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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Hypertension | Joint aches/pain,sexual problems,toe numbness | Took this med for 5 years.Lowered my bp somewhat.Began having sexual problems after year 1,Doc said it's not Diovan.At year 3,had numbness in toes.Did extensive neuro workup,diagnosed as neuropathy.Switched to Benazepril 20mg several months ago.Numbness in toes gradually decreasing.Benazepril 20 equals Diovan 80.Maybe I was overmedicated.Also,joint/muscle pains are subsiding. | M | 66 | 5 years 160 1X day | 4/3/2012 | 1 | Hypertension | Nonstop upper-respiratory flu symptoms; severe, persistent diarrhea | Symptoms began almost immediately but were not discovered right away since they mimicked other conditions | M | 71 | 75 days 32 mg 1X day | 9/12/2012 | 1 | Hypertension (hi BP) | Regulated my BP well, but caused Apathy, loss of libido, tiredness/lethargy, poor concentration, head felt like 'cotton-wool', impatient, functional memory recall issues (i.e. difficulty in recalling a particular word I needed) | M | 52 | 400 days 40mg 1X day | 7/22/2012 | 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 | Hypertension | Numerous side effects but it did control blood pressure | Started Diovan 5 years ago.It controls my blood pressure.But the side effects are horrendous.In the 5 years on Diovan,the following have occurred(some are permanent,others were temporary).Low thyroid,high cholesterol,high triglycerides,high normal blood sugar,gout,sexual dysfunction,tendinitis,sinus problems.With each condition,the involved doctors say it can't be caused by Diovan. Each doctor wanted to prescribe drugs for the problem,but I refused.If I followed their advice,I'd now be on 8 more prescriptions.No thanks.Finally told the cardiologist I threw the Diovan away.Now taking Benazepril 20mg for several weeks.No side effects yet,but I'm skeptical.In my case,Diovan made an energetic,physically active guy into a depressed,moody individual.Novartis makes Diovan.Their sales each year are about $6 billion.Thanks Novartis for ruining my life for 5 stinking years. | M | 66 | 5 years 160 1X day | 11/21/2012 | 1 | from cardiologist | Dufficulty breath,chest sharp pain,chest burn,chest heavy,joint pain,dizzy and vertigo,palpitation,tremor,nausea,insomia ,headeach,eyes pain..... | M | 35 | 1 days 80mg | 6/3/2013 | 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 | 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 | hypertension | Unsafe Drug For Me | Thank goodness for this website.I thought I was the only person with adverse reactions to this drug.My Doctors tell me it's all in my head.Diovan makes my bp numbers normal.Buy the side effects are horrible.Numbness in toes,sexual problems,constant muscle pain,etc.Other people have success on this drug. Many others don't.I just can't endure these negative effects anymore.And these side effects came on gradually. | M | 70 | 9 years 160 1X day | 1/26/2013 | 1 | Other blood pressure medicine was n | After 3 days of taking, as a medication change, had a severe blood pressure drop resulting in a ride to the hospital for every test known, all other systems ok, be careful of this drug, I was lucky as a stroke was not induced but was told this drug could have initiated. Now trying to get this drug out ASAP , IMO ask about other options, this has been an awful experience. | M | 49 | 3 days 160 | 5/23/2013 | 1 | hypertension | headaches, lack of mental clarity, anxiety, poor outlook on life, muscle and joint aches | I was switched to Diovan by recommendaton of my health insurance coverage due to cost. gradual onset of these symtoms worsened over the timefreme I was on the medication. I did not realize it was Diovan until I found this websight and decided to take myself off of the medication. I went about 10 days with no hypertension medication and all of the symtoms I mentioned reversed themselves and disappeared within days with the exception of the muscle and joint aches which are still present but much abated. My doctor put me on Losartan 50mg once daily and so far, so good. I am in agreement with the majority of respondants on this board that Diovan is a junk drug that needs to have its FDA approval revoked. | M | 43 | 15 months 160mg 1X day | 4/20/2012 | 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 | Hypertension | Body pains, body pains, body pains. Knees, shoulders, right flank pain. Some of my minor aches seemed as though they were enhanced by the Diovan. Tired, tired tired! Just did not want to get up sometimes. The only reason I did get up was that I had to go to work. Not a good drug. I will say it did lower my BP. | M | 49 | 1 years 320 1X day | 7/8/2011 | 1 | HPB | Run, don't walk from any Doctor who would prescribe this poison. I feel like I am drowning, tired, filled withanxiety and depression, just about every negative side effect posted on this board, no motivation, headaches, couldn't figure it out. I had taken Hyzaar for over a year without noticing much other than an occasional leg cramp from the HCTZ. New doctor threw 4 7 pill samples(28 pills0 of the Diovan 320's and said to take one a day. Until I found this board I could not figure out what was happening. Starting today, I will take half's(160) and then 1/4(80) and monitor my BP. . . | ran into a real quack. I went to see him about HBP, chronic pain and mild depression. He discontinued my Wellbutrin, which was HELPING, and threw these poison pills at me. Taking Diovan has made my pain, depression worse and added new symtoms like depersonalization, lack of energy and motivation, headaches, trouble breathing, tired, a cough that clears nothing, aches and flu like feelings, dread. . . DIOVAN should be taked off of the shelf ASAP. | M | 50 | 15 days 320 1X day | 6/15/2011 | 1 | hypertension | nightmares,severe ED,emotional numbness,possibly anemia | much better since switch to altace! | M | 71 | 4 years 320 1X day | 8/4/2011 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Diarrhea started after a couple of days on this drug. It borders on making me incontinent. I won't live this way and will split the drug to see if it helps with the problem or go off it altogether. My doctor is overly-aggressive about treating bp when my readings are about right for someone my age (140/80 with Norvasc and Atenolol). I need to get her under control more than the bp, I guess. | M | 62 | 6 weeks 320 MG 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | difficulty breathing and every time it comes back it gets worse.there are nights i can not sleep and am very miserable.am moody and when bp is up i need to keep moving i can not sit feel out of it | i am a 57 male and was always hyper. i got hbp about one year ago i was on norvasc,bystolic and now diovan. i told the doctor i never had a breathing problem before taking any of this med. it got so bad that i was in and out of the er.finally they said it was the meds. so they called my doctor. he then put me on diovan and i thought this was it someone is going to help me but after taking this i am the same way with the breathing and not sleeping. i am miserable and my wife and i argue like crazy anymore. i would to anything to get off this med. but the doctor said no because my bp would rise and i would be at risk of a heart attack. there are days my bp is117 over80 does anyone have any suggestions on what to do. | M | 57 | 40 days 160 1X day | 8/28/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dizziness, severe anxiety, confusion, pressure in head, twitching of lower eyelid. Not feeling myself at all. Feeling out of it. | M | 30 | 4 months 80mg 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 1 | High BP | I switched from Avapro to Diovan shortly after having an EGD to diagnose chest pains. I switched because my insurance would not pay for avapro so my doc gave me samples of diovan until the insurance gave me an approved list of medicines. While on avapro I did have an upset stomach but Avapro was candy compared to Diovan. Diovan did a beautiful job with my BP(110/74 down from 165/95) but I had all of the side effects that most have listed. Muscle spasms, in back and stomach, muscle twitches all over body, eye twitches, tingling all over body, ear popping, anxiety, insomnia, waking up from sleep early(2am-3am) and not able to go back to sleep, fatigue, headache, pressure in head, developed flu like symptoms with terrible cough and thick green/yellowish mucus, back pain, dizziness, lethargic, and just an over feeling of being ill. I did not feel like myself the entire time I was on Diovan. Over the past three weeks I have had a abdominal ct, numerous blood tests, 2 mri's on back, numerou | My wife is almost 5 months pregnant. Our first child was still born after she went into premature labor at 5 months less than a year ago. Because of Diovan I have wasted a month of our pregnancy going back and forth to the doctor and adding additional stress to my extremely nervous pregnant wife. I have been off Diovan for 24 hours and 90% of my symptoms are gone. If you can take this drug without side effects I am happy for you. I encourage anyone that is on this drug and is experiencing side effects to visit their doc ASAP to change meds unless you like that near death feeling. | M | 28 | 1 months 320 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 1 | Dr directed | hair loss, severe cough choking feeling, tired all the time , feet and legs swelling severely | would not recommend this drug to anyone | M | 57 | 8 months 30 mg 1X day | 4/14/2011 |