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| 2 | Blood Pressure | Because my insurance company refuses to let me continue with Diovan, I jave been on and off Valsartan for the past couple years. With it I have nausea, insomnia, blurry vision, am dizzy and fall asleep at work. The generic is NOT the same as Diovan. Yes it does work to keep my bp down. | I want the insurance company to stop trying to save themselves money at the expense of my health. Give me back my diovan. | F | 61 | 2 years 80 | 8/13/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Edema | Retaining water everywhere especially feet | F | 61 | 4 months 40 mg 1X day | 5/2/2022 | 1 | High blood pressure | Dry cough so bad I had to start using pads again or I would wet my pants. Pain in chest, joint pain, head ache, vivid nightmares, depression, waking up at night. | I started out with another bp medicine I can't remember the name & start a dry cough a few days into it I did not connect it with the bp meds, the medicine did not help with my bp so I talked to my Dr. so she said she would change me to Diovan, she mentioned that the first medication had a dry cough side effect anyway so that's when I knew I got the dry cough from the bp med. I stopped taking the 1st bp med and my dry cough stopped. I started taking the Diovan and within a week the dry cough started again. I am so miserable I can't do anything I feel so depressed I can't get out of bed on the weekends and force myself to work, have headaches & joint pains and can't sleep on my right side because of pain in my right lung and cough the whole time. The only way I can get any sleep is on my left side with two pillows holding up my arem. I actually felt like I would like to kill myself a few times. I told my Dr. & she said to stop taking the Diovan. It has now been a week but I am still coughing & tired & in pain. She wants me to start taking Norvasc 10mg for the bp but I am waiting until my cough goes away. Now I will look up that bp med and see what people have to say about it. This is a catch 22 you are screwed if you don't take the meds & screwed if you do. | F | 61 | 1 months 1X day | 2/8/2010 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Lethargy, joint pain, light headediness, general malaise. Abdominal bloating and pain. | I was led to believe these symptoms were related to my general physical condition and age, although I have no other major health issues and believe I am am in decent shape. Stopped taking Diovan four days ago and almost every symptom disappeared. My blood pressure reading did jump up, but I felt better and more energetic than I have in over a year. Because of the blood presure increase I took a Diovan tab and the symptoms all returned. I am going to seek the advice of a new cardiologist and hopefully get on one of the medicines suggested by others on this site. | M | 61 | 1 years 40 mg 1X day | 9/10/2010 | 5 | HTN | no side effect like no take medication | high efficacy in BP reduction with no side effect found | M | 62 | 5 times | 4/12/2006 | 4 | Very high BP | Negative: Daily, numerous, unexplained coughing spells that start with a "tickle" in my throat. I use cough meds and drops to counter-act. On plus side, Diovan lowered my BP to a safer range. | My BP was 198/120 (stroke range!) when I was prescribed meds. Tried other meds which lowered BP but had more side effects. Am trying to lose weight, so I can hopefully take a smaller dosage of Diovan. | F | 62 | 180 days 160 1X day | 3/7/2010 | 4 | High BP | Jesus all mighty, I thought I was going nuts, eyes swelling, crying, light headed, lethargy, but most off all I thought I was up for a cerebral scan why? due to that unberable ear ringing every time I woke up!! I was waiting for a cerebral stroke, my joints were stiff. Doctor said take two a day 80mg, i took only one & was supossed to take also Isoptin SR 240mg can u imagine? The wife gave me the idea about the posibilities that one or more of this drugs was the reason for my going bezerk!! Discontinued wold take it ocassionally, please take care! | M | 62 | 2 months | 12/23/2007 | 4 | High blood pressure | After ten or more years under this drug I start suffering for Tinnitus , lightheadeness, tachicardia, severe hair loss skin rash and insomnia among others simptons | F | 62 | 10 years 160/20 | 12/12/2013 | 3 | high BP | I can not sleep!! if I fall asleep then wake up I have strong palpitations; Wide swings in BP values | F | 62 | 3 days | 8/30/2007 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | After reading reviews I find I have had alot of the same symptoms especially burning mouth. Fatigue also. quality of life just not there. | Have tried different meds but this one works good to maintain BP but didn't realize what it is doing to my body. | F | 62 | 7 years | 10/17/2008 | 2 | high blood pressure | Weight gain! I gained 5 pounds the first month, asked the doctor and he said it wasn't the medication. Gained 5 more pounds both of the next two months and doctors said it wasn't the med. Had a constant gnawing sensation in my stomach that was relieved by eating. Also flare ups of the diverticulor disease I have. Lazy not energy not caring about life or doing anything other than sitting. Feeling joint pains and back pains when I do get up. Hasn't lowered the BP very much at all. Taking 160 mg daily, about to stop. Headaches come on which I thought were due to BP but now may be thinking they are caused by the med. And this is the best of the lot for me of all have tried! If it effectively lowered the BP I might be willing to take it anyway but I am still elevated quite a bit. I have lowered it naturally on a stringent low salt diet. | I have taken it on and off for 12-15 months. I take it until I can't take the weight gain and other side effects. Stop and start but have been on for a consistent 9 months. | F | 62 | | 4/2/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, hair loss, fatigue, stomach pains, depression, severe headache on left side of head | I mentioned to my Dr. that my weight increased by 10 pounds after starting Diovan. He disregarded my concerns. The med is expensive and just isn't doing the job lowering my pressure. Unfortunately I take three (yes 3) meds in attempts to lower my pressure (Ziac, Clonidine & Diovan). It isn't working. My pressure raises to 188/135 on occasion. I fear a stroke. I don't even know which meds to blame for which side effects. I'm going to Mayo Clinic to seek another opinion. | F | 62 | 6 months 1X day | 11/12/2010 | 1 | hbp | i developed the worst cold of my life,and I rarely get colds. I had to go on antibiotics.I felt so badly that I just wanted to die.It lasted for 10 days.I then began to have muscle pain and joint pain.Everytime I got up, I was in agony. My body felt that it weighed a thousand pounds. I also had dry mouth,and a slight dry cough. My neck,knees and wrists were very achy. It increased my appetite esp.late at night. I have stopped taking this poision two weeks ago, and now feel very nauseated with lack of appetite. When I do eat a meal, I later feel queasy,and sweaty where saliva fills my mouth accompanied with a bitter taste. I am starting to get nervous that I will never feel good again. This medicine also gave made me feel cold. I WAS MISERABLE!! DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN! DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN!!DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN!! how about a class action law suit?????????? | DO NOT TAKE THIS POISION. | F | 62 | 30 days 60 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Diarrhea started after a couple of days on this drug. It borders on making me incontinent. I won't live this way and will split the drug to see if it helps with the problem or go off it altogether. My doctor is overly-aggressive about treating bp when my readings are about right for someone my age (140/80 with Norvasc and Atenolol). I need to get her under control more than the bp, I guess. | M | 62 | 6 weeks 320 MG 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 1 | High blood pressure | Extreme light headedness, fatigue | This is a terrible drug! I went off it 3 days ago because I can't think anymore (too light headed). STILL dizzy. Very scared | F | 62 | 3 months 80 mg 1X day | 1/19/2013 | 1 | Borderline Hypertension | After approximately three weeks on Diovan (80 mg once per day) I begin to experience ocular obscurations (wavy lines and distortions to vision) in my left eye. These are sometimes referred to as ocular migraines. After six weeks I experienced a permanent partial loss of vision in my left eye - similar to the loss some individuals taking Viagra have reported recently. (Note: I have not taken Viagra or any similar drug.) At the time this vision loss occurred I had also been taking Tricor 48 mg for one month to lower blood Triglycerides. These are the only two prescription medications I have ever taken on a regular basis. I take one aspirin per day (325 mg) per physicians recommendation. I am otherwise generally healthy and exercise daily including bicycling, tennis, treadmill, etc | M | 62 | 6 weeks | 7/11/2005 | 1 | Mom took it for high blood pressure | My mother developed a mass in the neck just six months after starting the diovan, which turned out to be cancer. | Prior to starting Diovan, I read that there was a "small" chance that Diovan could cause cancer. Well sure enough, that "small" chance happened to my mom in early 2012. By October 2012, despite beating the cancer, she died from complications caused my the effects of cancer treatment. I subsequently started a website that I hope can raise more awareness about the dangers of prescription drugs. www.couponsforacause.org. | F | 62 | 1.5 years 1X day | 11/25/2013 | 1 | Hypertension | Fatigue, lethargic, depression and a feeling of hopelessness, dry mouth. | F | 62 | 1 months 160 1X day | 5/25/2015 | 1 | HBP | Hair Loss, Skin Rash, can't sleep | F | 62 | 27 days | 5/25/2009 | 1 | Blood pressure | Developed Hepatitis after 8 years use. | I was not informed that the drug was metabolized in the liver and that it could cause liver damage over prolonged use. The Hepatitis I developed was misdiagnosed by my Dr. because a biopsy showed no apparent cause. I was treated for autoimmune Hepatitis for two years which was totally unnecessary. | M | 62 | 8 years 80 1X day | 3/27/2016 |