hey guys
im taking verapamil and topomax this cycle and i noticed some swelling in my foot yesterday. A nyone expierience this on any one of these drugs? I am going to a neuro on tues will address it but wanted to bring it here to where i find even more accuracy most of the time ;)
thanks
A

First time I tried verapamil (320 mg per day), I started noticing veins bulging in my feet and hands - not always, but frequently enough to notice.  No general swelling, just bulging veins.  Then a few capillaries burst, leaving small black-and-blue marks in my palm (and elsewhere).  This perplexed my HA specialist and my GP, as verapamil is a vasoconstrictor and should be lowering BP.  EKG and BP were fine.  It was time to start tapering off the verap anyway, and these symptoms subsided.  I've since gone back on verap twice, without the bulging vein symptoms.

I only messed with Topamax for a week, years ago.  It made me perpetually thirsty, and I downed quarts of water & juice daily, but never bloated.

Do check this with your doctor.

Fox

Please mention this to your dr.  Sounds like a definete side effect of verapamil.  How serious I do not know I am not a dr.

Leg and ankle swelling/pain can be a side effect of Verapamil use.

In my case, if I'm on my feet for long periods of time leg/ankle swelling combined with nerve pain often occurrs.  It takes only a few minutes with my feet up to return to normal.

This didn't panic my Neruo. but it's definately something to cover with your Doc.

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thanks guys! will def talk to doc on tues! but wanted input from my respected board!! ;)

Have heard it from a few others using verapamil, too.  My first year or even longer, there was feet swelling.  Not in the past few years afterward though staying on it.  Bodies may adjust somehow in the longer term.