COZAAR Reviews (LOSARTAN POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (410 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COZAAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COZAAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | hypertension | The generic version does not work. If anything BP increased. | F | 51 | 3 years 50 mg 1X day | 4/12/2014 | 1 | High blood pressure | Bp stayed high. After about 1 month or so chest would hurt continued taking. Told doctors they didn't change it one doctor even said I heard something when listening to heart did nothing two weeks later heart went afib. Went to er after one day got it back in gave me more medicince and left me on this one also. Tried to tell them my heart still hurt after I took it. Went to another doctor he took me off and heart stopped hurting. No more afib. Been two years. | F | 58 | 3 months 30 | 5/8/2014 | 5 | Blood Pressure | None | DR, switched me from Diovan to Losartan for cost reasons. An earlier rating mentioned this helped with ED. I found this to be true, too. Am taking Cialis 5mg. daily for BPH and ED. | M | 55 | 60 days 100mg 1X day | 6/12/2014 | 3 | HBP | No side effects, but hasn't lowered my BP (maybe even increased it slightly??). Dr. wants to put me on Diovan, but am thinking I should just go back to cutting out sugar and refined carbs and control it the natural way :/ | F | 59 | 3 months 50 mg | 6/20/2014 | 1 | blood pressure | Severe vertigo every time I laid down. Quit taking it and went to doctor. He said the vertigo was just a coincident and not the med. He said to start taking 1/2 pill once the vertigo quit. I knew I shouldn't take it again, but I did when the vertigo stopped after 2 weeks. 2 days after I started again I had vertigo that lasted even longer - about 6 weeks. I also developed labyrinth that lasted for months and I still get it on and off. I'm still scared to lay flat down and sleep elevated a year later. | Would NEVER take this medication again | F | 44 | 3 days 50 1X day | 7/28/2014 | 2 | HBP | I have had an increase in BP while on 50 mg and Dr increased to 100. Now, ankles and legs oedematous and skin feels tight. I see Dr. Next week and going to ask to go off of this med. I have never had problem with Linsinopril except for the nagging cough which I would gladly trade for this uncomfortable edema and chest uneasiness which I never had before. | I do not care for this med. I feel worse on it than I did before when on Prinizide. | F | 59 | 1 months 100 1X day | 8/18/2014 | 4 | high BP | tired, fatigue, light-headed | appears to do the job, but the fatigue is distressing. | M | 60 | 2 months 25 1X day | 10/14/2014 | 1 | high blood pressure | Light-headed, fast heart rate, ears ringing. Not lowering my blood pressure at all. | Nifedipine XL 60 mg and lisinopril 40 mg had been controlling my blood pressure well. The doctor changed me from lisinopril to losartan because of the annoying cough caused by lisinopril. Now my diastolic has shot up to the mid 90's, heart rate over 100, and my head and neck feel full of pressure. I'd rather put up with the lisinopril cough than have a stroke. Useless medicine in my case. | F | 64 | 3 days 100 mg | 11/14/2014 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects. | Has controlled my BP and I have more energy than before. Also seems to be calming. | M | 62 | 4 months 100 MG 1X day | 11/17/2014 | 1 | high blood pressure | Depression, confusion, and anxiety. | I was wondering why I felt depressed, confused, and experiencing anxiety/panic attacks. I began reading the side effects and noticed those are some of the most common effects. I want to stop but Physician advice me to try half of the pill and monitor my BP and side effects. | F | 41 | 9 months 50 mg | 11/26/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Chest tightness. Extreme coughing. Electrical charges on feed and hands. Itching. Arrhythmia a couple hours after taking it...lasted for only a couple of hours. | Losartan never brought my blood pressure down. Doctor didn't know the side effects of this drug....had to educate him about it. Doc did an EKG on me....said I was having a heart attack. Went to hospital. Their EKG and blood work didn't show heart attack. Doctor in ER said Losartan causing cough and chest pain. Requested from my doctor to take me off Losartan. Increased my Bystolic to 10mg. BP came down. | M | 62 | 3 months 100 Mg 1X day | 1/8/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Headache, chronic, occasional dizziness | F | 62 | 25 mg 1X day | 1/19/2015 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Malaise, possibly depression, down, low energy. Might be from varicocele, but also strange pain in tip of penis. Abdominal ache on lower left side, sometimes headache. | I've been on this for three weeks, after having a horrible experience with Lisinopril. I had been taking Lisinopril for a year at 7.5mg/day, but two months ago, my doctor said up it to 10mg. Within three days, I had horrible jitters and muscle aches, and was super down, debilitated, painful urination (was tested for everything, everything negative, and normal). I requested to be switched to losartan. Felt awesome for the ten days after lisinopril. Jitters faded. Felt good. But at about 12 days on losartan, and I started feeling varicocele pain, low energy, depression, abdominal pain, and a weird burning when urinating. I cut pills to half for a couple days and felt a little better. I just can't tell if these are side effects, or part of my varicocele pain. Keeps BP in control, but last only exactly 24 hours in my system. It's been a rough few months. The best thing about losartan is the ability to achieve an erection with no problem. I had problems on lisinopril, and didn't realize how bad it was until I got on losartan, and it's better quality than it ever was with viagra - and it's all me. That in itself makes me want to push on and try to overcome any possible side effects. | M | 47 | 21 days 25mg 1X day | 2/5/2015 | 2 | Hypertension | Within 3 days experienced significant muscle soreness after exercise. This was new to me. Fatigue and continued muscle aches and joint pains. Seem more depressed and very fatigued. Stopped taking it and after a week the aches and pains are 50% better and mood and energy returning. | This worked very well for my mild hypertension, but cannot tolerate the side effects | F | 52 | 90 days 50 mg 1X day | 2/11/2015 | 4 | hypertension | Used cozaar 15+ yrs, good control, no bad effects. Then Bam! Drs. Want to take me off of it. Had recent high potassium levels. First thing they want to do is TRY everything. I am skeptical to say the least. | F | 68 | 1 days 100 | 2/25/2015 | 1 | High BP | Heavy blood in stool and urine, swollen & stinging, burning in my eyes, blurred vision, loss of concentration, dizzy, back & side pain, confusion, entire body swollen, headaches, lethargic, itching, bug like feelings, too low blood pressure. It felt like I was poisoned. | When will these feelings go away after I stopped. 2 days off now. I told the Dr. about the bleeding and very low BP & she said to take it at night instead of the morning. My cardiologist said to stop it completely. | F | 62 | 5 days 50 | 6/7/2015 | 3 | High blood pressure | Tiny cough that lasted a week. | No really bad side effects. Mild cough. | F | 50 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 6/28/2015 | 2 | HYpertension | Fatigue, weight gain, itchy rash, makes me want to sleep all day. | Doesn't really decrease bp | F | 62 | 1 days 50/12 | 7/1/2015 | 1 | Bp | Anxiety,chest pain, vision problems | well my Fifth BP medicine and my last, I just decided this poison is not for me. I have had the worst 3 weeks on this stuff. I'm going the Holistic route. So other people have done it so can I, my Bp is 160/90 this medication makes it rise. I will return to meds if I can't achieve my BP goal by holistic means in a year. Diet and weight loss are the key. People who say that they have no side effects from this drug don't know their body IMHO. Your body wants to be healthy, this stuff is just a bandaid for your health problem. You can cure yourself and be better for it👍🏼 | M | 60 | 6 weeks 50 | 8/13/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | Extreme tiredness,very weak,fever,light headed constantly urinating I can barely stand,joints ache shortness of breath,to some it up this is not for me,I stopped taking it two days I felt better that's how I know it's the medicine.. | bad medicine | F | 32 | 3 weeks 25mg | 8/19/2015 |