Verapamil Er 120 Mg Cough

I TAKE VERAPAMIL ER 120 MG AND HAD HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL I ORDER THE LAST PRESCRIPTION. THE BILL CAME BACK AS A BULE OVAL BILL. UP UNTIL NOW I HAVE BEEN TAKING A WHITE PILL WITH TRIANGLES ON THE BACK . SINCE I HAVE TAKEN THE NEW BLUE PILL I SEEM TO HAVE A DRY COUGH. CAN THAT BE FROM THE NEW PILL. I ASK BECAUSE I HAD A REACTION FROM OTHER MEDS AND GOT A DRY COUGH FROM IT.

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Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker used to treat cardiac conditions and hypertension.

How long have you been taking it?

The problem here may stem from the differences in generic medications. When a company makes a generic, there are actually allowed to differ from the name brand by as much as plus or minus 20% in the active ingredient.

The FDA considers this an acceptable therapeutic window. Issues can arise, however, when you switch from one generic to another, because they are not measured against each other, they only have to measure against the name brand. What this means is that the one that you usually received may have had a certain amount of the medication in it, which worked the way it should and didn't cause you any problems.

However, the fact that you have now developed the dry cough, which can be a side effect of these medications, leads me to guess that this now one that you received probably has a bit of a higher dosage of the medication in it, so it is causing you to experience this side effect, just like you probably would if your doctor had raised your dosage.

One thing you can do, in the future, is ask the pharmacy if they can order the other ones in for you and just tell them that these news ones are causing you too many problems.

You should also monitor your blood pressure, because if you are receiving a bit of a higher dosage of the medication, it may cause it to drop lower than normal.

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