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 | High Blood Pressure | BP back to normal but I feel horrible. Everything hurts - joints & muscles, no energy, broke out in blisters that won't heal, gained weight, my hair is falling out and I am angry all the time. | I am also taking Crestor so I don't know if that is the cause of some of my problems as well. I think I will take my chances by watching my diet and getting more exercise. I've never been a fan of doctors or prescription drugs. | F | 59 | 6 months | 7/14/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, was 150 lbs jumped up to 210 lbs after taking Diovan 320 for 1 year. Joint pain, bloating, ED, head aces, blurred vision, ringing in ears, flu like symptoms | Blood pressure goes up and down, but never gets to the normal range, from 160/100 up to 220/110. This stuff makes me sick. Stopping it now no matter what doc says, maybe I will be able to get it hard again!! | M | 59 | 1 years | 7/12/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I took Diovan for just a matter of days, but I'm going off of it today. Couldn't continue because it made me feel simply terrible - no energy - heart palpitations - sleeplessness - confusion. I am not exaggerating when I say it feels like my entire system CRASHED. I don't wish this on anyone, BUT every person is unique. If Diovan works for you, stay with it and don't be influenced by anything but how your body feels. It's very hard to find a blood pressure medication with tolaerable side effects ... or imagine ... no side effects? | F | 59 | 4 days | 8/16/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | Weight gain of over 10 lbs in 3 months, dry feeling inside nose,stuffy nose,sore throat, coughing all day,incessantly at night,enough to keep me awake, dry mouth, itchy scalp, dry brittle fingernails,were long before,tired all the time,would fall asleep in watching tv and couldn't force myself to wake up, no motivation,pain in kidney area | stopped taking 3 days ago and already feel as if my thoughts are clearer----dr.wants to put me on releven but believe i will try herbal remedy instead, this is the first drug i have ever taken, don't believe in them---now I know why | M | 59 | 3 months | 5/9/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I have gained about 10 lbs all in my waist area that keeps getting bigger. Hair thinning, nausea every morning, dry cough and bloody nose often in Winter especially. Stomach seems distended and bloated all the time. Often feel depressed and tired always. Have no energy to do much of anything. Aches in joints and often get a stiff neck. | M | 59 | 4 months | 5/25/2008 | 1 | High blood pressure | My insurance wil not pay for Diovan. Valsartan made me crippled and increased my BP to 160/100. I am getting off this before it gives me a stroke. | The generic is not the same as the brand. | 59 | 1 years 169 mg | 9/19/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | Exhausted, depressed, achey, listless, sat and stared for hours. This crept up on me over a period of three years,diarrhea daily, urinate every 30 minutes with hardly any voiding, and with NO water pills | F | 59 | 320mg 1X day | 8/11/2011 Patient History | 1 | High Blood Presssure | Stomach ailment, heart burn, severe low back pain, legs ache, tired, no sex drive, weight gain. | F | 59 | 18 months 160mg 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 1 | HBP | Two very strange infections that won't go away. Confusion. Hard to think. Low back pain. Ears ringing. Loss of libido. Tremors. Neck pain. | At first it was great but a week in some of the changes started. BP normally 145-150/90-95 but doctor says to high. I run two miles a day (for life) or bike 70 minutes. Heart doc says my cardio system is great except for BP. I am stopping Diovan this morning. Actually, cut in half for a week. See if infection clears up. Have tried 10 BP meds and got all adverse reactions and side effects. Ten year fight to control elevated BP. Not worth it. I will continue to run and ride my bike. Oh, and watch out for enalipril. It is a real bad med. | M | 59 | 45 days 80 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 1 | Elevated blood pressure | At first, my BP dropped immediately. Other than some initial intestinal discomfort and urgency, minimal impact. After about 5 weeks, I began feeling lightheaded, dizzy, nauseous, anxious with muscle aches and was losing lots of my little remaining hair (I have an auto-immune illness that can cause hair loss.) I thought it was my other illness kicking in. After I almost fainted several times and flu-like symptoms continued, I began to suspect Diovan. | Alopecia (hair loss) is listed as one of Diovan's "post-marketing experience" findings in the PDR. Stopped taking it about a week ago and most of the side effects have greatly diminished or disappeared . . . except for the hair loss. June 2006 | F | 59 | 7 weeks | 6/12/2006 | 1 | mild high blood presure | Side effects were awful and until I found this forum I thought my recent surgery had been a waste. My sinuses were swollen, back pain, ringing in the ears, tingling in legs, feet and face. Blurred vision and scratchy eyes as well. As another stated I felt as if I had been hit by a Mack truck. | I was put on this med by a doc awhile back. Had no clue that it was the cause of the sinus/ear pressure I was suffering with among the many other side effects I was experiencing. Recently had endoscopic sinus surgery that I am sure now that I really didn't need had I of just gone off of this horrible medicine. I am angry because I was feeling so bad and so looked forward to having the sinus surgery and feeling better. When the symptoms didn't resolve after surgery I was sure that my medical problems were much deeper only to find later that Diovan HCTZ was the culprit. I was robbed of my recovery period of feeling better immediately after surgery. The days of me just taking whatever the doc prescribes are gone. Will check ask a patient first before taking any new scripts. Will definately work ahead on a homeopathic measure to rectify my BP problems. | F | 59 | 90 days | 9/17/2007 | 5 | Hypertension | None | M | 60 | 1.5 years | 6/26/2004 | 5 | High BP | I took Diovan for a couple years and then I had to switch to an Ace Inhibitor because of price. I got a cough that was so annoying and unneccessary that I switched back to Diovan. I have put weight on...is it the Diovan or is it turning 60?? I like it better though. | F | 60 | 4 months | 5/14/2006 | 5 | High blood pressure | Anxiety, eczema, psoriasis, insomnia, brain fog & rash in ears. | I took the diovan 7 years & changed to the generic since 2012. The rashes has been terrible. Every doctor I saw would just say there were so many things that could cause the rashes ( eczema & psoriasis). I’ve been having Light Treatments on my hands because I wanted a treatment that didn’t involve steroids all the time. I saw a NP and talked her into changing my Meds. She was hesitant but after my crying spell she agreeded. She did give me a steroid shot because my excema was so bad. Two months has gone by and I’ve not had to do my Light Treatment or put drops in my ear or used steroid cream on my face. Also sleeping very well and not waking up itching all the time. I’m starting a diet to see if I can get my BP down naturally. | F | 60 | 18 years 160 12.5 | 3/9/2018 | 5 | High blood pressure | none whatsoever | guess I am the lucky one in the group | F | 60 | 1 years | 10/6/2009 | 4 | High blood pressure | Only one time with eating a grapefruit became slightly flushed | Would like to eventually get lower dosage and get off of it | F | 60 | 7 years 320 | 10/29/2015 | 4 | hypertension | M | 60 | 6 months | 11/9/2006 | 4 | hbp | teeth nerves die | M | 60 | 3 years 160mg 1X day | 6/30/2011 | 3 | To lower my BP | I'm experiencing ringing in my ears and occasionally some dizziness on Diovan. There are times when I feel I'm in a brain fog, finding it difficult to verbalize my ideas. Recently I've had some episodes of low blood pressure, the most recent being tonight with a BP reading of 79/58. It's much lower than the other times so I am concerned. I googled Diovan side effects and low BP is one of them. I plan to see my doctor tomorrow and will take my BP monitor with me. My Dr. placed me on Diovan 4 years ago because my BP was ranging from 140/80 to 152/90. I am on quite few meds for numerous health issues and some are known to elevate BP. I'm no longer on prednisone and amytriptiline so I'm thinking that there might no longer be a need to take Diovan. I'll discuss this with my Dr tomorrow. | Has anyone experience drops in blood pressure while on Diovan? | F | 60 | 4 years 80mg 1X day | 10/17/2011 | 3 | hi blood pressure | extreme anxiety and` palpitations...felt better upon discontinuing but my dr. was mad at me...has to be a better way...anxiety caused de-personalization and de-realization effects...just awful... | 160 mgs reduced BP from 160/110 to 130/90...in approx. 2 weeks...cannot tolerate anxiety attacks... | M | 60 | 2 weeks | 12/26/2004 |