by KatherineUK » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:50 am
I find it strange that the blood pressure tablets I was on have side-effects which make it harder to take exercise (swollen feet, balance problems, pains in legs) ... do they assume that if you are chubby you aren't taking exercise and that something which "may" be suitable for a not very active older person is suitable for a younger person? Leaving aside the issue of whether we should actually be encouraging older people to take exercise do they perhaps just do it because it's cheap (amlodipine) ? My GP completely ignored the side effects I was having ... strange ...
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