling. Do these painkillers and muscle relaxers cause swelling?
TY so much. I am a ED Triage Nurse and talk to patients about their meds, most have no idea how to take them or the side effects
Metoprolol gave me tree stumps for legs. It was grotesque. Thank you, Dr. Berry for so much good information!
Yes. Me too
Did you deal away with it???
@@eddymontemayor6035 I had to stop taking it. The swelling went down but I still have Spider veins. Going low carb lowered my blood pressure, now I’m about 95% carnivore and been off all pressure medication for two or three years now.
@@Ketocrittle I know. My veins are horrible. Did you stop cold feet??
@@eddymontemayor6035 I had a problem with cold feet I didn’t even realize it was exactly the time period I was taking the metoprolol.
My ankles don't really swell, but the area just forward of my left ankle bone sometimes puffs up, and I get some swelling on the top of my left foot. I stand all day, while working, so it is most noticeable after that. I don't take ANY medications, just supplements like quercitin, zinc, magnesium and the Keto Chow Daily Minerals
Do you take probiotics? I think that's what's causing my edema. My medications I take, I've been taking for over 10yrs. If you do, then we will know the cause of our edema.
Add Butrans patches! Post spine surgery had my feet/legs blow up!
im on these now do we think these ar the answer to my oedema its widespread. been suffering 27 months now , im thinking to come off these as a trial and see as its ruined my life how was it for you
I was put on buprenorphine patch in 2019 and my legs blew up an my kidneys started failing.
That is why I'm staying away from medication. Because most of them cause edema & another one to stay away from is pain killers on a permanent basis. And when I was on anti-depressants everyone I was on I couldn't tolerate the side effects. Then these medications don't make you well & do whats promised. All I experience is the side effects like swelling weight gain. Don't forget Cancer medications most of them cause swelling. I looked it up on Google about that. Because I have always found out stuff when was too late for me to do anything about it. I like it that you are letting people know about this before it's too late.
Been taking Neurontin (Gabapentin) for a month and I've gained about 15 pounds PLUS my ankles are swollen.
Me too but years ago. I could never lose the weight I gained from taking gabapentin. I took those pills and flushed them.
I was taking Ozempic (Semaglutide) Now my Thighs on the Left And Right are swelling, with a fever-type burning sensation, as well as having a mini-stroke from it.
Hello and thank you for the important information, my father has a problem with pulmonary edema, and we can't find the cause, we think it may be from different medications he receives, do you know of any medications that may cause this phenomenon?
Can Pryzoline and or thyroid medication Euthrox cause water to build up in the lungs?
Would you tell the mechanic story of why, what is inside our leg where edema occur. Is it because the medicine weakened the blood vessels, like an old pump with brittle hose can't pump fluid effectively ..
I'm on FOUR of these: Amlodipine + Atorvastatin, ToprolXL, and Pioglitazone (Actos) 😬 Never had any leg swelling, though (Fortunately ).
This is about having swelling,not about not having swelling. Attention freak. Grow up.
It makes you wonder if they should be giving these medications that alleviate some symptoms but create unhealthy side affects
The pharmaceutical companies only care about the $. They are seriously chasing that bag 💰.
Hello Doc love you and you family! 💕
Good info Doc
Oh dear, I take Gabapentin and always have some edema, especially in my left ankle. Although the less carbs I eat, the better it gets. Really want to get off of this medication, but it is so hard due to withdrawals. Sigh..... Thanks Dr. Berry for sharing this information!
No sodium !!
I had to quit taking Gabapentin!
@@jualinesadler1886 I was cutting salt so much that had loss of hearing on my right ear which works well; my left ear is out and would take a very expensive hearing aid like $ 7500.- I said forget about!
"actos" precipitates other gross ailments... ugh! thx 4 this info! KEEP TEACHING PLZ
I’m on 5 mg of amlodipine and 5 mg of Nebivolol for hypertension. Every night for years I have swollen feet and legs below my knees. The skin feels tight and my feet and legs feel hot. Cant get to sleep sometimes at all, most times I fall asleep but I’m wakened by the swollen feet and lower legs. It usually wears off by about 3:30 am but I have to get up at 6 am for work. I don’t know how much longer I can cope.
A cardiologist in Louisiana had me on Amlodipine. I came back to my cardiologist in Georgia and she put me on Losartan and the swelling went away. Also have been doing everything Dr. Berry said to do on Keto and have lost 45 pounds, 8 more to go to 200.
Wish I could find a Doctor like you in Indiana
Ditto for Virginia, we need good doctors really bad !!
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Thank you, Dr Berry. I think Tribenzor is my problem. Hope my Dr can find an alternative for me.
Thank you for the great information. I have problems with edema and I couldn’t figure out why because I have small amount of salt I take (if someone cooks with it), I don’t like to eat a lot of processed foods, listening to the meds you listed now I know because I’m on several different once be of fibromyalgia and arthritis along with the slew of symptoms that come with the two.
Please do a video on lipedema!