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 | 2 | HBP | Extreme headaches, debilitating dizziness, major anxiety, Spacey headed feeling, numbness and tingling in face, legs, and feet. | I've been on cozaar since 2010 but I was taking a very low dose of 25mg. I developed anxiety in 2016 along with burning legs, but always thought it was the statin that I was taking. Because of the anxiety ( which I did not relate to the cozaar at all) my blood pressure went higher, so then I went to the 50 mg. Ever since I've been on the 50 mg my anxiety has been through the roof! Horrible headaches that would begin an hour and a half after I took the medication like clockwork! I started documenting when I took the pill and when the headaches started. The dizziness and vertigo has been extremely bad and I still have the burning sensation in my face, legs, feet along with numbness. Felt like I was going crazy. My head felt so strange ,floaty and spacey. After reading so many people talking about their anxiety being bad on this medication I have cut back down to 25 mgs to see if there's any difference. Since I drop back down to 25, the anxiety, dizziness and headaches have lessened so much that I think it has everything to do with that increase of the cozaar. Going to talk to my doctor about this because the side effects are just too intense. I can now safely say that extra 25 mgs is the culprit. I'm going to see if I can switch to a different blood pressure medication entirely. Anyone with existing anxiety or migraines, stay away from this medication! It lowered my blood pressure but the side effects are not worth it. | F | 68 | 13 years 50 1X day | 6/12/2023 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | It works perfect . I suspect some comments were not from real patients !they want you to buy other.... | 50 | 12 years | 10/20/2008 | 4 | high blood pressure | none that i can see so far.the good news is that cozaar just came out in a generic brand,hooray now we can get it for a lower price,the generic name is losartan. | M | 48 | 12 years 50 mgs 1X day | 4/18/2010 | 5 | Kidney Disease | Just upped my dosage from 50 mg (I've been on 50mg for over 10 years) to 100 mg. I'm experiencing light headedness and I woke up three times last night. I also feel very tired. I've only been on 100 for three days now. | I think this product really works. I've had 10 great years on the product and my doctor and I feel it has helpd to keep my kidney disease in check. | F | 50 | 10 years | 1/9/2007 | 5 | Kidney Disease | Just upped my dosage from 50 mg (I've been on 50mg for over 10 years) to 100 mg. I'm experiencing light headedness and I woke up three times last night. I also feel very tired. I've only been on 100 for three days now. | I think this product really works. I've had 10 great years on the product and my doctor and I feel it has helpd to keep my kidney disease in check. | F | 50 | 10 years | 1/9/2007 | 4 | hypertension | none that I am aware of. | F | 64 | 10 years | 11/13/2006 | 4 | High blood pressure | Slight depression. | 50 mg once daily lowered blood pressure. After several years, BP increased. Doubling the dose to 100 mg did not make any improvement over 50 mg -- had to add a second medication (HCTZ). Improved libido. | M | 65 | 10 years 50 mg 1X day | 7/24/2013 | 1 | HBP | I have high blood pressure and depression. Have dealt with depression most of my life. Take an ssri for depression. When blood pressure meds were added 10 years ago ssri didn't seem to work as well. Eventually adjusted some to 50 mg losartan/Htc. I still didn't feel as well mood wise as when I wasn't taking HBP meds. Also take a calcium channel blocker. Whenever the heart doctors have increased Losartan to 100 mg depression gets much worse as does agitation and bad dreams, restless sleep. I lose interest in everything I normally enjoy and have no motivation. I also reacted the same way on Diovan and Benicar when doses went higher. It does help with HBP but I cannot tolerate a higher dose. | If you suffer from a mood disorder be very careful of the dosage and combinations of HBP meds. | M | 61 | 10 years 50 mg 1X day | 1/13/2017 | 1 | Hypertension | Extreme tiredness, lethargy, insomina, headaches uncontrollable BP after various doses. 100mg had unacceptable side effects that doubled the above. | For me this is not an appropriate drug unless all possible deep investigative actions have been completed by a seasoned cardiologist! | M | 72 | 10 years 50mg 1X day | 4/3/2022 | 5 | hypertension | Cozaar really suits me. Bofore cozaar i have used lot of other medicines to reduce my b.p. but all of them had given me side effects. | i am using cozaar 100 mg for the last7 years. It has given me a good help to drop my blood pressure. | M | 58 | 7 years | 4/6/2007 | 4 | High BP of course | Dose varied from 25mg a day to 100mg a day over those years. Effects varied by dose. Positional hypotension and insomnia at higher doses. | Took once a day at bedtime for a few years and worked pretty well on its own. After about 4 years or so I was getting HIGH BP in the mid-day and afternoons. Tried increasing dose from 50 QD to 100 QD but got dizzy spells and insomnia and some E.D. like issues. Went back to 50 QD at bedtime and same HIGHS in the early PM came back. Tried adding Amlodipine which did nothing. Then I had an idea that my doc did not suggest... I started splitting my 50mg tab in half and taking it BID at breakfast and dinner. Been stable as heck ever since. 115/72 when calm, all day. So my sweet spot is STILL 50mg a day, just divided in half in AM and PM. | M | 55 | 7 years 25mg 2X day | 12/13/2022 | 1 | high blood pressure | Joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, diarhea, dizziness, anxiety | I was on this medication for about 7 years. I had no idea that all these problems I have described were due to the medication until I read your website and stopped taking the pill. Within one week, all these symptoms went away. I have all sorts of energy, no pain anymore. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 3 months after taking this medication - but since all this pain I had has gone away, I think that diagnosis is wrong. It also didn't do that great a job keeping my blood pressure down for the last couple of years, but I couldn't handle the side effects from a diuretic I tried either. Read the book "Selling Sickness". | F | 55 | 7 years | 3/7/2007 | 5 | CHF, DilatedCM | None does it's job well for me. no coughing or dry mouth like lisinpril | great stuff | F | 55 | 6.5 years | 7/5/2007 | 5 | hypertension | lower energy levels | M | 56 | 6 years | 12/20/2004 | 5 | blood pressure | None | This drug really worked very well for me in lowering blood pressure without any side effect. I have tried many other types of blood pressure drugs and all had bad side effects.Cozaar is the only one I can use. | M | 61 | 6 years | 2/25/2004 | 5 | hypertension | None | I took 50 mg for 6 yrs, still had high numbers. Doc upped me to 100 mg, numbers looking good. Interestingly, very first night on 100mg, slept like a baby and that has continued for 3 weeks. Sorry for you folks that have experienced insomnia! | M | 47 | 6 years | 7/14/2006 | 3 | HBP | The first 3 years or so, was okay, now, I suffer from sleeplessness at night and horribly tired and sleepy during the day. I had to cut my work hours to half time because I am extremely tired during the day. High anxiety, dizziness. I had never suffered from depression and anxiety before, now, it is unbelievable. I have been taking 25mg for 6 years now. Since my father died of a stroke, I know I have to take BP med, but let’s see what happens if I take it every other day for a month and start getting serious about exercise. I have already cut at least 75 percent of sodium intake in the last couple of years. | F | 54 | 6 years | 8/5/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure | none - it worked great. | I'd been on cozaar for over 5 years to control my wild bp (too high sometimes and too low others; averaged out too high), and it worked great - controled the bp as well as I can ever expect, and no side effects. A recent change in job brought a change in health insurance and of course the new insurer won't cover cozaar, so Dr. is trying others (currently diovan, which has caused insomnia and 5 lb weight gain in 2 weeks). I'm debating just paying for the cozaar out of pocket, despite the high cost. But I'll call the Dr. today and will probably try another drug (atacand?) before giving up and paying it out of pocket. If he'll try hard enough, my Dr. should be able to convince the health insurance company to cover cozaar for me, but I'm not holding my breath - I've been dealing with the medical industry for a rare and little understood condition for over 20 years, and know they don't like to listen to patients. | F | 50 | 5 years | 9/22/2008 | 5 | Hypertension/autoimmune disease | occasional headaches | I take this because of an underlying kidney condition. Not only has it kept my renal function stable, but it has also gotten me down to a healthy 110/70. A good alternative to a diuretic. | F | 17 | 5 years | 5/10/2008 |
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)