DIOVAN Reviews (VALSARTAN)Average Rating: 2.0 (776 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DIOVAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | I have a Idiot Doctor in a HMO | THIS STUFF IS JUNK! IT BELONGS IN THE TRASH CAN ! SIMPLE AS THAT! IF YOUR DOCTOR GIVES YOU THIS CRAP.. THROW IT AWAY AND DEMAND SOMETHING DIFFRENT - IT HAS MORE SIDE EFFECTS THAN MOST B.P DRUGS ON THE MARKET TODAY! YES ITS BEEN RECALLED BEFORE AND THEN RE-RELEASED AGAIN IN A PILL FORM SAME JUNK JUST IN PILL FORM WANT YOUR EYES MESSED UP HEADACHES BODY ACHES STOMACH PAINS AND CRAMPING WAIGHT GAIN.. THINNING HAIR AND TWITCHING EYEBALLS YOU NAME IT , IT HAPPENS BAD STUFF ! | DIOVAN IS BAD NEWS ALL AROUND! IF YOU WANT BLURR VISISON AND WINKING EYEBALLS ALL THE TIME, AND STOMACH CRAMPS AND PAINS THAT ARE NON STOP! HEADACHES THAT COME AND GO! IT REALLY SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET BY THE FDA.. BUT HEY IM JUST A OLD FART! SOON I WILL BE GONE FROM THIS WORLD! BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY! SCREW THE HMO SYSTEMS! THEY DONT WORK! AND MOST DOCTORS IN THEM ARE NON CAREING IDIOTS, PAID TO PUSH DRUGS ON US GINNY PIG PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE! AND GET SCREWED IN THE END! BEST TO GET OFF THE DRUGS! IF YOU CAN AND GO NATURAL OR ? I THINK DOG POOP WOULD BE BEST TO TAKE ,THAN DIOVAN! AT LEAST YOU WOULDNT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS ! ONLY BAD BREATH ! WHAT DO I KNOW ? | M | 94 | 5 years | 8/22/2007 | 1 | B.P WAS HIGH | I CANT COUNT THE SIDE EFFECTS BLURR VISION EYE LIDS SWELL UP HARD TO OPEN WHEN WAKING UP. THROAT CLOSES WHEN EATTING MASSTIVE BIG HEADACHES CHEST PAINS BACK PAINS LEGS ACHE ARMS ACHE NOSE RUNS NUMBNESS IN HANDS AND FEET AT TIMES MEMORY LOSS EARS RING WANT MORE IM OUT OF INK | DONT TAKE THIS CRAP DRUG ! STAY AWAY FROM DIOVAN ITS BAD BAD BAD NASTY BAD DRUG! IF YOUR DOCTOR WANTS YOU TO TAKE IT- DONT ! REFUSE HIM OR HER ! AND ALWAYS CHECK OTHER BRANDS OR PILLS THEY HAND OUT TO YOU GENERIC TYPES SAME CRAP SOMETIMES WITH DIFFRENT NAMES .. DONT TAKE DIOVAN ! DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD ! | M | 92 | 3 years | 8/31/2007 | 1 | high bloood pressure | Dizziness, lightheadedness, severe stomach pain, diarrhea, flu-like symptoms, tired | M | 92 | 4 weeks | 1/7/2010 | 1 | hypertention | Hair loss!! my hair is fall out by the handfulls! chest pains! shoulder pains! throat closing when eatting! vision goes wild blurring,bright light bothers me!waight gain belly has gone to fat !beer belly blues! gas im a fart factory! belching trapped gas heartburn! sore in nose hole, nose runs when eatting foods cant sleep! palpiations on and off, joints ache headaches ! | this drug isnt good! it lowers the b.p down but wow!packs a punch for side effects! should be taken off the market! isnt there somekind of medication without such bad side effects ,that works ! for high b.p???? doctors better wise up! and start testing these drugs before they freely hand them out ! as these do more harm than good !! | M | 87 | | 10/21/2006 | 1 | anxiety,higher bp | M | 84 | 10 days 320mg 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Swelling of the face, lips and eye. Upset stomach, halucenogenic dreams,fatigue, loss of appetite,anxiety to name a few. | Been off the drug for 11 days and still have the side effects. No one can tell me when I can expect to feel better. Wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. | M | 83 | 45 days 40 mg. 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | Absolutely destroyed my ability to walk more than a block without leg cramps and feeling like I was going to faint. Extremely painful knees and various aching muscles. Also, can't even stand still for more than 10 or 15 minutes without feeling the same way. | I have taken this drug off and on to try to control my BP, for 2 months this time and about 6 months last time.. Also many others and nothing really works, especially the systolic. By forgetting to take Diovan 2 days in a row, I found out that the awful pain in my left knee went away !!!!!Also found this site and it is obvious that can be a side effect of Diovan. I feel very fortunate that this time I asked my DR for half strength of what he gave me before. Also, if you take it with food, it cuts down on the effectiveness and I am less likely to faint. I now take 80mg/12.5 diuretic , with food. I cannot believe what heavy dosages doctors are prescribing for patients with what seem to me to be relatively low ! HBP!! I started on hydrochlorozide 30 years ago and that was all for about 10 years . My only other drug has been and still is, Armour thyroid, because of having my thyroid gland removed 60 years ago. Guess what, I am old, 81 in June.. I am afraid to stop BP medicine entirely beca | F | 81 | 2 months | 5/24/2008 | 1 | High Blood pressure | My doctors will not admit that my symptoms are side effects. I think it is because the PDR is no longer in a book, but on the net at a cost of one thousand dollars a year. Many cannot afford this so they only know what the salesman tells them. I got diabetis, gloucoma, diarehia, eye flashes, left eye swollen, knee and ankle pain, horrible tenitis, night sweats, etc. I stopped the Diovan and will try a natural New Chapter drug that attacks HBP from three paths. I do worry that the glaucoma and diabetes will not go away. The other symptoms are gone after four days without Diavon. [email protected] | M | 80 | 2 months | 7/3/2008 | 1 | Blood pressure | Extreme joint pain | My grandmother took Diovan for a brief period of time and experienced such extreme joint pain, she told me she was praying to die. Some days she had little or no movement of her arms. One day, she couldn't get out of her chair. She has been off of the drug for a few months now and has not recovered. I'm angry. | F | 80 | 10 days | 12/4/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | My mom is getting out of the hospital on Saturday from EXTREME side effects of Diovan. She was on Diovan(only med she was taking) for 2 years, and in June '07 the side effects began. First she had a stiff neck. Her dr. ordered an MRI. Nothing showed. So he ordered physical therapy. Within a week, her arms were hurting so bad she couldn't use them. My dad bought a lift recliner so she could get out of a chair. The dr. sent her to an orthopedic surgeron who took more MRI's. Nothing. Now nausea and urination problems began. The orthopedic sent her to a neurologist, but before the neurology appointment, dizziness began that was so severe she was 100% bedridden. We drove her to the ER where she was admitted. More dr.s (8 total, including a psychiatrist), and NOT ONE DR. looked at her one med, Diovan. The Diovan wasn't bringing down her blood pressure so then they doubled the dose. Now she had confusion, became incontinent, and was totally unable to eat. IV's kept her alive. One night | But do you think one single dr. will admit guilt? Of course not! They are giving every reason (except withdrawing from Diovan) for why she is perfectly well now. Mom is back to normal, calling every day and we are all so relieved. The side effect I believe she would have had next is heart failure. I believe 100% that Mom would have died and we would never have known why. Moral of this? Take your health care into your own hands! Don't rely on doctors to save you. | F | 80 | 2 years | 9/27/2007 | 4 | high B.P. | some blurriness once in a while,some hair loss. | I had been taking an ace inhibitor and was always coughing. My cardioligist prescribed 16o .mg of Diovan. It kept my blood pressure down to 120/74 all that time. Once in a while I was a little lightheaded. Now my BP has spiked up to 150/84. He wants me to double up on the Diovan and cut out the potassium pills I had been taking because of Lasix for water retention. I am a little fearful of this but will try anyway. The hair loss didn't bother me, because most of it is gone anyway. I have a scheduled blood test in two weeks to see if it has affected my kidneys and liver. I hope for the best. | M | 78 | 6 years 160 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 1 | mild hypertension | Bloating, distension abdomen, excessive urination, lower back pain, pains in lower legs, felt very ill, | This is a dangerous drug that should be taken off the market. It made the blood pressure higher not lower. The dr. attributed stomach distension and bloating to IBS I never had in my l.ife and a pharmacist didmt know the side effects other than getting a virus and headache. | F | 78 | 3 months | 10/30/2008 | 1 | h.b.p | Headaches! lazy tired feeling, lightheaded, dizzyness and spells! blurred visison, eyes messed up due to this drug! ringing in ears tentinitus! dry mouth, cramps everywhere very bad! chest pains ! throat closing on its own! nose runs ,sore in nose! pimples on scalp! HAIR LOSS AND THINNING HAIR !! BALDNESS CAN HAPPEN AND HIVES!!!! | How can Anyone anywhere take this DRug Diovan! Doctors love it ! and push it on us! what liers they are!! this chemical nightmare drug causes more Harm than good!its not worth taking! im reading all the peoples reports on this drug WOW!!blows my Mind! Yet the FDA wont do anything about it ? It should be taken off the Market! its Pure trash to take ! | M | 78 | 1 years | 11/4/2007 | 1 | HORRIBLE EFFECTS, FATIGUE - MY ENERGY DROPPED OUT OF ME. | IT WAS DIFFICULT GETTING MY MD TO ACCEPT MY SIDE EFFECTS, I WAS TOLD TO JUST KEEP PUSHING THROUGH... IMPOSSIBLE. FINALLY I STOPPED TAKING THE MEDICATION AND BEGAN TO FEEL STRONGER AND IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED I WAS TAKING TO MUCH DIOVAN/VALSARTAN AND IT WAS DISCONTINUED. | F | 78 | 2 months 160 MG 1X day | 11/23/2015 | 1 | bp | Joint pain, depression, rapid weight loss, blurred vision, skin rash, this poison ruined my lfe. | M | 78 | 60 days 40 mg | 11/27/2019 | 2 | high blood pressure | muscle aches in lower back,and cough. | F | 77 | 4 weeks | 9/26/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | eyes numb hoarse dizzy | F | 77 | 7 months | 9/29/2002 | 1 | hypertension | Started itching and diagnosed with nummular eczema. Developed large coin shaped circles on my body with excruciating itching. Went to 4-5 dermatologist --all said I had eczema. Placed on various creams and finally steroids for the itching. Have been allergic to sulphur for 40 years but no one checked me for it with this pill. Researched online and discovered source of problem...Diovan. Stopped taking it and Stopped itching. Stopped breaking out in those circles. On another med now and doing better. Will never take this drug again. | F | 77 | 1 days 160-25 1X day | 11/24/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | At first BP normalized. Than episodes of waves of feeling unwell, heartpalitations, tight chest. Ended up 7 times in Emergency with sensation of having heart attack in the early morning waking up from nightmares and BP spikes of 200/110. Chronic cough and sore throat. After a few hours surviance and tests no diagnoses could be found. Dr. Recommended anxiety medication plus meds for possible acid reflex. I refused to take medication for side effects. Dr. dismissed cause could be diovan. Being reassured of a strong heart I stopped taking Diovan. Monitoring my BP continued with leftover amlodipine. Not a perfect reading, systolic high, diastolic ok. Going to ask for more blood and thyroid tests and pushing to find a cause rather than treating symptoms. I am an active energetic senior and feel strong and healthy. | F | 77 | 12 months 160mg | 7/1/2019 | 5 | HBP | None really. Just feel the heat and sweat a lot and wondered if that is caused by the medication. Anyone else? | F | 76 | 0 years 160 1X day | 8/9/2022 |
DIOVAN (VALSARTAN): Valsartan is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. It is also used to improve the chance of living longer after a heart attack. In people with heart failure, it may also lower the chance of having to go to the hospital for heart failure. Valsartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. FDA Approval Date: 1996-12-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)