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 |
| 2 | HBP | Great at lowering BP to 105/55. Side effects included all day headaches, most of the day tinnitus and lightheadedness. All BP meds have potential side effects. Apparently I don't tolerate them well. I'm going to start amlodipine (Norvasc) and ditch the Diovan. | M | 67 | 3 months 160 mg | 3/16/2012 | 1 | Hypertension | Erectile Dysfunction | Started Diovan 160 5 years ago.No problems first year.Then had intermittent erectile dysfunction problems for several weeks.Now after 5 years I'm totally impotent.Stopped Diovan for five days,replaced with Benazepriel 20.No sex problems.Wife was amazed.But Benazepriel 20 didn't control blood pressure like Diovan did.When you read about Diovan and other ARB drugs you're told they improve sex problems.In my case,that's absolute BS. | M | 67 | 5 years 160 1X day | 12/20/2012 | 1 | Elevated BP 140's over high 80's | ER, loss of hair, ringing in ears, BP still fluctuates greatly | I was switched from Toprol, amlodopine, etc to 320 mg Toprol 18 months ago. I had all the referenced side effects that only worsened with time so I cut dosage in half myself and then told Dr. He okayed what I had done but wanted me to stay on 160 mg and I want off. I chart my reading 5-6 x's /day, do 30 min. of walking, & 30 min. of weights all to keep muscle tone and circulation healthy. I am losing too much hair, don't sleep well and then want to doze off a few times during the day(BUT FIGHT NOT TO DO IT) , still have tinnitus and severly question what other damage is being done. I started acupuncture today and will eventually ween off the Diovan, depending on my future readings. If they remain the same or improve, I am dumping Diovan down the Toilet. I am an otherwise healthy person. AARP recently ran an article of a study done at NYU of Buffalo-Dr. Issas claiming BP for those over 65 is normal when in 140/90+-. I am growing fearful of Dr.'s just putting me on a conveyor belt of Med's as I age because that is what is expected of them and they don't all address the real condition of the patient! glta | M | 67 | 380 days 320 initia 1X day | 6/20/2011 | 1 | Blood Pressure | After taking for two days, I noticed a very bad rash on my left breast in which I had cancer two years ago. Of course, you can imagine my concern so off to the doctor I go this morning. I am also experiencing extreme vertigo - can barely lift my head. This is a terrible drug. Will report back later with report from my oncologist. This drug was a replacement for a drug (Benicar) I was taking which is no longer being manufactured. | M | 67 | 2 days | 1/27/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Profound dizziness and, for the first time in my life, depression | My heart specialist immediately switched me to Caduet (an internist had perscribed Diovan) -- not one symptom since. Go, Caduet. | F | 67 | 60 days | 3/31/2009 | 1 | HP | Tired, ache, memory loss, irratibility,anxious | M | 67 | 1 days | 5/30/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Did an controls the blood pressure BUT it causes so many side effects as listed in other posts. This requires many additional meds due to side effects. Insomnia and low energy are most debilitating. Dr continues to say it can't be causing the problems. | The comments on this site finally validate my concerns. I am trying half dosage for a while | F | 67 | 8 years 320 | 11/24/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | F | 67 | 8 years 320 | 11/18/2014 | 1 | Hypertension | Impotence | Diovan controls my bp.But for the last 5 years it has caused increasing problems with sexual issues.Doctors say it doesn't.I say it does for me.Time to switch back to an ACE drug and see if the cough starts. | M | 67 | 6 years 160 1X day | 12/3/2013 | 1 | Hbp | Sore throat,dizziness,abnormal breathing, pulse 100 to 105, fatigue, anxiety,irregular heartbeat, neck and back and legs and feet pain. This medicine is BAD! | I feel that a class action lawsuit is needed here! Who knows if these side affects will ever go away! No doctor should prescribed this garbage!!! | M | 67 | 4 weeks 160 | 1/13/2016 | 4 | blood pressure | None | M | 68 | 1 years | 11/7/2008 | 3 | high blood pressure | I fell 3 times from dizziness and hurt my knees. I was then told that I needed knee replacement. I was also on norvasc. I stopped taking the norvasc ,dizziness stopped, but still have tingling in my toes. Also, wonder if the knee problems are related to the diovan.I have a balance problem and my hands shake. | My blood pressure which was 160/90 is now 117/80 - almost too low for me on 320 mg diovan. | M | 68 | 6 months | 2/13/2009 | 2 | High blood pressure | EXTREME HAIR LOSS | My blood pressure was 140/110 and Diovan was prescrived about 3 years ago. Worked well in normalizing blood pressure, BUT I am almost bald and didn't realize till now, reading this site, that Diovan is the cause. I am so depressed and don't know what to do. I took myself off yesterday and went to doctor. BP was 140/90 due to anxiety. PLEASE e-mail me with suggestion as to what I might take if the hair loss seems to be the only side-effect. Went to doctor and he gave me Atacand to try. I was up all night. PLEASE HELP ME. | F | 68 | 3 years | 2/13/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | The worst drug I've ever taken | Diovan controlled my blood pressure better than any other of the 15 meds I've taken.But the medical side effects are life changing.I had one medical issue when I started Diovan,blood pressure.Now,I have 8 more.Underthyroid,blood sugar,peripheral neuropathy,gout,tendinitis,sinus ,muscle dysfunction,amd impotence.Not a good trade,exchanging one med problem and inheriting 8 more that I never had before Diovan.I truly wish every Novartis company exec/cheminst who invented Diovan were forced to take it for 5 years. | M | 68 | 6 years 160 1X day | 1/7/2013 | 1 | Prescribed after Bypass surgery | Dizziness, lethargy, fatigue for up to 6-7 hours after taking. | Cannot recommend side effects to severe. I will need to try another BP medication. | M | 68 | 30 days 20 MG 1X day | 7/5/2012 | 1 | Borderline high blood pressure | Mental and physical exhaustion; back and neck pain; leg discomfort. | I'm glad I found this website. I had been taking Diovan for a little over a year, theoretically for high blood pressure, although most of the time my blood pressure is between normal and high normal. However, I have a very bad case of White Coat Syndrome and my b.p. spikes whenever anyone measures it. In fact, I stress out almost to panic mode in a doctor's office worrying that it will be too high, and then of course it is too high. I am otherwise in excellent health. I thought my tiredness and achy muscles were due to some other cause, particularly since my GP assured me that Diovan is like a vitamin for your heart. After reading comments on this website, I discontinued the Diovan. (No, I didn't check with my doctor first, and I didn't cut down gradually; I just quit cold turkey.) Within two (2) days my energy was back and most of the achiness was gone. So were the leg cramps and muscle spasms. This is a BAD drug! It cannot possibly be helping if it's screwing up your body and your life! Fortunately, lifestyle changes can usually control blood pressure, and I have taken steps to do that. (Take a look at Mark's Daily Apple website for a lot of good hints as to diet and exercise.) As for the White Coat Syndrome, I will monitor it myself at home and avoid the doctor's office to the maximum extent possible. Additionally, I'm having second thoughts about the GP that prescribed this junk. | F | 68 | 320 mg. 2X day | 6/1/2012 | 1 | HBP | Severe fatigue, cough, anxiety, feeling frozen to the bone, trembling & heart palpitations. | The adverse symptoms began within four days on, only, 40mg. Two days after taking 80mg, I am so wiped out am cutting back to 40mg then shall discontinue and go to a higher dosage of Clonidine (Catapres) which, after 8 mos., has given me no side effects. | F | 68 | 2 weeks | 8/20/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I was prescribed Diovan for high blood pressure (at home okay--at doctor it was high-- "white coat" blood pressure). I didn't experience side effects right away. Something emotional was going on in my life and I thought perhaps my symptoms were because of it. However, as the problem resolved, I still experienced DEEP fatigue--taking up to 3 naps a day and going to bed early. No ambition! Then I started with upset stomach just like morning sickness when PG. Most of the time it started as soon as I woke up. Started cutting back on the 160mg daily to 80mg and then to 40mg and then told doctor I wanted to quit! So he said OK, but to keep taking my BP at home. After discontinuing for only one day, I started feeling like my old self again! My ambition was back! I am back walking again! Taking only one short nap a day--maybe 20 mins. My "home" BP is within the normal range, so don't know what the doctor will do next. My next appt. is in about a month. | It seems to me, doctors should start out at the lowest dosage possible when giving this medication to see how one reacts! | F | 68 | 5 months | 9/8/2005 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I have nausea, insomnia, dizziness, no concentration, bursts of anger toward loved one, hot sweats, woke up with hallucinations and visual bursts of lights coming from my feet, hands, head and stomach. It triggered migraines and headaches every day. Made me feel as though I was taking a drug trip from illicit drugs. I've never done street drugs and drink lightly. Worst meds I've every taken. | I wonder if there is an antidote? | F | 68 | 7 days | 10/16/2005 | 1 | Hypertension | Many | The first year Diovan worked great without any side effects.Then side effects came on so gradually it took a long time to figure out it was caused by Diovan.Muscle aches,tendinitis,gout type issues,sexual issues,extreme fatigue,and finally numbness in toes.Diovan helped the BP numbers but obviously it attacks and destroys other bodily processes.What you then have is a choice of better BP numbers OR have your body slowly be ruined by this medicine. | M | 68 | 8 years 160 1X day | 6/6/2014 |