AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question I have been taking blood pressure tablets since I was diagnosed in 2003 at the age of 23yrs. I have gone through a variety of different medications to control it and have now been taking coversyl/perindopril 4mg for approximately a year, during this time i have had a swollen left foot from my toes to my ankle. I would like to know if the drug I am taking is the cause of my painful swollen foot. I have been to my own GP and had a test for DVT but no cause has been found and I had not experienced this on other medication such as Ramipril 10mg
Answer Hi Zoe,
Firstly I would like to know if you have only hypertension or also heart falure. Sweeling of ankles or feet is common in heart failure, but is not reported for Coversyl/perindopril. I would suggest a thorough examnation by your physician/cardiologist
Ravi Ghooi
