What Causes Numbness In The Fingers While On Amlodipine?

Posted on Thu, 8 Dec 2016

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Question : I have hands/fingers that are unusually cold. Sometimes when driving, my fingers...primarily thumb, index and middle, experience numbing. No other issues....but am taking amlodipine for blood pressure.

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (-5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Your symptoms are not related to amlodipine.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to peripheral nerve compression (possibly related to the radial nerve or median nerve).

That is why, I would recommend consulting with a neurologist and performing a nerve conduction study (electroneurography) to exclude this possibility.

I don't think that your symptoms are related to amlodipine adverse effects.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar