MAXZIDE Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TRIAMTERENE)

Average Rating: 2.8 (42 Ratings)

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MAXZIDE  (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TRIAMTERENE):  This drug is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is a combination of two "water pills" (diuretics): triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide. This combination is used by people who have developed or are at risk for having low potassium levels on hydrochlorothiazide. It causes you to make more urine, which helps your body get rid of extra salt and water. This medication also reduces extra fluid in the body (edema) caused by conditions such as heart failure, liver disease, or kidney disease. This can lessen symptoms such as shortness of breath or swelling in your ankles or feet.   FDA Approval Date: 1988-05-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR MAXZIDECOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  High Blood Pressure F 4 years
37.5
6/10/2014
 5  Menieres Disease The only side effect I have experienced, is that I fit into my jeans better. I have been on Maxzide for over 10 years, if you don't continue drinking plenty of water, you will cramp up, but it's because your getting dehydrated. F 31 10 years
30MG
9/25/2014
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 1  At home I had very bad muscle cramps an head aches.I went into Dehydration. F 31 3 days
75/50 mg 1X day
4/21/2011
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 5  Slight hypertension/water retention No side effects for me except slight sun sensitivity during summer, have to watch it and wear sunscreen. Was on Maxzide for several years. Doctor took me off of it and told me to take Altace and I took it for 4 days now and feel horrible. I am going back to Maxzide. Altace is horrible. I'm dizzy, tired, short of breath, jittery, felt like I was going to faint a few times, pulse rate is high. Blood pressure is like way low though, so I guess it works for that. F 33 8 years
2/13/2005
 1  HBP ED/impotence M 35 4 years
25/37.5
11/22/2011
 1  Hypertension This is a horrible medication due to side effects. I had severe cramps all over the body, especially the legs, stomach and back. Couldn't take the cramp pain that started day 1. M 36 2 days
75 MG 1X day
3/30/2014
 3  hypertension None I was taking maxzide along with 100mg of Torpol XL to control my blood pressure. This combination worked for about a year and then seemed to just stop. I now take the Torpol with Diovan HCT. F 38 11 months
10/28/2004
 5  Hypertension None F 41 7 years
12/23/2011
 3  fluid retention I would say I have about 85% of the side effects. The bad thing about this is I never thought it could be caused by Maxzide until now. I haven't been feeling well for over 15 yrs. It seems one thing after another kept happening. The doctor explained to me about the potassium and releasing fluid, and that Maxzide was a very low dosage drug and that it would help and also control my potassium, but nothing else was really pointed out concerning Maxzide. I do not have high blood pressure. This was used for fluid only. It's a long story about how I got on this medication, but the more important thing is how I have been feeling. All the sickness I have been having has lead to having my gallbladder removed, Super Ventricular Tricardia, to ending up in the hospital three times in one year. Low potassium. I also now have Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Mumor, Fibromyalgia, Restless Leg Syndrome, TMJ, Brain tumor, stomach problems, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, vision problems, sleeping problems. I only get 2-4 hrs. of sleep a night and that is if I take Ativan. Feeling of unwellness, low grade fever, hoarseness, etc.. You can F 44 21 years
4/10/2007
 1  edema 7 lbs of water lost in 24 hours, i thought was extreme, then came intermittent muscle twitching (all over body) and severe muscle cramping. Could not move due to muscle cramps even though I drank plenty of water and Gatorade, ate bananas and had plenty of salt. Also had mild nausea and felt tired all the time. Doctor told me this was the mildest medicine for edema, and that I should immediately stop taking it and he would monitor the water retention. F 44 3 days
75-50 1X day
2/22/2011
 5  Mild Hypertension No side effects, except for frequent urination When my weight goes up 10-15 pounds my BP goes up with it. My Dr. wants me to keep my BP even lower than 120/80. I take 1/2 a pill of the lowest does possable and my BP stays about 115/75. No side effects that I have noticed except I drink alot so I have to urinate alot. F 46 2 years
12/27/2008
 4  Meniere's Disease Extreme dizziness, nausea and fatigue along with a severe headache the first three days. Increased urination. After the third day I felt significantly better. I have lost 6 pounds of water weight and feel much better. I'm still feeling a little tired and have not tried to exercise yet. I have also been following a low sodium diet. F 46 5 days
25 mg 1X day
3/26/2011
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 3  hypertension rapid heart rate, around 100 bpm; nausea, vomiting, and poor exercise tolerance on the lowest dose pill. Lost 6 lb in one weekend. After weight loss stopped, less short of breath, but still nausea and diarrhea even on 1/2 pill It did a great job of reducing BP from 160 to 120 systolic immediately, but side effects are going to make me call MD. F 47 1 months
4/16/2008
 1  Meneires Disease Worsening depression, strange patches of skin redness, extreme irritability, decreased sexual desire. At first I dropped like 10 pounds in a week which was a plus for me. But even with decreased sodium intake and watching my diet, I gained most of it back quickly. Then the depression hit and keeps getting worse, making me feel like I'm going crazy. Going to stop taking it. F 47 3 months
37.5-25 1X day
8/3/2011
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 5  PMS then High Blood Pressure None This was a great medicaiton for me. It was first prescribed for PMS in 1986. I have been a diabetic since 1961 and as I got older and my blood pressure stayed stable my physician(s) left me on that medication. I have now changed physicians and he has abruptly taken me off of Maxzide and I am not doing as well. Before my blood pressure stayed in the 120/60 range and now it is in the 140/70 range. My new physician continues to prescribe other blood pressure medications for me, but so far nothing is working. My new physician told me that Maxzide can be damaging to the kidneys, and I did find information that supported that on the internet. However, the first physician that prescribed this for me was an endrocrinologist, treating me for diabetes. I don't believe that he would have prescribed a medication that would damage my kidneys more that diabetes would. At this point my kidneys are fine. Twenty-five years taking Maxzide and no kidney damage, thus far! Surely, if Maxzide were doing to damage my kidneys it would have done so before now. F 48 25 years
75/50 2X day
1/9/2012
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 2  water retention Frequent urination, severe body cramps for 24 hrs . My doctor descided to give me maxzide ,rather than the diuretic I was taking before. The Doc is a good guy. But somewhere the fact I'm allergic to sulpha drugs, was lost. I took one pill on thursday afternoon and for 24 hr I was cramping everytime I finished urinating. It was a terrible exhausting experience. I immediatelly called my doctors office to let them know what happenned. Waht did I learn .....Google your meds.... before you take them. Than look for side effects. If had done so, I would have seen that people allergic tu sulpha drugs shouldn't be taking maxzide. M 50 1 days
5/6/2007
 2  water retention Frequent urination, severe body cramps for 24 hrs . My doctor descided to give me maxzide ,rather than the diuretic I was taking before. The Doc is a good guy. But somewhere the fact I'm allergic to sulpha drugs, was lost. I took one pill on thursday afternoon and for 24 hr I was cramping everytime I finished urinating. It was a terrible exhausting experience. I immediatelly called my doctors office to let them know what happenned. Waht did I learn .....Google your meds.... before you take them. Than look for side effects. If had done so, I would have seen that people allergic to sulpha drugs shouldn't be taking maxzide. M 50 1 days
5/6/2007
 1  diuretic for Meniere's disease After just 5 days, ended up in ER with low potassium. F 50 5 days
10/26/2005
 1  Essential hypertension Muscle aches and cramps, kidney stones, renal (kidney) insufficiency. Although I was prescribed this drug in 1994, literature was not included with the precaution "Possible exacerbation or activation of systemic lupus erythematosus". I took this drug from 1994 through most of 2003 and at one point, under the direction of a world-renowned rheumatologist, was on 72 different tablets a day - all to combat the lupus brought on by the Maxzide. In 2003 an alert FNP advised me of this literature and I was taken off the Maxzide immediately. During the time I was on the Maxzide I sometimes prayed to die the pain was so great and I feel as though I lost nine years of my daughters' growing up, their most important childhood years. I am left with renal insufficiency, kidney stones and an impaired immune system. If you have history of ANY autoimmune disorder in your family medical history DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! F 51 9 years
4/12/2006
 5  Hypertension Frequent urination for a few hours after taking dosage, and consequent need to drink more. In spite of its reputation for causing erectile problems, everything seems fine in that area. Glad I switched from atenolol, which made my hands and feet very cold, and didn't control my blood pressure as effectively as Maxzide. I'm taking generic, not brand-name Maxzide. M 54 6 months
5/19/2009
  

MAXZIDE  (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TRIAMTERENE):  This drug is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is a combination of two "water pills" (diuretics): triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide. This combination is used by people who have developed or are at risk for having low potassium levels on hydrochlorothiazide. It causes you to make more urine, which helps your body get rid of extra salt and water. This medication also reduces extra fluid in the body (edema) caused by conditions such as heart failure, liver disease, or kidney disease. This can lessen symptoms such as shortness of breath or swelling in your ankles or feet.   FDA Approval Date: 1988-05-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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