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What Causes Swelling In The Ankles And Feet While Having Diabetes?
Question: I am taking a host of medication recently prescribed by my physician recently. I ave been experiencing swelling in my feet and ankles that I did not have before consuming the medication. I do have type 2 diabetes and it was necessary for him to increase my medication. I was trying to determine the side effects and interactions of ALL the medicine I am taking to see if this might be the reason for the recent swelling. I am concerned because this has never happened before and I don't want to panic and assume other diseases such as kidney or liver problems, when my Dr. has never indicated concerned. I don't want to discount tht these may be a possible problem either. However he did add Januvia to my medication and I was already on Glimepride.
Brief Answer:
not a known side effect
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
None of these medications are known to cause swelling of the feet/ankles though persons can react differently to medication.
Clonidine and metoprolol can interact together, they increase the toxicity of each other by an unknown mechanism. Increased risk of bradycardia (slow heart rate)
As you stated liver and kidney disease can cause swelling but is you've had ongoing blood tests of these areas, then these would have checked to see if there is a problem with either of these organs.
Heart disease is another cause of swelling but there would normally be other heart symptoms such as chest pain, shortness or breath,palpitations
Another common cause is venous disease - as persons age, the veins in do not work as well.
Normally blood flows from these veins back to the heart, when they do not work as they should, blood can build up.
Trauma,arthritis or infection can also cause swelling but they would most commonly affect one side not both unless both sides have the particular problem.
Summary: (1) if you had recent bloods checking kidney and liver, which were normal then these are not likely a problem
(2)these meds are not known to cause swelling
(3)venous disease, trauma, infection, arthritis, heart disease are the other causes
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
not a known side effect
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
None of these medications are known to cause swelling of the feet/ankles though persons can react differently to medication.
Clonidine and metoprolol can interact together, they increase the toxicity of each other by an unknown mechanism. Increased risk of bradycardia (slow heart rate)
As you stated liver and kidney disease can cause swelling but is you've had ongoing blood tests of these areas, then these would have checked to see if there is a problem with either of these organs.
Heart disease is another cause of swelling but there would normally be other heart symptoms such as chest pain, shortness or breath,palpitations
Another common cause is venous disease - as persons age, the veins in do not work as well.
Normally blood flows from these veins back to the heart, when they do not work as they should, blood can build up.
Trauma,arthritis or infection can also cause swelling but they would most commonly affect one side not both unless both sides have the particular problem.
Summary: (1) if you had recent bloods checking kidney and liver, which were normal then these are not likely a problem
(2)these meds are not known to cause swelling
(3)venous disease, trauma, infection, arthritis, heart disease are the other causes
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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