What Causes Fatigue And Drowsiness After Having Clinidipine?

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2015

Question: Just started on clinidipine 10mg once in the morning. Having extreme fatigue and sleepiness is this normal when starting this medicine? How long these effects last? I know when switching to new medication there are some side effect how long should I wait out?

Answered by Dr. Amitkumar Maheshwari (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Reduce the dose or replace it with other medicine

Detailed Answer:
Welcome to HCM XXXXXX
This is Dr Amit. I can understand your concern very well.
Cilnidipine is a calcium channel blocker. Because of its blocking action calcium channel dilates both arteries & veins as a result the pressure is reduced so it is used for hypertension management
Yes it can very well cause sleepiness, fatigue and dizziness which is mainly because of psychological stress makes blood pressure difficult to control and causes physical symptoms such as headache or dizziness. Other possible side effects of clinidipine are
1.Nausea
2.Trouble breathing
3.Swelling
4.Low blood pressure
5.Edema (water retention)
Half life of clinidipine is around 2.5 hours so the dizziness and other related side effects can last for next 4-5 hours after consuming it.
As per me if it is affecting your routine activities then i will advice you to reduce the dose to 5 mg or change to another suitable drugs after consulting your treating physician.
Hope i have given satisfactory answer to your query.
If you have more doubts you can directly ask me by visiting http://bit.ly/askdramitmaheswari
Have a great day

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Amitkumar Maheshwari (26 minutes later)

Since its been only 4 days i have been taking this treatment also have been withdrawing from aten 25 should i wait it out?

Answered by Dr. Amitkumar Maheshwari (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes you can very well wait out

Detailed Answer:
Welcome to HCM
Thanks for the follow up question. Yes you can very well wait for few days if it is not affecting your daily routine life. It can be possible that after few days your body will respond well to it. Contact your doctor immediately if it is causing more fatigue, dizziness or any of the side effects mentioned earlier.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta