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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | HBP | None to date | Lowered blood pressure from 175/110 to 128/76. Diovan 160mg at night was added to existing regiment of Atenolol 50mg twice daily. Prior to the addition of Diovan to HBP treatment, I have not experienced this level of readings in the last 20 years. | M | 54 | 2 weeks | 7/7/2006 | 1 | high blood pressure | Been taking Diovan 80 for 6 months. I have joint pain in my hips, knees, shoulders, and back. I used to walk several times a week about a mile. I can't walk anymore. I'm lucky if I can walk in the grocery store holding onto a cart. Around the house I often have to use a cane. The doctor tells me its osteoarthritis and just gives me anti-inflamatories that make my bp go up. Dr. said they all do that. My blood pressure is usually around the 130's over 70's but I often have a rapid heart beat and have developed severe insomnia. Sometimes bp goes to 150's. I definitely want to get off this medication. I have never had this kind of joint pain all over my body before. | F | 73 | 5 months | 7/14/2006 | 1 | hypertension | I took the Diovan in 80mg, then 160mg. doses. The higher dose regulated my b/p fairly well, but after a few weeks I started having unbearable dizzy spells every day in the morning, along with fuzzy thinking and inability to concentrate. This makes working very difficult, needless to say. After doing extensive research online, I found that these are common side effects of Diovan. I am going to see my doctor soon and get off this horrible drug! No one can live like this!! | I would definitely NOT recommend it to anyone. There has to be a better way, but I don't know what it is. Every anti-hypertensive drug I have tried has awful side effects. | F | 60 | 3 months | 7/15/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | EXTREME Anxiety, dizziness, stomach distress, difficulty concentrating, "not there" feeling, hair loss, fluid retention, puffy hands and face. | This medication put me through a nightmare. Side effects kicked in after about 6-8 weeks. The anxiety was constant and got to be full blown panic attacks daily. I have long hair to my waist and I was losing so much I thought I would have to cut it short. I thought I was losing my mind and until I read this board, I never connected the anxiety to the Diovan. I would not wish this drug on my worst enemy. | F | 47 | 3 months | 7/20/2006 | 1 | High Blood pressure | Tired, Weight gain, Back Pain, Indegestion, acid reflux, Loss of close vision. Can't think fast enough. | M | 49 | 3 days | 7/22/2006 | 5 | HBP | None | It brought my blood pressure down from 200/160 to 120/80. As I exercise more, I have managed to reduce it from 160mg to 80 mg. I take HCT as a separate drug, normally I do not need it during winter. I tried beta blockers first, but put on weight, then I tried Enalapril (German name? An ACE inhibitor), but developed the typical cough. Diovan was the first drug that actually brought my blood presure down. | F | 52 | 4 years | 7/27/2006 | 3 | HBP | lack of energy, some hair loss | I exercise regularly and need my energy levels to keep focus, switched to Benicar | M | 50 | 30 days | 8/7/2006 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Exhaustion, pressure in head, very low heart rate, many days with constant heart palpitations. Many other sensations throughout back, fingers, toes, elbows. Don't know if this is all normal or if I am a serious hypochondriac. | Due to alcoholism, drug abuse, overweight, smoking and inactivity for many years, I gave myself high blood pressure. Even though I've been clean about 16 years I'm about 30 lbs. overweight, smoke and generally do not exercise enough. I've been taking Inderal 120 LA which worked well for many years. Not long ago my doctor added diovan 160mg. Blood pressure is generally good but since that day I've experienced side effects as stated. | F | 48 | 8 months | 8/7/2006 | 4 | hbp | weight gain...noticed it immediatly | F | 46 | 2 months | 8/8/2006 | 2 | HBP | In retrospect, I now realize the fatigue I have been experiencing from the start of taking this drug and didn't pay attention because I was so elated over the fact it lowered my pressure. I also have a history of drug sensitivity and was in denial, I wanted this to work out. Well, 7.5 months into taking diovan the weirdest symptoms began and haven't stopped and I have been suffering with them for about 7 months since the onset. I immediately stopped all meds except the Diovan, thinking it couldn't be that because the symptoms didn't start when I began the drug. I had started taking a statin drug a few months before and blamed that, but nothing reversed when that drug was stopped. Here are my symptoms: non-stop rushes of painful tingling through first, my legs and then upper body, intermittent anxiety, pain everywhere especially in my joints, hands, toes, arms, shoulders, hips, and back (bone pain and muscle pain), muscle weakness and fatigue. Burning skin sensations on my shins, top | I was given Diovan to replace another drug which was not lowering my pressure enough and causing hair loss. The hairloss stopped but I didn't bargain on what was to come if it is the Diovan that is causing my health to deteriorate. Four Neurologists (a battery of tests), and a Rheumatologist later(fibromyalgia???), it is still not really clear what is causing my symptoms but I think and hope it's the Diovan. There is no other explanation. My Physician has taken me off for short term at my insistence to see if the symptoms reverse. If they don't, I am in trouble. If anyone has like experiences with this drug, please write. | F | 55 | 15 months | 8/8/2006 | 2 | high BP | Fatigue! I wake up tired and when I exercise each morning, I can barely make it through the rest of the day. Muscle aches after exercising have dramatically increased, esp. in calves. Mouth and eyes are dry, so dry that I have developed a "dry eye twitch" according to my eye dr. Gained 2 lbs. while dieting and exercising! | Have not had a significant decrease in BP. Think that with diet, exercise, and weight loss, I might be better off. | F | 44 | 60 days | 8/10/2006 | 4 | High BP | Fatigue, especially in the morning. Difficulty waking up. Difficulty completing my usual (many years) walk, especially going uphill. I feel unable to perform my daily tasks at my usual level. Very affected by the hot summer; more hotflashes, never cool. | F | 59 | 8 months | 8/11/2006 | 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 | 3 | HB | I was thrilled when I first started taking Diovan because I had tried several other meds that had caused extreme side effects that included chest pains, palpatations, extreme weakness, severe joint pains and constant cough. Diovan seemed to lower my HBP and didnt seem to cause any side effects at first. However, I have gained an unexplainable 30 lbs during the past 6 months while maintaining the same eating habits as before the drug . The weight gain has all been around my middle. I NEVER have carried weight in that area and up until 4 months ago, I had a very tiny waist! After reading this webpage , I am thinking its from the Diovan. I also have noticed a lot of hair loss. My hair is getting so thinned out and is falling off all over the place. I feel extremely bloated all the time and the past 2 months have suffered from nausea almost every day , all day long. I am wondering if its from Diovan.Has anyone else had nausea from this drug? My lower back has been bothering m | I take 80 mlg a day | F | 52 | 4 months | 8/21/2006 | 2 | BP | Dizzy, Fatigue, insomnia, cant think, Weight gain, this is a bad drug! | M | 55 | 12 months | 8/22/2006 | 2 | BP | Dizzy, Fatigue, insomnia, cant think, Weight gain, this is a bad drug! | M | 55 | 12 days | 8/22/2006 | 4 | high blood pressure | WEIGHT gain, eating habits the same, 8 lbs in a month some body call Goodyear!!!!! | Good medication compared to some others | M | 51 | 1 weeks | 8/23/2006 | 2 | High BP | Put on Diovan HCT320/12.5 initially after ace inhibitor didn't work. Saw good blood pressure improvement in first week, then started climbing back up. Dr. then added Norvasc 5mg. along with another dose of diuretic and bp started coming back down after a few days. Dr. increased norvasc to 10 mg. and bp almost immediately came down to normal. Going to ask Dr. to come off only the Diovan because it doesn't seem to do much for me, and started getting a bad cough and phlem after two weeks. Bp now about 110-120/70-80 was 140-150/90-100. | Not thrilled with Diovan, bad cough, didn't do much for blood pressure. | M | 36 | 16 days | 8/30/2006 | 3 | High blood pressure | My Dr. wants me to take bp meds because every time I visit her, my bp is high. It never measures high for me. It runs in my family, but I take better care of myself. I don't weigh 300 lbs. At first, I had pain on the left side of the head above the ear near the top. This was like a bullet hit my head. Only lasted a second, but enough to stop me in my tracks. I cut the 80 mg in half. The pain went away. (Dr says there isn't any side effects with this drug). I have since experienced a foggy head, and a memory problem. My eyes don't focus right and I sit on the potty a lot. Though it was milk, but it isn't. It was just a day or two ago that I thought these problems might be Diovan related. | F | 61 | 8 months | 9/11/2006 | 2 | High blood pressure | Im a renal transplant patient. I take 3 other drugs and in eliminating diovan Ive found the cause of my severe pain in my legs and feet have all but gone. I could hardly walk and most of the time | Im a renal transplant patient. I take 3 other drugs and in eliminating diovan Ive found the cause of my severe pain in my legs and feet have all but gone. I could hardly walk and most of the time had to use a wheel chair even when picking up a few things at a grocery store. If they didnt have a chair I didnt shop there. TIRED! All the time. Ill see in a week what happens. After just 3 days I feel so much better. I CAN WALK! | M | 57 | 1 days | 9/13/2006 |