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 |
| 3 | High BP | Some mood swings. Some fatigue. After 3 years dosage increased to 80mg. Two weeks later major allergic reaction, swollen face, lips, hands. Extensive raised red rash on knees, back, forearms. Like major flea bites but not itchy. | Shame, until then it was doing a brilliant job controlling BP. | M | 50 | 3 years | 8/7/2009 | 4 | hypertension | M | 44 | 12 months | 8/8/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | OMG!!! Hate this drug. In ER for anxiety attack, BP was 200/140 SCARY event. Doctor prescribed Diovan 80 mg and water pill. Water pill great Diovan caused me to have upper chest pains, pain in esophogus area, weakness, heat out of it, couldn't think. Chest pain lasted 1-2 hours. Couldn't take it anymore so I went back to ER. Great ER Dr. did blood work and EKG confirmed I'm healthy, nothing wrong with heart, kidneys & liver. Made connection that Diovan was causing these sensations. BP was 140/100 on Diovan 80 mg. Suffered for 3 wks on Diovan. NEVER AGAIN. Went to doctor on Monday has put me on Altace 5 mg. Not sure what to expect. Pretty sad about being on BP meds. Pray for me. | Not everyone will experience issues with Diovan. My Husband takes Metroprol and Diovan for past 5 yrs. No side effects. Pay attention to your body and don't be afraid to speak out. I wish you good health. | F | 32 | 21 days | 8/11/2009 | 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 | 3 | HBP | I'm so glad I found this site! I am only 22 years old and was diagnosed with HBP when I was 19. I have been taking Diovan HCT for the past few years. I've been SOOOOO tired!!!! I just feel completely wiped out from the time I wake up until I go to bed. I also constantly have to urinate. I get dizzy often and see weird spotty colors in front of my eyes. The worst part though has been the constant fatigue. Since i've been on this medicine I can fall asleep anytime. I could sleep all day long if I wanted to. Even if I get a solid 8 hours of sleep i'm exhausted after being awake for a few hours. I'm getting off of this! | F | 22 | 3 years | 8/31/2009 | 1 | htn | severe foot pain | F | 45 | 3 years | 8/31/2009 | 1 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | MAJOR MUSCLE ACHES, BOWELS ARE VERY SORE, SICK TO THE STOMACH,TIRED AND DISORIENTED,NO ENERGY WHAT SO EVER, LIGHT HEAD AND DIZZY AT TIMES, GET ME OFF THIS CRAP... MY INSURANCE COMPANY AMERIHEALTH WOULDN'T LET ME TAKE AVALIDE!!! I GUESS THEY'D RATHER I SUFFER....... | I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS TO MY WORST ENEMY!!! | M | 52 | 4 days | 9/2/2009 | 1 | bp | Ed even with Cialis,and very difficult to achive orgasm tired,reflux | It did lowere the Bp..but what a cost... | M | 54 | 5 days | 9/5/2009 | 4 | high blood pressure | Lately with increased dosage to 160 mg. feet are swelling. Not sure if it's the Diovan increase. | I took 80 mg. for about 3 years. It helped my b/p but lately it has begun to increase, and now am on 160 mg. Also take Maxzide and was put on Magnesium and Potassium due to low blood counts on both. Don't really know if any of these are causing the problem. I just know, my feet are swelling and that isn't normal. | F | 71 | 3 years | 9/20/2009 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Dry mouth and throat, headaches, hair loss, heart palpatations(rarely), loss of sex drive (totally- gradual onset), general lethargy (gradual onset) | Diovan worked well for the first 1.5 years that I took it. It lowered my BP from 155/104 to 115/70 or lower. The dose was 160mg. Then, over the next year I lost 25-30 pounds. That is when Dry mouth and throat, headaches, hair loss, heart palpatations, loss of sex drive, and general lethargy started. My dosage has deceased to 80mg/day. I am hoping the side effects will go away. Personally, I think my side-effects were brought on by the weight loss without a drop in dosage and wonder why my physician did not do something sooner. | F | 54 | 3 years | 9/26/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | muscle aches in lower back,and cough. | F | 77 | 4 weeks | 9/26/2009 | 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 | 1 | HBP | Hair loss, weight gain, dizziness, ed, heart flutters, insomnia and on and on. | I discontinued use of Diovan about two years ago. Lousy drug. Just thought I would share that I have no side effects on Atacand--also an ARB. You may want to talk to your doctor about it. | M | 53 | 1 years | 9/30/2009 | 1 | HBP | aching joints - everything hurts, continual sweats, dry mouth, insomnia!!!, depressed! no sex drive | Glad I took the time to check this out, off to the docs tomorrow to sort this out ! | F | 50 | 12 days | 10/4/2009 | 5 | High blood pressure | none whatsoever | guess I am the lucky one in the group | F | 60 | 1 years | 10/6/2009 | 1 | This is my second entry to this website. Put on Diovan by a doctor who had never seen me before at the ER, but saw elevation in BP on a stress test. Well, doesn't exercise make your BP rise?? Now I feel like I am stuck! No one can get me off this stuff!! It is like it takes over your very soul! My side effects include: numb lips, some hair loss, weight gain around the middle, sore feet, ankles, and lethargy! I have been on it for a year and a half and it is no better! Now my doctor (MY doctor) says to try Amlodipine, and I am seeing horror stories about it as well!! I just want off the medication, but once you are on this crap, there seems to be no end in sight. I posted a comment on here last year, and I am still miserable. | Poison. Plain and simple. If only I had gone on this website BEFORE I started swallowing those little peach-colored pills...I feel as though I am possessed, and that is no lie. Anyone who thinks this website is a hype is wrong. I feel every single person's pain as I read these ratings... | F | 58 | 1.5 years | 10/6/2009 | 2 | B/P was 170/110. Been on 80mg Diovan for a month now and have lowered BP to 130/90. Side effects are starting to kick in. Mouth and lips have tingling sensation, finger tips tingle, dizzy and lightheaded. Going to speak with my Doc about other options. Man my quality of life is terrible right now, I would rather suffer from high BP then be on this drug. | There has got to be something better. | M | 44 | 30 days | 10/14/2009 | 1 | High blood pressure | Very severe Joint pain,fatigue,have been on this for a year and DR keeps upping dose,now on 160MG & 80MG daily and side effects just getting worse | Spoke to Dr who said joint pain very rare with this drug, and dismissed this as cause of pain.Have stopped taking this med today and will monitor BP myself!! | M | 40 | 365 days | 10/28/2009 | 3 | HBP | I started taking Diovan about a year ago after the beta blocker I was taking really wasn't working well enough. The Dr. prescribed Diovan 160 mg, and I do have to say that it helped lower my blood pressure without major side effects... for almost a year. After that time, I started experiencing side effect that many others are listing. I reduced the dose to 80 mg myself, and immediately noticed improvement in the side effects. I really have concentrated on exercise and trying to watch what I eat as well. I actually hope that I can come off of the meds completely. I've recently picked up a book called Ultra Metabolism (for the pupose of weight loss), but I am optimistic that it will also help in the management of blood pressure as well. I hope to comment further on that, but I am only in my 1st week of the new eating plan; likewise, I have only recently reduced the dosage of the meds I am taking. | Reading some of these comments is scary - scary enough to want to go off the medication to avoid these side effects. Doing so at the sake of increased blood pressure can do irreversible harm to your body - even death. Be careful, educate yourself, and if you feel like your Dr. isn't helping... change doctors. | F | 41 | 1 days | 11/2/2009 | 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 |