Edema (swelling of the legs, ankles, feet) is a very common condition. It is a sign that things are not right in the body, and many medications can cause this worrisome symptom. This video lists the 11 medications that cause leg swelling.
If you’ve recently started taking a new medication and all of a sudden you notice that you’re having swelling in your ankles or your lower legs it could be from the medication in this video i’m going to tell you the most common medications they can lead to edema or lower leg swelling if you know someone who has edema and is taking any prescription medication then
You might help them out a lot by sharing this video with them you can share it in an email what’s out message on facebook they may not have a clue that their medication is causing the swelling in their feet ankles and legs medication induced edema or leg swelling is very very common but many many patients and many doctors just have no idea that the prescribed
Medication is causing the swelling i’m dr. ken berry a family physician with 20 years of clinical experience and that’s what this video is about now let me give you this a list of medications and i’m going to give you more details down in the show notes below for you or for whoever you share this video with it needs this information so that they can research this
Further so number one on the list is pramipexole which is usually prescribed for parkinson’s disease or restless leg syndrome sometimes for sleep disorders it can cause a demon number two is clonidine which is normally prescribed to lower blood pressure or to treat several different heart conditions again it can cause edema which can actually make the heart problem
Worse number three is trazadone which is typically prescribed for depression and sometimes it’s used for insomnia as well it works pretty well for that but it can cause ankle swelling number four is the mao inhibitors and this is a class of medications and i’m going to put the list of the most commonly prescribed ones in the show notes below it’s usually used
For either parkinson’s disease or sometimes for depression number five is the incense or the non-story anti-inflammatories i’m gonna put a list down in the show notes below these are usually prescribed for some acute inflammatory disorder or an acute injury and sometimes for chronic arthritis stiffness and pain is what these are used for but they can cause edema
Next is calcium channel blockers or cc b’s these are typically prescribed for high blood pressure and sometimes for several different heart disorders they can cause edema next is beta blockers this is a very very common class of prescribed medications there’s a list of those i’ll put in the show notes it’s typically used to lower blood pressure and hypertension
They can be used to treat heart issues some women and some men take it for migraine headache prevention but it can absolutely cause edema in the ankles next is the corticosteroids or a steroid that you would take by mouth there’s a list of these down in the show notes they’re typically used either for acute or chronic inflammatory conditions but many people take
A corticosteroid for an autoimmune condition some of them absolutely can call a swelling in the feet ankles and legs next is gabapentin and pre gabilan these are seizure medications to prevent seizures but they are also prescribed very commonly to treat neuropathic pain or neuropathy and then also to treat fibromyalgia pre gabilan is actually fda approved for that
Disorder but they can both cause edema next is pioglitazone and rosiglitazone and these are medications to treat type 2 diabetes both have been very closely linked to edema and then the final one is insulin injected insulin and there’s multiple different main brands of this there short-acting there’s medium acting and there’s long-acting insulin absolutely it’s a
Very very common cause of edema or swelling in the in the legs but most doctors have no idea that a diamond does this although it’s quite common and it’s typically when you first start taking insulin or when you increase the dose of insulin to a higher dose is when you’re going to get the edema there are a few other medications that can cause edema but it’s it’s
Much rarer occurrence for these other medications but these that i’ve told you about today are by far the most common culprits when it comes to causing lower leg swelling or edema if you enjoyed this video please take one second and click that subscribe button and the little bell button right beside it so that every time i have a bright idea you’ll be one of the
Very first to know this is dr. berry i’ll see you next time
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Got EDEMA? (11 Medications that Cause Leg Swelling) 2022 By KenDBerryMD
