Raynaud's - Nifedipine (Coracten) Side Effects
Mar 12, 2007
I'm 36 now and was diagnosed with Raynaud's when I was 16.
The last few years I have slowly been getting worse. My hands and feet are always blue regardless whether I'm hot or not,changing colour (red,white) depending on the temperature. The aching joints are better as I put myself on cod liver oil and have been for a year and a half. I've also been going to a gym for that time too.
Does anybody else get excessive sweating! I have had other medical problems and I wasn't sure whether the sweating was connected to that or this but my GP has said it's a part of this.
My problem now is the swelling in my hands whenever I use them. Gripping becomes hard work and simple chores such as peeling veg! I am also so tired all the time. I swear I could sleep on a washing line!
My GP put me on Nifedipine (Coracten) but I can't stand the side effects. This is the second one I've tried and I am going back this week to see if there is another to try.
I am not giving up I want a full a life as anyone and not to look too freaky with blue extremities. I am going to keep trying with the GP until it's all been exhausted.
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I was diagnosed about 4 months ago. It was a discussion about my symptoms but no tests were done and I was prescribed Nifedipine but like many, I suffered nasty side effects so stopped but I didn't feel that it helped my pain. I have never had the colour changes or swelling and I never have any pain at night. When I first get up in the morning my feet feel perfectly normal but once I have been on my feet for 10 minutes or so I feel them start to feel sore and as the day goes in the stinging gets more severe and is coupled with severe aching in the balls of my feet and episodes of them wanting to cramp. Does this sound like Raynaud's?
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