| Key to ratings for cozaar: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | post srroke | none | very benefical in controlling my high blood pressure | M | 54 | 1 years | 7/25/2001 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | I feel a little woozy even when I take it at night and I feel a little fatigue too. Many people said that those side effects will disappear after 2 weeks or something but when you compare COZAAR to other drugs it wins. | My blood pressure was 150/100 and I felt that I have something wrong with my vision. After taking Cozaar now it's 130/85 and I know that it will work better after few days because I just have started to take it. | M | 23 | 6 days | 8/30/2005 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects noted! I'm very pleased and happy with Cozaar. | M | 46 | 2 years | 1/11/2006 | 5 | To lower blood presure | no side effect. Tried another drug and it made feel dazzy all the time. Came back to Cozaar now. | Cozaar made my presure dropped from 140/90 to below 110/70. Will try 25mg/day to see how it works. | M | 54 | 2 years | 2/6/2006 | 5 | hypertension | none | I am on 100mg and have been for 4 years with no side effects at all | M | 55 | 4 years | 6/28/2006 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | None. Great if you've been taking BP meds that cause Impotence. | Hope that your Meidcal Insurance covers this drug. | M | 48 | 2 years | 4/28/2007 | 5 | hypertension | no side effects at all | blood pressure went from 150/95 to 125/75 in 28 days tried ace, and betas with no results in my high BP and bad side effects gave cozaar a try and im very pleased with it after trying several other hypertension meds... my reccomendation is to give it try and see if it works for you | M | 48 | 28 days | 2/24/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Slight dizziness and cough that went away. Substantially increased libido and have not needed ED medication since. | M | 55 | 2 years | 10/17/2008 | 5 | hypertension | none | switched to cozaar from ACE inhibitor and side effects (headaches, fatigue, recurring respiratory infections) disappeared | M | 34 | 14 days | 6/15/2005 | 5 | hypertension | lower energy levels | M | 56 | 6 years | 12/20/2004 | 5 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | NONE | M | 2 years | 9/12/2004 | 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 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | NONE | VERY GOOD DRUG WITH LITTLE OR NO SIDE EFFECTS | M | 44 | 5 years | 2/5/2007 | 5 | hypertension | none | M | 51 | 3 years | 11/19/2002 | 5 | BP was high | A small cough and minor joint pain, but nothing alarming. Remarkably, my libido has increased and I'm having less prostate -- less peeing at night -- hassles. (Probably a placebo effect, but that's okay with me.) | This is a remarkable drug. Started with 50MG in the morning; MD suggested a jump to 50MB twice daily until BP is stablized. BP is now in normal range and I'm drop back to 50MB daily. | M | 60 | 4 weeks | 2/14/2007 | 5 | Hypertension, Kidneys | None, actually | The throbbing pain in my kidney stopped only after a few days on this. Brought my BP down in only a week. (Along with other drugs and loop diaretics). With Diabetes and very high blood pressure my kidneys were working overtime. Now I feel the difference with this medicine. | M | 45 | 1 years | 4/23/2005 | 5 | bp | none | I was given Lotrel for BP in the 160 over 95 range and about died from the dry hacking cough, no sleep, vertigo, that came with the drug. I have never taken any prescription drug in my 39 years,only a once a year tylenol or other aspirin and plenty of beer. I am hoping to get off of Cozaar but so far I am pleased with the results. Wonder if some people are just looking for a miracle in the other responses! | M | 40 | 6 months | 5/17/2007 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | None. One of the main reasons I rate this drug a 5. I have taken a number of others and think its great. | M | 49 | 2 months | 1/20/2008 | 5 | Hypertension | For the initial 2-3 weeks after starting cozaar I felt like i might have been experiencing some mild adverse mental effects like drowsiness or cloudiness. However I am also on beta blockers, and I changed from a different medication. This could explain the cloudy feelings. No other overt adverse side effects. The only issue with the medicine is that it won't be available in generic form for at least another 2-3 years. I'll go broke. I think alot of you guys that have these crazy side effects are hypos. I think you need to get a doctor you trust, and give the medicine clear, objective consideration before discontinuing. If you don't take the medicine, there are far greater consequences than being tired or having diarrhea... like death. It's been 1.5 years since i started taking cozaar. | If I take Cozaar at night, I sleep better. If I take my dose about 1.5 hours before I plan to sleep, it's easier to sleep. For the longest time I had pretty bad palpitations. When I started taking cozaar, they diminished and they're basically gone now. This could be purely coincidence. For the most part, my blood pressure is stable, with no big spikes or troughs in between or just after taking the med. On an even more positive note, I read in some studies that cozaar was beneficial to people that have brain diseases like parkinsons or alzheimer's. I also read somewhere that people who take cozaar have "significant increases in sexual satisfaction" -- whatever that means. I haven't noticed. | M | 24 | 1.5 years | 1/6/2008 | 5 | High Blood Pressure. Hypertension | No negative side effects after 4 months use. Feel more relaxed, less agitated. Sleep good. BP is now typically around 124/75 . New Doc recently increased dosage to 50mg 2x/day vs. 1x day 'to provide added protection for kidneys"...???? | M | 58 | 4 months | 3/31/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | I have been taking this med for a few years. No side effects. It has helped me to lower my BP. I take 25 mg every morning and evening (50 mg total)> | M | 67 | 5 years | 11/5/2008 | 5 | Upper reading was always above 160 | headache, throbbing sensation in top of my head. | I have been taking cozaar only 5 days now at a strength of 50 mg. od. This to be increased to 100 mg after two continuous weeks on medication. | M | 60 | 5 days | 12/28/2008 | 5 | hp | none but if all the people have so many problems thats what there doctors gets paid for. talk to him or her.it took me a long time to find a drug that works. been taking it 4 years | M | 58 | 9/7/2008 | 4 | Mild heart attack, high bp | lower back pain, upper back pain near neck, sinus infection/sore throat | Blood pressure averages around 110/70, taking it along with Verapamil 480mg. BP was about 140/90 before adding Cozaar although I stopped smoking when I started taking Cozaar. Would like to hear from any others who are experiencing similar side effects. | M | 55 | 3 months | 6/14/2008 | 4 | high bp | The only real side effect has been diarrhea that started a few days after first starting on cozaar. BP down from 171 over 94, to 123 over 77 at its lowest. Average bp around 133\80. Cozaar has helped, just hate the diarrhea! | M | 38 | 2 weeks | 8/25/2008 | 4 | high bp and diabeties | Lasinapril like cough showed up after 2 months. Dizzy spells limited driving a car. Reduced dosage to 25 mg did not reduce symptoms. Nausea in warm weather. | Tried both lisinapril and Cozaar, could not tolerate either. | M | 57 | 4 months | 7/1/2009 | 4 | moderately high BP | Dry throat and mild cough. Mild issue with erections. | Helped lower my BP and increased my exercise tolerance. | M | 45 | 1 years | 6/24/2009 | 4 | For Blood Pressure | I have been taking 100 mg of Cozaar for over five years and have not had any side effects. Or maybe, since I have been taking 100 mg for so long that I do not realize that I may have any side effects. However, in order to reduce my Protein, my nephrologist read about a study where increasing Cozaar actually reduces Protein. The game plan was to increase the 100 mg to 200 mg for two weeks and then do a 24 hour urine. The doctor said that there would be no side effects. After the 7th day of 200 mg all of a sudden my urine turned brown and a tea color. I was immediately taken off of the Cozaar and my BP was about 108/50. My BP is back up to normal after two days but the jury is still out on what happened. There was no blood in the urine and all blood work, urine and EKG were normal. The M.D. is now researching this as to what may have happened. I just hope that I did not lose any kidney function. The creatine level did not go up | M | 67 | 7 days | 1/31/2009 | 4 | hypertension | Anxiety, body aches. | I noticed that my erections are firming now and seem to make my wife happy. My doctor said that there is bye product that comes out of cozaar that makes penis harder. | M | 52 | 20 days | 4/24/2008 | 4 | High blood pressure | None | Had what I thought were a lot of side effects which went away after losing 25 lbs of weight | M | 90 days | 2/9/2009 | 4 | High BP | M | 52 | 6 days | 4/12/2008 | 4 | high blood pressure | slight chest pains for a while | M | 47 | 2 months | 8/11/2002 | 4 | blood pressure | cough at 50mg, moved to 100mg[high rate], one month later, forced to stop cozaar due to severe cough and chest congestion. two days after stopping cozaar,chest cleared and cough almost completely gone. | cozaar always caused a small dry cough.I have been on it for several years, but could not tolerate the high dose.[100mg] | M | 66 | 3/24/2004 | 4 | BP & type II diabetes | No side effects at 25mg per day for one year. When moving to 50mg per day I became so sleepy at work that I dozed off between sentences. I could not stay on the increased dose long enough to determine whether it helped. | Taken in conjunction with 2x4mg Cardura daily. | M | 53 | 1 years | 11/3/2004 | 4 | Had bypass surgery | None known | What side effects others had | M | 67 | 4 years | 10/11/2004 | 4 | hypertension | Slight cough, especially in the morning upon rising. Unlike. toporol-xl, which killed my libido, cozaar has actually increased it beyond what it was before, which was pretty high. Otherwise I tolerate it very well but I've only been on it for about a month so I suppose only time will tell---so far, so good. | M | 54 | 1 months | 9/24/2004 | 4 | Scarring of the Kidneys | bad energy level... feel so tired.. unable to wake up in time for school.... | It works and helps my medical condition... | M | 19 | 1 years | 12/4/2006 | 4 | Hypertension | Some light coughing. A little dizzy & lightheaded. | I was on beta blocker for nine months. Disaster. During this time I did nothing but sit in a chair and gain weight. Cozaar has been much better. It helps on the blood pressure (just took reading of 115/65), and there is no impact on libido or erectile function. | M | 55 | 4 months | 6/17/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | anaphylactic reaction to yellow jacket sting (collapse; responded to orally administered benadryl) | lowered my blood pressure, but not worth the risk for me in the summertime (I had been stung many times previous to taking Cozaar) | M | 34 | 5 years | 6/15/2006 | 4 | High blood pressure | Headache | 83 and sex 3 times a week? Yeah ...right. Tell us all another fish story. Nonetheless, a great drug, lowers BP well but gave me headaches about a wek later with a 50Mg. per day dose. | M | 49 | 1 years | 11/14/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | I feel very tired trhoughout the day. I also feel a little depressed for no reason. I had to take a day off from work becasue I was so tired. | I did have 140/90. It is down to 133/84. It seems to work but, I don't feel right. It is hard to explain. | M | 27 | 3 weeks | 1/25/2006 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Main side effect that bothers me is coughing. Usually just an occasional cough or two but sometimes have what I'd describe as coughing "fits", during which I'll cough to the point of vomiting. Daytime fatigue, nightime insomnia. Sinus/nasal problems. | It IS effective in lowering my blood pressure, but the side effects are bothersome. | M | 41 | 2 years | 2/3/2006 | 3 | Hypertension | Had been taking Lopressor for years, and become habituated. Cozaar gave me fewer side effects than anything else I had tried before - no interference with libido, attention, dizziness, etc. And the positive effect on my BP was immediate. After about two months, though, it seemed to be ineffective. Also, after reading other people's comments, I note that some things I had simply accepted as the difference between Cozaar and Lopressor, or the effects of lower pressure, may have been minor reactions: faster heartbeat, especially at bedtime (I always take at breakfast); a little trouble getting to bed and/or falling asleep; occasional vision blurring. | Glad I tried it, I'll probably wind up pulse-dosing it with lopressor, and as with all drugs YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY. | M | 50 | 2 months | 10/24/2006 | 3 | hypertension | dizzy spells | M | 3 days | 10/26/2008 | 3 | HYPERTENSION | RAPID HEART RATE AT TIMES, WHICH CAUSES TROUBLE SLEEPING.HAVE GAINED A FEW LBS.WHEN I FIRST STARTED COZAAR I EXPERIENCED AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION. | COZAAR HAS LOWERED MY BLOOD PRESSURE SIGNIFICANTLY! | M | 52 | 40 days | 3/22/2003 | 3 | Hypertension | Fatigue, dizziness, weight gain and muscle pain but still better than others I have been on. Keeps BP in normal range. I will hopefully have more tired dizzy days than not taking. | M | 33 | 5 years | 7/30/2007 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | I guess from reading all the replies here that my dizziness is probably a side effect of the drug. I started researching about Cozaar today because that is the only thing that is different in what I due or take on a everyday basis so I had figured to start there and while reading on here I basically come to find out that it is most likely from cozaar. I also realized that I have some tiredness (although not extreme) in trying to wake up in the morning and it is harder to "get out of bed" then what I can remember. I've had some palpatations, but very rarely (only if I rush and loose m breath I get a few "miss" ticks of the heartbeat that I can definetly recognize) | I have been on Cozaar 100mg for almost a year after having some of the same side effects by taking Hydroclotothizede 75mg last year for about 1 yr time. Initially cozaar worked great (went from 50mg to 100mg) but as the summer started (in AZ) just like with Hydroclorthizide I started feeling real dizzy. I had a bad episode July 5th where I woke up for work and took a shower and had what I would describe as a TIA (although my doctor and the hospital did all the tests and it all came back fine, even though you can't really test for TIA since there is no "damage") where my left arm went completely dead for about 30 sec and it fealt really sureal (no pain, no loss of consescnous, no confusion, etc)and that really scared me. I think it really had to do with cozaar. My dizziness is not everyday and I would describe it as having episodes where it will run for a few days and then go away for a week or 2 and come back. I split my dose to morning and night 50mg each and that seems | M | 37 | 1 years | 9/27/2007 | 3 | High blood | Extreem fatigue, low libido, irritabillity, sore heel joints, light headed... most of what others are saying, but with different degrees of seriousness. | It would appear that the side effects have different qualities for different people, BUT there are some side effects which seems to be a common denominator to most users. This means that there are valid reasons to be sceptical and aware of the dangers. I am looking into weaning myself off this chemical drug for something called Preasure-ease. More natural | M | 53 | 5 years | 2/4/2008 | 3 | tired, very irritable,depressed,anxiety,loss of appetite | dont know if these side effects are from the drug or not,i wish i knew,but blood pressure is down from 145/80- 129 /80 | M | 46 | 14 months | 11/20/2007 | 3 | hbp | none | M | 66 | 10 days | 12/7/2007 | 3 | hypertension | dizzyness, light-headedness | worked for first year, but now seeme inneffective | M | 63 | 2 years | 12/26/2007 | 3 | Hypertension | Muscle and tendon pain, affecting lower back, elbows and upper arms. | I am asking my doctor for advice on discontinuing the drug. | M | 2 years | 1/7/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure 140/90 | Anxiety(don't know what to expect),gas, above average RHR at night and once a day for 3-4 hours I experience a strange fluttering feeling in my chest, but no pain or discomfort | Do these sound normal to the long term users? | M | 39 | 4 days | 11/3/2008 | 3 | hbp | lightheadedness & some dizzyness | M | 63 | 2 years | 4/7/2008 | 3 | mild hypertension | Fatigue, joint pain, muscular aches | No side effects when starting dosage, and it works to lower b/p. Side effects seemed to "sneak up" on me after 6-7 months. Stopping dosage for even a short time relieved s/e almost immediately. My dosage was very low..1/2 25mg/day | M | 72 | 9 months | 1/7/2008 | 3 | High blood pressure | I have been taking Cozaar 50mg for 5 years now. And at first I did not notice any side effects, my blood pressure was good. But lately in the past year, I have noticed my blood pressure goes up. And then it goes way down, I have been feeling very fatigued, I'm experiencing chest pain, and I get out of breath easily. I don't sleep well at night and I used to fall asleep the moment my head hit the pillow. I get very sensitive, I have a hard time concentrating. I was at my wits end wondering what was going on with me and at least after reading everyone else's symptoms which are like mine, I am relieved I'm not going crazy. I thank all of you for sharing your symptoms. | I know I need to change my eating habits. And as of today that is what I am going to do. I want to somehow get off of this medicine. God has given me wisdom to listen to my body and I don't always do it. But now I am going to take charge of that. | M | 59 | 5 years | 11/14/2008 | 3 | moderately high BP | First few days I had a dizzy/lightheaded feeling which went away. I now feel tired/fatigued and a bit depressed. The tired feeling is somewhat less if I take it before bed. The medicine almost acts like a 12 hour sleeping pill. | It lowers blood pressure, but the old benezapril/HCTZ symptoms may actually be worse. I've traded a cough and having to goto the bathroom too frequently with a general feeling of tiredness. I can't say that cozaar is better than the benazipril/HCT it replaced. | M | 40 | 1 months | 11/30/2008 | 3 | High BP | Stuffy nose, tired and headache | M | 51 | 1 days | 2/11/2009 | 3 | hypertension | Lower back pain which I didn't think anything of at first because I always have lower back pain but this is differnet. Diahhrea, loose bowels at best, GI bloating and lots of gas, neck and headaches, irritable and run down all of the time with achey joints. | I am getting tired of side effects. It seems like everything I take for my BP I end up having side effects eventually. Sometimes they develop quickly. Sometimes they take a long time. I've been on Cozaar for about 9 weeks now and these effects came on rather suddenly about 4 days ago. I was on Lotrel for 2 years before I had any effects. I guess my wife is right. The only solution is to lose weight, walk everday and won't need the meds. Unmedicated my BP can go as high as 170/110. With minimal doses of anything it goes down to around 130/80 or less. I am on 50mg of Cozaar per day | M | 49 | 9 weeks | 6/30/2008 | 3 | High Blood pressure | After about two weeks on Cozaar 25mg I experienced shortness of breath and difficulty sleeping restfully because of the breathing problem. | M | 74 | 17 days | 9/6/2009 | 3 | Protect Kidneys from diabetes | At first I was on 50mg and verything was going fine. The micro protein levels were being reduced as we wanted. They were high because I was diabetic for about a year and didn't know it and wasn't getting treatment whatsoever. I sent 3 days without taking it one time and was having horrible dizzy spells and palputations. The DR later increased it to 100mg. After about 3 months, I find my erections are not what they use to be and I have had trouble maintainig one recently. I only takle cozaar and metphormine. The mephormine has not changed in 2 years and I didn't notice any problems until 6 months ago. This is really concerning me | I'm thinking that 100mg may be too much for me. I've researched it on line and find there are some people that have reported similar effects on their erections while on the drug. But, there is a guy on here that says his got stronger. I don't know what to think. Any thoughts? I see my DR tomorrow and will probably ask him to drop the dosage. | M | 37 | 2 years | 6/2/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Diahhrea sometimes,neck and occasional headaches, very irritable and sometimes with pain in my joints,lightheadedness & some dizzyness.Strange feelings and pain in my body. I have been depressed for the first time in my life. can't sleep well at night, lots of swet, Insomnia, coughing and difficut to concentrate. Extreme fatigue, dry mouth, anxiety, rapid heartbeat sometimes - yes, LOTS of depression, LOTS of sweats, LOTS of disorientation and drowsiness too. | It's so amazing, I'm so glad I found this website too. I have been on Cozaar for 2 years, but didn't make the connection with Cozaar. I have talked to my doctor since the first week, but she told me this had nothin to do with the this drug. I could actually almost writ the most on this page om my side effects. Since I have been taking it for so long, I guess I have been through all of them :-). While I am writing this my left arm/elbow is hurting, I have been felling very strange all day before I came across this site, I will print this out and show my doctor, she can't just say this isn't true. | M | 41 | 2 years | 7/31/2008 | 2 | high bp | extreme joint, tendon pain (knees, calves, shoulders); allergic reaction in the throat -- coughing | taking cozaar and lopressor for five years. i hate them both, but they lower my bp. | M | 59 | 5 years | 9/9/2008 | 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 | 2 | ED, unable to achieve an erection sufficient for intercourse. Was fine until I started the Cozaar. | Many people complain about psychological depression while on Losartan Potassium. I was depressed but it was an odd kind of feeling - I would call it agrivated depression. I felt like someone was shouting in my ear all day. Nasty. I'm getting off Cozaar. | M | 62 | 120 days | 6/17/2009 | 2 | Hypertension | Light headed & vertigo. Sinus dryness and headaches. | Taking the drug for the first time. Its only been 4 days, so I'll wait and see if side effects subside. The reason I was put on Cozaar was because my hypertension was giving me dizzy spells. I went from feeling dizzy once and awile to feeling vertigo all the time. Not much of a cure so far. | M | 4 days | 8/31/2009 | 2 | Hypertension | Chest pain; anxiety | previously on Toprol XL, but changed due to joint pain and muscle fatigue. Had allergic reaction to Altace, then switched to Cozaar and am up to 100mg now. Have Developed chest pain after nearly any level of physical activity. Resting pulse varies greatly - from 50bpm to 150bpm, accompanied by anxiety above 100bpm. Obviously need to switch again, but what's next? | M | 51 | 21 days | 7/7/2008 | 2 | Hypertension | At 100mg dosage for hypertension: initial flushing, rapid onset of insomnia, shortness of breath (asthamtic), chest pain, angina pain and acid reflux. I should add that it did lower bp signficantly. | Losartan is probably one of the better monotherapies for hypertension available, especially if adequate bp control can be achieved at 50mg. At higher doses side effects appear more pronounced. My negative experience could relate to mild angiodema (which can occur with both ACE Inhibitors and ARB's). I reverted back to Perindopril 4mg for bp control. | M | 30 | 1 months | 7/13/2008 | 2 | border line high blood pressure | Dry mouth, hip pain,foot pain,chills,frequent urination in night,heart feels like fluttering,always tired,ringing in ears,heart races,pulse drops. | Was previously on Linisapril in which I had also side effects, my Dr. switched me to cozaar which helped but now having these side affects with this drug. I am on 50 mg and am 49 years old. Bp was 139/89. Now with cozaar it is 128/84. I do not think drugs are tested enough to show any dangerous effects from them. The drug companies seem to be only interested in the huge profits these products produce for them in the short term. disregarding the affects it has on people. | M | 49 | 2/4/2009 | 2 | hi BP | I had some wired coughing and choking sensation 6 month after taking it, my doctor stopped cozzar and put me on some other stuff. After one week, I still have the caught, so not really sure if was caused by cozaar. | I seems pretty harmless | M | 43 | 8 months | 1/22/2006 | 2 | High BP | One hour after starting on 50mg Cozaar, I noticed that my hearbeat was irregular. Took about 24 hours to return to normal. Stopped taking and will advise DR. of the side effect. Had heart irregularity and developed bad cough soon after starting on 300mg of Avapro, which is why Cozaar was prescribed. Guess I'll have to try something else. | M | 66 | 1 days | 9/25/2006 | 2 | high pp | hyzaar 100 took for 8 months, up from 50, lowered pp to 110 over-60-65 was tired all the time. Hart was fluttering dizzy couldn't sleep. Had to go to hospital thay ran test found out it was damaging my liver. Dr. took me off of it and I felt normal. BB was staying in the 132/83 adv. daily with no med. except htz 20mg. BB has high of 154's/ 87-91 and lowes of 120's/ | 70's but adv. at end of [taken ramdonly 7 times daily] day adv. as above. | M | 63 | 8 months | 3/16/2006 | 2 | Hypertension | I felt fatigue and anxiety much of the time on Cozaar, but it did bring down my HBP. | I don't trust many of these recent HBP drugs. Sure they are powerful, but at what cost? We are human guinea pigs that are testing the long term effects of these drugs, and we don't know if they are harmful or mutagenic in the long run! | M | 45 | 2 years | 1/27/2007 | 2 | HBP | After switching from Procardia becasue it was ineffective in reducing my Bp, I took the Cozaar for about 2 months without issues. Bp went down from 150/100 - 120/80. Then the daily headaches started. They were debilitating mucle tension type headaches in the back of the head and behind my eyes. Nothing would help these. Went to a different Dr. who put me on Benecar(sp)for a month. After 1.5 weeks headaches went away. After my Benecar ran out I went back on my Cozaar to see if the headaches would return, they did in 2 weeks. Now Dr. is trying Diovan 320 mg. I looked at the side effects for that - holy crap! I will give it a go, but it looks terrible! | M | 48 | 2.5 months | 10/17/2008 | 2 | High BP | *** This is an update to an early comment!*** *** M 41 2 years 7/31/2008 *** Diahhrea sometimes,neck and occasional headaches, very irritable and sometimes with pain in my joints,lightheadedness & some dizzyness.Strange feelings and pain in my body. I have been depressed for the first time in my life. can't sleep well at night, lots of swet, Insomnia, coughing and difficut to concentrate. Extreme fatigue, dry mouth, anxiety, rapid heartbeat sometimes - yes, LOTS of depression, LOTS of sweats, LOTS of disorientation and drowsiness too. | M 41 2 years 7/31/2008 I went to my doctor and told her of my feelings, after that I have quited the drug and since then life has been much better, and even my HBP is normal!!! amazing, even the doctor is amazed with it :-) I am not training more than before, actually less, but I do eat less salt food and sweets. I don't believe people is writing just for fun or to give the drug a bad name. But for me it worked onle sometimes and after a while i was depressed and all that negative stuff. | M | 41 | 10/25/2008 | 2 | BP | None | Didn;t seem to lower BP .. | M | 34 | 30 days | 5/10/2004 | 1 | high blood pressure | quite fatigued. tried once before for about a week - trying again. mood also lowered. 50 mg may be too high for me to start. | don't really know if side effects will go away or not. never been on the medication long enough to really know. All I know is that I need to take something and this is the first thing doctor gave me. not a happy camper...yet. | M | 54 | 2 days | 4/9/2004 | 1 | high blood presure | flu like feeling over all did not feel well this feeling would come and go lasting about 10 days at a time with about three weeks of feeling good befour the next time | M | 43 | 3 days | 4/30/2004 | 1 | For edema, I THOUGHT! | EDEMA! Also insomnia, pretty much about 75% of the side effects listed on Rx List! IT ALMOST KILLED ME. Also it kinda made me like a zombie.......READ THE SIDE EFFECTS of ANY MEDICINE BEFORE YOU TAKE IT! Go to http://www.healthsquare.com for the REAL TRUTH that Rx List MIGHT not tell you, Rx list.com is a COPY verbatim of the package insert - duh, like they are going to tell allllllll the bad stuff so you won't take the medicine?? There are other sites, too: Drugs.com, a pharmacist-sponsored site, but mostly HealthSquare will give you THE WHOLE TRUTH, ALL side effects etc. Go to ALL OF THEM and COLLECT INFO BEFORE YOU TAKE ANY DRUGS >>>>>>>>>>I WISH I HAD | People are not sufficienty warned about the side effects, especially is someone is having problems with EDEMA.....and notice change in personality or activity level. INDERAL has been around for a LONG TIME, it's safe and not much side effects, I've been on that for YEARS!!!!! COZAAR IS TOO NEW, they just got it apporved in 2003, stick with the ones that they KNOW THE SIDE EFFECTS and will PRINT THEM, because people have taken them long enough. COZAAR MESSES WITH TOO MANY SYSTEMS, and the way it works or its benefits are NOT CLEARLY STATED. ITS A RISK YOU DON | M | 43 | 90 days | 11/18/2003 | 1 | Hypertension | Cough, impotence, diarrhea, headaches. | Dr put me on it for hypertension, had to keep increasing the dose and my BP kept increasing. What a waste of money. Put me on Diovan and BP dropped to what doctor thought it should be at. Much fewer effects with Diovan, specifically impotence. | M | 33 | 4 months | 5/2/2006 | 1 | hypertension | impotency, depression, anxious. | NOT a good fit for me, after being off it for a week now I am still unable to maintain a full erection and still have brief periods of nerves. | M | 45 | 1 weeks | 7/19/2006 | 1 | hypertension | I have immediate reaction in form of severe headache, cold sweat, nause and vomitting. | M | 47 | 1 days | 7/19/2006 | 1 | hypertension | Blurred vision within 6 hours after taking. immediately stopped taking Cozaar and informed prescribing doctor. | M | 72 | 2 days | 8/2/2006 | 1 | HBP | I am on COZAAr again :-( I have failed to do the much needed exercise I had started back in junly, this due to too much work and my BP was somewhat very high. Doctor says I have to take or other med. I decided to give it a another chance, but I am back to the old side effects: cough, not sleeping well at night, dizzyness, very tired, forget things, get often more upseth with the kids and family, etc. I take it in the mornings right I stay up, 06:30/07:30 the doctor says is the best time, I have tried it at different times of the days, if I take it around noon (12) then I will have a hell of a day, complaining and upseth the whole family and or coleagues, I will have no fellings for no one, comments are though sincere which does not work in the real world now. Although sexual activity is the same or more actualy, and it is the same as last time, but off course I won't get much from the wife, while going around making lives difficult here at home :-( I try to controle it but can't get to | This is an update to early statements: Not satisfied with the drugg COZAAR, I have been on it since 2006 with a pause between july until 10/1/2008, doctor syas I have to take it or other stuff, since i had already I starte it on it again to give it another shot. Side effects are the same like last time, and again feel depressed and pain in the chest and stomach, dizzy and forget things. I explained to doctor all my side effects and doctor just laughed, It fels like she was happy I had to crawl back to the drug, since i failed to the planned training activity, but private work matters, makes the situation impossibel to train at he moment. Doctor doesn't believe my side effects are due to the drug, even i tried to shoe the results on this webpage, she just laughed at my face and said that off course there is always people outthere complaining about COZAAR, but it doesn't help me much complaining back. :- I had a BP unit recording for 24 hours, and it came with a few high results (60%) s | M | 41 | 3 years | 12/31/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | intense pain throughout my feet, intense lower back (kidney area) pain, joint pain/ stiffness, headache | these side effects were within 14 hours after ONE pill. my doctor is trying to find a medication that i can tolerate, but out of all of the HBP medications i've tried in the last 3 months, this one is by far the worst. side effects listed were intense and practically immediate. i will not take this drug anymore. | M | 37 | 1 days | 5/24/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | My doctor (cardiologist) wants me to take 100 mg of Cozaar each day. My blood pressure is 135/90. | Thank you so very much for your comments and experiences with Cozaar. I will NOT take it. I have decided to greatly reduce my caffeine and alcohol consumption, excercise regularly and lose some weight! | M | 56 | 0 days | 12/4/2008 | 1 | High BP | I have a BP of 135/100 give or take 10 points at times. I was taking avalide and had dramatic increases to my heart rate, my normal was around 65 went up to 100. Also caused fatigue. Dr. gave me Cozaar, 50mg dose to try. It got my BP down to a normal range, no High pulse rate, BUT headaches every day. I woke this AM and the knee pain was extreme. Only painful in the right knee. This was after a restfull Saturday without any exercise or work that could cause the hobbling. I've got to go off of this, am going to try something else. | M | 58 | 21 days | 12/14/2008 | 1 | Hypertension | Fatigue, Muscle weakness, Extremely winded after 15 minutes of cardio exercise, sore joints in arms, slight insomnia, nasal congestion-not as bad as Benicar gave me, | was taking 25mg, product not working for me, less side effects than Benicar, was on Calan for 12 years, switched to ARBII products for 6 months, but now going back on CCB product Norvasc. | M | 42 | 3 months | 2/29/2008 | 1 | HBP | Warm feeling in feet after 3 days of taking 100 mg. Stopped taking for 4 days and experienced severe fatigue. Started taking again and side effects got worse. Here are a few- insomnia, anxiety, rapid heatbeat/fluttering, severe depression, nightmares, lack of concentration, loss of sex drive and erection, sweats, rattling chills, severe headache and neck pain, stuffiness, choking sensation from a feeling of having a finger down my throat which caused nausea. Side effects not all at once. Some would dissipate for days then return. The longer I was on it the more intense they got. I can't handle the anxiety and depression. I feel like I am literally losing my mind. I want to sleep it off but I can't. What a miserable experience. I am scared to take anything else. I think I'll become a vegetarian, cut all salt and exercise like CRAZY! | This medicine was given to me as a sample. This medicine, to me, hasn't been researched long enough. | M | 31 | 4 weeks | 1/17/2008 | 1 | Hight bp | Extreme fatigue. Low energy levels really infringing on my quality of life. I think I'll stop this after reading all the corresponding reviews here. | M | 38 | 2.5 months | 5/12/2007 | 1 | Protect Kidneys from diabetes | I begin taking two 500mg Metformin tablets in 2003 to regulate my blood sugar. With excellent functioning of my kidneys and no sign of problems, in 2007 my doctor recommended going on a daily regiment of 25mg cozaar to protect my kidneys over time. For over 20 years, I've been an avid walker. Early into the cozaar regiment I experienced no problems taking the pill. However, after about the 13th month into the regiment I begin to feel numbness in my left foot and loss of feeling in the knee joint of my right leg. In 14th month I begin experiencing extreme difficulty in getting and maintaining an erection. Additionally, when an erection came, it was not firm at all. In about 18th month I could not get an erection at all. Prior to both the numbness and erection problem I had never experienced a problem in these areas. Recognizing that I was doing fine before taking cozaar, I decided to search for an Internet chat room to see what others might be saying about this drug. This lead | While I thought cozaar was just a kidney protection drug when it was recommended by my endocrinologist, the research revealed that its being used for a variety of medical conditions, i.e., high blood pressure, hypertension and a few others. This suggest that the drug is still being tested to see which, if any, of these conditions it is best suited. Cozaar may prove to be very beneficial as a kidney protector for some persons with Type II diabetes, but for now, its not for me. Much more data is needed that provide definitive results on cozaar. | M | 61 | 20 months | 7/12/2009 | 1 | Prevention of Kidney Disease | Was taking lisinopril for several years and was switched to Cozaar because of the ACE inhibitor cough. Sex drive decreased immensely within two weeks of starting Cozaar. I'm 43 and would much rather have the cough than not wanting to make love to my wife. Will be speaking to MD this week. | M | 43 | 3 weeks | 10/27/2009 | 1 | High BP | SEVERE depression. Fatigue. Feelings of hopelessness. Feeling like I still had to go to the bathroom after going to the bathroom (incomplete emptying of bladder). | Be really careful about taking this if you are on any anti-depressants or ADD medications!!!! | M | 38 | 19 days | 8/22/2008 | 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 | Excellent experience after severe cough and low peak flow with Lisionopril. | F | 64 | 14 days | 5/30/2005 | 5 | blood pressure | F | 2 years | 1/17/2004 | 5 | Hypertension | Some slight lightheadedness if I get up too fast. Nothing I can't live with. | I love it. It keeps my pressure very low and stable with minimal side effects. | F | 37 | 2 years | 3/8/2005 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
