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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | HBP | I wake up about 3 am and it's hard to go back to sleep. Don't know if it's the Diovan. I do have some fatigue in the daytime because of the sleep problem. I also get tightening of the calf muscles during the night and can flex my feet to avoid a cramp. It's much better than the Lisinopril which caused severe leg cramps at night to the point it was getting hard to even stand in the daytime! Diovan has lowered my HBP and I am satisfied with it. | F | 37 | 6 months | 8/8/2007 | 2 | High blood pressure | Energy being zapped out and dizzy boughts of anger, foggy brain and other sympyoms with not being able to be in the sun. | I was taking Enalril for 6 years when I got growths on my tonsils and bad hemmorids and bad coughing. My pressure was about 141 92 due to weight and I got HB at around 25 years old did not take anything until I was around 29 my weight just would not come down so I had to go on meds. I decided to have my doctor switch my meds about 6 months ago. I went to Diovan and I just don't feel like myself. Although I am not 100% sure of whats going on. I have weakness in my muscles and most of all I always use to take walks for excercise and I can no longer do this when its sunny out but I also have a new health problem, high cohlesterol which I am not sure causes these symptoms so I am not sure but I feel its the diovan. I get heavy feelings in my head and a flushed face when trying to excercise so I now have to stay in and use the treadmill that is if I have the energy, some days I can only sit and stare. I am dizzy and very grouchy with brain fog. I really want to go off this but when I take nothing my pressure goes up to 148- 98 and it was sheer hell doing the switch it took me a month to get my pressure down that now I am scared to switch to another. it does take my down to 132 85 What can I do now?? | F | 37 | 6 months 120 1X day | 7/16/2011 | 1 | hpb, dr recommended | bloating, weight gain, tired, depressed, no motivation to do anything | I am so glad to see this website, on the side effects it states that there are no known cases of weight gain, glad to see I am not the only one experiencing these side effects. I also am on the clean eating diet and am gaining weight, that is when I thought something was wrong, it just isnt possible to gain weight from this diet.Going to dr on June 14 and am demanding to be switched to something else. Thanks for everyones comments I feel better knowing it isnt in my head. | F | 37 | 6 weeks 1X day | 6/8/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Gained 60 lbs around middle; tingling in hands and feet (which wakes me up at night); no energy - lack of stamina; broke a tooth for the first time in my life while eating an almond; loss of sexual desire; recently noticed hair loss | Although it lowers my BP, it's not consistent. Some days BP is still high (154/101) and some days it's really low (136-73). I don't believe this can be healthy in itself. | F | 37 | 3 years | 11/7/2006 | 1 | blood pressure | so glad i saw this sight. Side effects. Memory loss, heart palpitations, hair loss, and gained 30 pounds and I eat right and workout regularly. | M | 37 | 3 months | 3/30/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | severe joint pain. my shoulders, elbows, wrists and especially my knees and ankles... | I started taking Diovan on Aug 25,2008. Since then I have had joint pain so bad that all I do is cry. I don't have health ins right now but as soon as it kicks in I am telling my dr to take me off this. I had no problems before taking this medication.. | F | 37 | 3 months | 12/11/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Tired, weak, WEIGHT GAIN, can't sleep, etc,...you name it! | I am not able to do much with my family (wife, toddler, new baby). Always tired, don't want to go outside, leave the house, go to the store, etc. I have gained weight and can't seem to get it off. We are eating RIGHT (fruits, vegetables, fish and low salt)...doesn't work. Also exercising, to no avail. Need I say more? There's a lot more I can say...my family has suffered greatly! | M | 37 | 2 years | 5/30/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | Severe sleeping problems. Never had such a hard time falling asleep in my life! Even if I were to finally fall asleep from exhaustion, due to not getting enough sleep, I will wake up in a few hours, usually sweaty. Most of the time, I could not fall back asleep. I'm not sure but I feel like I have similar dry cough symptoms as I did with Lisinopril but still not very pronounced and too early to tell. | I was initially prescribed Lisinopril and took it for a few months but had to stop due to the persistent dry coughs. I coughed all throughout the day and it also woke me up almost every night due to it. I have only been on blood pressure meds for 4-5 months now. Diovan for about 6 weeks. It does seem to work on controlling my BP though. | M | 38 | 6 weeks | 7/18/2009 | 3 | high blood pressure | hair loss, insomnia, dry cough, fatigue and joint pain occasional shortness of breath and mood swings. | I was on Diovan on and off for 10 years. Though it controlled my blood pressure. I cannot deal with the side effects. I was experiencing hair loss for several years and realized it started when I started taking Diovan. Everyone I spoke to stated that hair loss was not a side effect of Diovan. Needless to say I discontinued the Diovan at least a month ago and my hair is growing back, I haven't had that annoying cough, no shortness of breath, my joints are not hurting anymore and I have no trouble falling asleep and a decrease in the mood swings. All of these side effects were making me miserable. I would gladly take Diovan again if it weren't for the side effects. | F | 38 | 10 years | 7/23/2009 | 2 | lower blood pressure | I was so tired and all my joints hurting and alot of coughing. I lowered my blood pressure but the side effects were too much. I am stopping it. | F | 38 | 21 days | 11/3/2009 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | I started taking this medication after my son was born. I developed high bp after weight gain. I was ok for the first 3-5 years on it with little side effects. But last year I began to experience fatigue, dizziness, stomach problems, asthma and eczema. I feel like my whole body has inflammation. I see know that it's likely caused by the only med I'm on, Diovan! I have made a choice to ween off of it by excercise, nutrition and vitamins. I'm going to a Naturopathy to get off of these pills once and for all. | F | 38 | 8 years 60 mg | 1/5/2016 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Always have been a thin person... gained 8-10 lbs in about a two month period. Avid runner, very healthy eater, only 38 yrs old. This drug zapped my energy and depressed my mood too. My Dr admitted to the mood issue but couldn't say yes or no about the weight gain. Checked thyroid and another blood test to rule other things out regarding the weight gain. I took it for one year and broke down crying in his office because my quality of life was gone. I did not have joint pain like most report here. I've been on Tekturna for 3 weeks and have lost 5 pounds without changing a thing. I'm also not dizzy and I feel alive inside again... not lethargic and I am sleeping really well at night. | I was afraid to ask and lived with it for a year! All I had to do is talk to my doctor honestly about it and things are much better. If you don't like Diovan ask for something else... there are tons of other HBP meds out there! | F | 38 | 1 years | 10/15/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Severe headaches, severe muscle pains from middle of my back to top of my head, blurred vision, light-headedness, dizziness, flu-like symptoms and my eyes were sometimes very sensitive to light or to bright computer screens. | At first, I had no side-effects at all and blood pressure dropped--consistently below 120/80. After 6 months, however, I had very bad muscle pains from the middle of my back to the top of my head. Really bad pain and no pain meds worked. That lasted about 3-4 weeks before it just went away. Never crossed my mind to link it to Diovan at that time, I just thought I had slept wrong and pinched something. ABout 3 weeks ago, I started having the same pain again, this time much worse, and it was accompanied by the list of symptoms I listed above. Since I am on no other medication and knew that dizziness/light headedness was a known side-effect of Diovan, I decided to stop taking it and see what happens. Within a few days, I started feeling noticeably better. I then started it again and side-effects came back. I have no other explanation. Doc doesn't believe me, but switched me to Norvasc which I haven't started yet. | M | 38 | 10 months | 10/9/2007 | 1 | h.b.p | body aches and pains! headaches dizzyness tired all the time vision problems blurring and sore eyes, ear ringing off and on big sore inside nose-out of body feeling! angina pains from this medication! gas and gas build up trapped gas pains very bad short term memory loss. dry mouth yucky bad sick feeling all the time when on this junk! | been threw 3 diffrent hmo doctors already,not one would change or take me off this stinking medication ( reason -it works in lowering b.p down ) true ! but is it worth all the bad side effects??? Iv been in emergancy icu 3 times with chest pains from this drug! all times I check out normal ekg is normal blood tests are normal, the er doctors tell me right out! its the diovan causing all the problems. get off it! im behind a rock and hard place! if I go off it, all the side effects fade and I feel good again, but the chance of h.b.p is to big a risk factor! and I dont need a heart attack! Iv been told I cant take ace inhibbitors or sister meds..or cal blockers im allergic them to all.. yet these hmo doctors push these drugs on me! demanding I take them. I wish the FDA would recall this drug and look into all the side effects were all having from this drug! oh well it wont work! fda is sold out by big drug companys! I belive most hmo and hmo doctors are sold out as well.. dont kno | M | 38 | 3 years | 11/25/2006 | 1 | High BP Caused by sarcoid lesions | Hmmm. Well rash, tinnitus, heart palpitations, insomnia, partial ED. (could always get an erection but took more effort), rash, fatigue, did very little to lower bp, anxiety, and all the others I forgot to mention! No cough like ace inhibitors tho. I am tired of these poisons and have stopped tiazac, lipitor (muscle weakness big time), vit D. Just read about hypervitimonosis D. Not good a sarcoidosis thing. Also a reduced ability to sense low or high blood sugar levels. I am a type I since 23. Also something swoolen in my throat. Seems to be dying down since ceasing diovan 3 days ago. I hope it is really happening and not just seeming to happen. | I am trying to get off all of these pharmaceutical meds with things like valarian root (sleep sooo well now) and hawthorn. These doctor just ignore all problems when it says if this occurs consult your doctor. I would tell him and he knew where the problems were coming from but did not care!! Please contact me if you would like to hear more! | M | 38 | 10 years 160 mg 1X day | 4/23/2011 | 1 | HBP | My body from my elbows down to my fingers and from my knee to my toes were in so much pain I could hardly handle it. What it did to me was destroy my platelets, and the pain was from my bone marrow working hard to make platelets. Now since 11/09 I have had to be put on steroids to get my platelets up which jump up and down now, 4 months on steroids I have gained 30 pounds more and they can't help me with my major high blood pressure with help from the steroids, becuase they have to get the platelets fixed first which could last for ever, or get better, its called ITP. Hope this never happens to anyone its terrible. I was on 80mg steriods, I am now on 30mg which is better, but with out it my body will not make platelets thanks to Diovan | If you take this drug and start having major pain that feels like its in your bones, please go to your doctor and make sure its not destroying your platelets, cause its life threating issue. They are not sure I will ever bounce back from it, and since all this and all the testing for cancer and other things, they call it ITP and say its probably a reaction from the medican. | M | 38 | 4 days 80mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | High BP | Every single side effect that it warns about, it happened. I was addicted to this medicine like a heroin addict and it destroyed me. Stay away from this medication - death is better than what this will do to you. | I wish I had seen this site 4 years ago! In the last 4 years I became a different person. My skin got darker (hands, feet and face primarily), thicker, pain in legs, thicker legs - calves and thighs, i gained over a 80lbs weight in last 4 years, palpitations, head aches, loss of hair, insomnia at night but couldn't keep my eyes open at times. I became diabetic, thyroid was playing up even though i had nothing before, had to go on anti depressants. From a fit and walking living person, I became a zombie. until I gave it up a few weeks ago. I did the most dangerous thing by just throwing all the medicines into the bin as I wanted my life back. i didn't think I would live to see my son turn 18. I went through the cold turkey, I mean bad cold turkey and thought I would die but it was worth going through it to get this demon out of me. In the last few weeks that i threw the diovan into the bin, I have better skin, less swelling, I can walk, I can breathe much better and I am no longer a zombie. It was not easy and I am only eating lettuce and salads to cleanse my body, but I would do anything to get this out of me. I am taking Potassium supplements, chromium, multi vit, Q10 and I will never go back to any medicine ever again in my life. Death is better than the zombie this medicine will turn you into. | F | 38 | 3 years 320mg 1X day | 7/24/2011 | 1 | HBP | Extreme fatigue, dizzy, depressed, fuzzy head, general feeing of being unwell for 12 months. | So glad I foubd this site, I feel like I can do something about this now, never thought for a minute that side effects of drugs could make you feel worse then the HBP. | F | 38 | 12 months | 9/29/2009 | 5 | High blood pressure | Sleep problems. I get breathing problems if I try to raise the dosage. | I have been on 160 mg. of Diovan for two years. The only side effect I've had since starting it is waking up during the night and having trouble going back to sleep. It started when I started taking Diovan and has not stopped. Otherwise, this medication takes care of my high blood pressure with no other side effects for me. Once, my doctor doubled the dosage because it wasn't lowering my bp enough, but then I had trouble breathing because it made my asthma worse. So I stuck with the 120 mg. dosage and started an exercise program. That did the trick and my bp is now normal with the exercise and the Diovan. I am very happy because I had horrible side effects on other bp meds over the years. | F | 39 | 2 years | 12/30/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | cold/allergy symptoms, joint pain in hands & fatigue. | 80 mg of diovan drastically reduced my blood pressure but side effects didn't go away after 2 months so had to go off it. | F | 39 | 2 months | 12/15/2004 |