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| 3 | Blood pressure | Originally the dr put me on HCTZ which made me fairly ill, joint pain, depression, peeling skin on face, numbness in hands, extremly tired and difficulty walking. We changed about a month ago and I'm just trying diovan 80 mg, I still have joint pain but think my blood pressure is about 126/86. Wonder if I can get my dr to take me off all meds. | I read side affects, and didn't think about the hair issue. I guess the lesson is do your research and never just think something is inside your head. | F | 39 | 2 months | 12/24/2004 | 3 | high blood pressure | I have had hair loss, acid reflux, heart palpitations, anxiety and blurry vision in my left eye. I didn't associate any of these symptoms with Diovan until doing some research and reviewing this site. I will speak to my doctor about getting off Diovan and hopefully finding something that is a better fit for me with fewer side effects. | F | 39 | 9 months | 6/23/2006 | 3 | hypertension | Medicine helped my bp but caused hairloss. I have very thick hair but it thinned alot on this med. Dr didnt think that it caused it but when I stopped taking meds all my hair came back. Tried benicar but my face seemed puffy. Just switched to cozaar and am having other side effects but they seem to be getting better. | Loved this medication except for the one side effect. I'm a woman and my hair is very important in making me feel good. Too bad diovan had this side effect because it was great in every other way!!! | F | 39 | 6 months | 4/26/2004 | 1 | Kidney Protection | Weight gain, shoulder pain bad enough to disrupt sleep and keep me in constant pain, muscle weakness and fatigue, blurred vision... Almost all of the symptoms described by other patients I have experienced, except the hair loss. | Dr. Rx'd this for kidney protection (I'm diabetic) and the side effects are affecting my health worse than the original condition. Diovan was Rx'd for preventive purposes only, and never for HBP. If your Dr. wants you on this stuff, tell him no thanks doc. | M | 39 | 3 years | 1/11/2007 | 1 | HBP | I experience weight gain, dizziness, memory haze, fatigue, depression, very bloated. | Talked with Dr and he switched me to Tekturna and all of those things are gone. I feel much better! | F | 39 | 1 years | 3/3/2009 | 1 | hbp | One 160 a day,immediate skin issues on fingers appeared and then elevated BP. My upper and lower eye lids became extremely puffy. When BP elevated I was given 360 + 12.5 HCT. Then, I experienced extreme (10 pounds) in two days. I had ongoing chest pains, pain under my ribs, leg pains, joint pains, crippled feet, tingling hands and legs and a sensation of coldness on my legs. The longer I took Diovan the worse the symptoms got. My lips started blowing up and tingling each time I took the pill. Then, my throat would close and face would swell. Lastly, trapped gas. | I started to think I was dying. My calcium became elevated due to thiazide in Diovan. The doctor informed me that I probably have bone cancer due to the elevated calcium and all the bone pain. Thank god for my endocrinologist! She asked me to check the side effects of med. As it turns out, Diovan is poison to me. The last pill I took almost killed me. My throat closed etc.. thank god I was told to take Benadryl immediately lots of it. Since I stopped taking Diovan a couple days ago all the symptoms have started to subside of go away completely. Shame Shame Novartis. I spents lots of money to figure out it was your pill wreaking damage on me. | F | 39 | 7 months | 2/1/2008 | 1 | hbp | Blurry vision started on day one. Tired all of the time, legs ache, feel bloated all of the time. Three days ago I started having severe chest pains, sweating, and feeling faint. Went to the ER and they ended up admitting me overnight to monitor me. Had EKG's done, nuclear stress test, bloodwork, etc. and all was fine. I had a feeling that it was all due to the side effects of the Diovan. I hate this stuff. Saw my doctor today and he wants to switch me to Cardevilol twice a day. I do not want to take it if it will have side effects anywhere near to what I have been experiencing this past week. Will try to lower BP naturally at this point. Only found out two weeks ago that BP was elevated and I was stressed and sick with the flu at the time. I think the dr pushed me into drugs way too fast. | F | 39 | 8 days 80 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Numbness in the legs, severe back pain, muscle loss, significant weight gain, substantial sweating, shortness of breath (short walk to a mailbox or up a flight of stairs), body pain all over, joint pain, fatigue, inability to get out of bed, weakness, weakness all over body, Itchy rashes on my legs so bad I would scratch until I bled, severe anxiety, chest pains, erectile disfunction, loss of interest in sex, feet swelled from a size 11.5 to size 14, shoulder and back aches, loss of libido, lethargic, severe dry mouth, insomnia, legs feel heavy and weak as if I’m wearing a concrete suit, severe pain in tendons and joints, depression, lack of motivation, always wanting to sleep, chest pains, lack of muscle stimulation after working out and lifting weights for hours, inability to grow muscle while lifting weights, weakness of muscle, swollen face and body, bloating, loss of stamina, shortness of breath, drop in heart rate, inability to increase heart rate during exercise and many | Before I started taking Diovan I was 6’3 and about 250 pounds. I went to the gym 5 times a week and usually ran 2-5 miles every time I went to the gym. Initially the doctor put me on Linisopril while I had a cold and a cough. Yes, it only made the cough worse. Then they put me on Diovan 4 years ago. Since then my weight had increased to 430 pounds. I’ve gained approximately 180 pounds since taking diovan. Shortly after taking Diovan, my back hurt so bad, I could barely walk 20 yards. I would go to the gym and lift weights for hours and my muscles would never get stimulated not would they even grow after going 4-5 times a weak. I felt like blood wasn’t getting to the muscles. One of the major side effects of Diovan is “Skeletal Muscle Loss” according to Ehow.com. After work in a office, my feet would hurt so bad the only thing I could do to eliminate the pain was to take Hydrocodone or Darvocet.I often travel because of my profession. A walk from an airport gate to baggage claim seemed like a journey across the Mojave Desert. Initially, the only reason I stopped taking Diovan was because I lost my job and health insurance. I started taking Linisopril again because it was very very inexpensive and I had some left from 4 years ago. Since I stopped taking Linisopril, I notice that my stamina at the gym and my strength at the gym have increased just by stopping the Diovan. Now when I work out and lift weights my muscles respond and I feel like mu | M | 39 | 4 years 160 HCT 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | Hypertension | Chest Pain with shortness of breath | I was taking this medication for HBP (160 mg per day). After 4 days I had serious symptoms that were similar to a heart attack! I had chest pain that radiated around to my back along with shortness of breath. | F | 39 | 4 days | 4/3/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, absolute alcohol intolerance (even in small amounts), fatigue, insomnia | Most of the time I can handle the side effects. I am exercising and that is helping. I stopped drinking alcohol in any amount. My bp still fluctuates and is not always under control, however, it is better than before. | F | 40 | 8 years | 1/22/2006 | 4 | high bp | fatigue, lack of concentration, swelling, having to eat less and exercise more to avoid weight gain | taking 80mg. switched from altace to get rid of cough and chest pain which is now gone. has dropped bp after 3 weeks. switched daily dose from am to pm and that has helped the fairly severe fatigue side effect. not happy with the edema and the weight gain potential but this one is definitely better than the ACE inhibitor. | F | 40 | 25 days | 3/5/2006 | 4 | BP 140/102 Advise By doctor | Lehthargy , Giddiness , stiff neck , ankle pain | No idea | M | 40 | 28 days | 11/25/2007 | 3 | High blood pressure | Have taken Divoan Hct for about one year. Only drug tried to not have major side effects (Toporol, Benicar) and seems to lower BP. 160/25mg has lowered BP from 140-155/80 to 125-135/75. However, have recently been quite 'foggy headed' | Occasional fatigue which might be associated with the drug. Being 'foggy headed' over the last month has me a bit concerned. I've noticed this comment in other reviews. Also haven't slept as well as I use to before Divoan. | M | 40 | 1 years | 5/23/2006 | 2 | elevated blood pressure | I have gained over 30 lbs in less than a year of being on the medication. I have not changed anything else in my lifestyle. I am going to wean myself of of this drug. | F | 40 | 11 months | 4/29/2006 | 2 | HBP | Extreme lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, heart/chest pains, joint pain, blurred vision, anxiety, restless sleep, heart palpitations | I started feeling worse and worse on this drug over time and kept going back to my doctor and feeling him how I felt, his response was "you are stressed". I finally came to the point where I had frequent chest pain and confusion, extreme fatigue and went to the emergency room. Every time the doctors said i had a healthy heart and I was experiencing stress, etc. One doctor said I was low in potassium but it was no big deal. Another told me to stop taking the medicine immediately. I did and things got a little better but not by much. Finally found a really good doctor who immediately figured out that I needed potassium ASAP, the day I took the first pill, what a huge difference it made. I felt so much better, and after reading about potassium deficiency, all the symptoms of it are almost identical to what I was going through. My tiredness is gone, the dizziness, the anxiety, blurred vision, I feel much better now. Apparently the drug, because it is a diuretic, washed out the potassium out of my body. I no longer go see the doctor that told me stress was causing all of this. Also my blood pressure is normal as I am eating more healthy. | F | 40 | 1 years 160 mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | joint pain, headaches, vision problems, tired feeling, but my biggest problem was having diarrhea and gas. It did a great job on keeping my blood pressure down, almost too low. My last reading on Diovan was 100/60. I was told by my doctor to stop taking this medicine. | F | 40 | 6 months | 2/28/2008 | 2 | High BP | BACK PAIN, dry mouth, loose stool, fuzzy vision at times, mild insomnia, sweating when I wake up in middle of night, clammy hands and feet, memory haze, cough, tingling in face, fatigue. | I have been prescribed Exforge which is a combo of two drugs, Diovan being one of them, for renal hypertension. I am a 40 yrs. old and am in good health...I have never had a high BP problem until 2 weeks ago and have always been healthy with the exception of a mitral valve prolapse diagnosis many years ago which has only ever caused me palpitations. I was just diagnosed with a blockage in the artery to my right kidney which is causing my high BP. (I eat good, exercise moderately and am a healthy weight for my height) I will be going to see a vascular surgeon to have an angiogram done to my renal (kidney) artery. My cardiologist put me on Exforge to bring down my BP. It went up to 200/110 and I am normally 120/80 or below. That's what made them suspect my kidneys. However, I just got off the phone with my cardiologist's office and told the nurse all of the side effects I am having. She told me to stop taking it and I am waiting to hear back to see what he wants to put me on instead. I do take Toprol XL 50mg per day for palpitations and have been for years. I have never had one side effect to that. After I go for my angiogram and possible angioplasty to my renal (kidney) artery, I am hoping to be able to go off of high blood pressure med (except Toprol for my palpitations) all together. This Exforge is like taking poision. I feel horrible from it. It has brought my blood pressure down to about 130/90ish give or take a little but the side effects are terrible. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 3/16/2009 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | I was taking Diovan and Crestor for about 2 years. It brought my blood pressure down from 145/100 to 125/80. But, I wasn't able to sleep at night, headaches in the morning - where it would hurt to turn my head. I also lost so much hair!!!! I used to have thick hair, but now it's thining and falling out. The shower drain is always full of it. And when I brush it, tons fall out. | I decided to stop taking them. It's been 2 weeks - hairloss is less and I'm sleeping better. I am on weightwatchers and am trying breathing techniques to lower my blood pressure. My blood pressure was 128/91 this morning. | F | 40 | 2 years | 7/5/2008 | 1 | border-line high blood pressure | Nausea, stomach upset, diarrhea, nausea, hair thinning, nausea, dizziness...did I mention nausea??? Oh my gosh my stomach has been in total turmoil for the 2 and 1/2 weeks I was on this med. | Unless you have a very strong stomach and don't mind having diarrhea five times a day and thinning hair (it used to be luxuriously thick & I hope that it comes back now that I'm off this med) don't try this drug. It didn't even lower my blood pressure very much - probably because it wouldn't stay in my system long enough to do much good. Highly recommend some other medication (any other like Ace Inhibitors). | F | 40 | 16 days | 8/1/2007 | 1 | Hypertension | I started out by having an itchy skin rash all over my body but as specially in my face. This rash started within 1 day of using Diovan. After 3 days I could start adding an eye irritation to the list as well. At one time my lips started to swell. Within 5 day’s I started to suffer from fatigue and at the same time insomnia! So now I’m tired, itchy and I can’t sleep! I also suffer from anxiety and have palpitations as specially in the morning. But also have episodes through out the day. This is not working for me at all. The only positive side is that my blood pressure returned to normal in just 5 day’s. I’m making a new appointment with my doctor and I’m going to tell her I’m not going to take this drug any longer. | I think it’s a scary drug to give so many side effects within 10 days of use! | F | 40 | 10 days | 3/30/2006 |