COZAAR Reviews (LOSARTAN POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (410 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COZAAR with similar:
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| 5 | HIGH BLOODPRESSURE | After experiencing coughing after taking cozaar, a Dr.friend of mine suggested that I should take half pill in the morning and half in the eveninmg. It did the trick, I hardly cough anymore. I am 91 Years old, my bloodpressure has levelled to 140/75, before that it was 160 in the morning and 130 in the evening. Good luck Joe Eicher Cape Town | M | 91 | 15 years 50 MG 1X day | 4/16/2012 | 1 | Congestive Heart Failure, Stage II | After several weeks of taking 50 mg of Cozaar, just before bedtime, I began experiencing unusual and severe pain in my back, hips, leg muscles, which began about midnight and continued through till morning. (I had an identical response with Atacand, so my cardiologist decided to try Cozaar because it's supposed to be milder. The only difference for me was that Cozaar took a little longer to produce the same side effects as Atacand.) | When I told the cardiologist about my symptoms, he didn't believe Cozaar was to blame because the muscle aches/joint pain didn't start right away. (Since stopping Cozaar, the pain is gone.) Physician arrogance continues to amaze me. How is it that some doctors won't accept the uniqueness of their patients' personal physiologies, preferring to attribute drug reactions to "imagination" rather than listening to, and validating, what is clearly valuable patient feedback? No one knows the patient's body better than the patient. | F | 89 | 8 weeks | 8/8/2009 | 1 | Blood pressure | Jittery. Anxious and anxiety | Hoping to stop it | F | 85 | 30 days 50mg 1X day | 2/8/2021 | 5 | high blood pressure for years | other medications were makeing impossible to have sex.with 100mg of cozaar after a years time i always look forward to going to bed at least 3 times a week for sex and she is very happy.she also takes 50mg of cozaar for bp control.we are BOTH 83 years old | only side effect is a runny nose once in awhile. | M | 83 | | 10/29/2005 | 3 | high blood pressure | Pain in my joints after taking cozaar 6 weeks. Hip lower back and shoulder pain very painful.My doc says i have to get use to some side effects. I'm not so sure I can. | Almost the same results i got when i took an ace inhibitor although the Cozaar is not quite as bad. | F | 83 | 6 weeks 25 ms | 1/22/2016 | 1 | Hbp | I have had a lot to f side affects. Weight loss, dry mouth, indigestion, constipation, nausea, tingling and itchy skin, insomnia, loss of appetite, can't taste or smell | Hate losartan. Have had problems with amlodipine, lisinopril, and metoporal also. | F | 83 | 0 months 50 1X day | 12/4/2023 | 1 | High blood pressure | Burning feels all over, I do have a bad lower back pain(sciatica) but it became ten times worse, very bad headaches all the the time no sleep. | Came off of it after 3 days, would never take it again, to me it's lethal, this is my second day of not taking it. | F | 80 | 0 days 50 | 12/6/2019 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Blindness | After I had taken one pill about mid-afternoon, I awoke about 3:00 in the morning very dizzy, the room was spinning. I could not see out of my left eye the next day. I had developed a retinal artery occlusion in my left eye. It's irrevocable. Drugs.com and FDA list blindness as a common side effect of Losartan. Why don't doctors know this? | F | 79 | 1 years 100 mg 1X day | 5/5/2016 | 1 | hypertension | burning sensation in mouth,lips,eyes,eyes all red and bloodshot with blurred vision. Bad pain at base of skull,which also travels to top of skull. My memory is much worse, hard time concentrating. Sometimes runny nose for no reason. Mild diarreah. Burning feeling also after urinating or going bm. Spiking of my blood pressure which is supposed to be helping. BP went to 235/101 with bad head pain. I thought I was having a stroke. Ended up in emergency room and spent 3 hours on IV to return blood pressure to normal level. Very frightening. The tinitus I have gets so bad after taking the pill, that I feel like banging my head against the wall. As I write, my eyes are blood shot and burning. My blod pressure went to 230/100 again. It is supposed to help reduce it. I also take atenalol for 5 years now (after having a stent put in my heart) Dr. thought my BP was getting a bit too high, so added the Cozaar and I have been having one terrible problem after another. I am 79 years old, always ve | F | 79 | 3 months 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 1 | hjärtsvikt | overklighetskänsla | M | 79 | 2 years 50 mg 1X day | 12/16/2011 | 2 | BP | none | I'm taking cozaar, metoprolol and maxide - and my systolic blood pressure still varies from 140 to 107. I don't know what helps, or why it goes that high. | M | 78 | 2 years | 5/9/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I don't know what is worse high bp or Losartan side effects. Fatague to where it is impossible to do any physical work. Mild anxiety.Joint pain.Mild blurred vision.Dizziness. Shortness of breath.Mild depression.Sometimes unsteadyness when walking. & brain fog at times. | I was on exforg and my only side effects was dizziness, shortness of breath and gout symthoms. So my Dr. switched me to 100mg of Losartan which has been the drug from hell. Will be going back to Dr. to discuss. | M | 78 | 4 months 100mg 1X day | 4/1/2018 | 2 | Mild hypertension | Dry cough, worse at night, erectile dysfunction not previously present, stuffy nose. I'm going to try to switch back to Atacand. | Was on Atacand, without side effects. Switched to lisinopril when new Medicare drug plan wouldn't allow Atacand. Lisinopril caused dry cough, so physician switched me to Cozaar. | M | 77 | 15 days 50 mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Extreme vertigo/dizziness, swollen feet, feelings of doom | I went on cozaar because it was cheaper than Diovan; but I could not deal with the dizziness. It was so bad sometimes I couldn't leave the house. Switched to Atacand, but still having the same problems. Not sure if they are caused by the Cozaar still being in my system or the Atacand. I am going back to Diovan because I never had any problems with it. Too bad it is so expensive--- | F | 77 | 1 months 2X day | 3/25/2013 | 2 | HBP | Hoarse voice and dry sore scratchy feeling in throat. The worse symptom is pain in the lower abdomen. Not sharp pain, but dull aching pressure constantly with feeling that I need to have a BM. Also passing huge amount of gas and having more BM's than usual. After two weeks, legs ache and head aches off and on. Eyes are red and painful. | I'm feeling so depressed today. I can't understand WHY there isn't a BP medication out there that doesn't have terrible side effects for me? Why is it that the majority of people I know are on BP meds, and they have no problems, but I have had bad reactions to every single one. The doctors think I'm a "nut case", and don't believe me! Do they think I WANT to have a stroke like my father had? Of course I don't, but all BP meds lower my quality of life so drastically, that I can't take them. When I'm not taking any meds, I feel fantastic for my age, with no physical complaints at all, and lots of energy. I dread seeing my doc tomorrow, but I have to go in and tell her that "another one bites the dust"! | F | 76 | 14 days 25 1X day | 6/7/2012 | 1 | hypertension | get up every morning with headache and heavy head | i also taking .5mg lorazepam? | M | 76 | 28 days 50 1X day | 6/26/2010 | 1 | cough, running nose, sneezing, mucus in the chest | M | 76 | 1X day | 10/19/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Kidneys ached. Funny feeling in arms just after taking tablet. | I was very reluctant to take BP tablets, but the doctor put me on a blood pressure tablet which made me extremely sick. I was sick all day and could not move off the sofa. He then put me on Cozaar. It was supposed to support my kidneys, but the side effects said ... supports kidneys and damages kidneys. When I mentioned this to my doctor he said they did both. Within a few days my kidneys began to ache and I had a funny tingling feeling in my arm just after taking the tablet. I decided to wean myself off them and over a two week period I cut the tablets down by half, then less. The third week I only had a tablet every other day and still cut the amount down. Then no tablets at all. I monitormy blood pressure every day and it is now excellent and much better than when I was on the tablets. I would not take any blood pressure tablets again. On the other hand I would never tell anyone else to do what I did. It is entirely up to the individual. | F | 76 | 4 weeks 25 mg 1X day | 9/16/2010 | 2 | hypertension | Shortly after upping my dose from 25 mg. to 50 mg. I developed excruciating patellar tendonitis in both knees. Upping the dose was the only variable , so I cut back to 25 mg. and after 5 weeks the pain is completely gone. | Even 25 mg. of Losartan potassium has caused fatigue, worsened ankle swelling and weight gain. | F | 75 | 6 months 50 mg. 1X day | 4/7/2013 | 1 | high blood pressure | heavy non-productive cough | my doctor gave it to me because I had problems with coughing from other BP meds. It's supposed to be specially good NOT to cause coughing. BUT IT DOES. | F | 75 | 4 days 100 mg 1X day | 1/21/2011 |
COZAAR (LOSARTAN POTASSIUM): Losartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. It is also used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure and an enlarged heart. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Losartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily. FDA Approval Date: 1998-10-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)