5. Medication
The swelling of feet can sometimes be caused by the type of medication you are taking. This could be a normal side effect for some drugs. Alternatively, it may cause worry if it’s not included amongst the side effects of your specific medication.
The most common drugs that stimulate swelling on feet include anti-inflammatory drugs such as steroids and NSAIDs, antidepressants. Hormonal drugs such as contraceptives, diabetes, and blood pressure medication such as calcium channel blockers. These drugs retain fluid in the body, which gets pooled in lower limbs including feet.
Diabetes drugs are responsible for regulating sugar levels in the blood. But, they tend to restrict the body from flushing out excess sodium, which then accumulates and causes swelling. For those who take calcium channel blockers, their blood vessels are widened to allow efficient blood flow, but excess fluid sometimes leaks from the vessels and buildup on feet tissue.