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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high blood pressure | severe back ache, stomach ache, nausea, diarrhea | I took diovan for 5 days before I noticed the side effects. I waited several more days, then stopped taking it, after 3 days side effects are dimishing. | F | 71 | 5 days 180mg 1X day | 10/30/2011 | 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 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 | Dizzy, tired all the time, light headed - felt miserable - not sure what was worse - taking that drug or having high blood pressure - too worried about having a stroke/heart attack if I stopped taking it. | My doctor wants to switch me to bystolic - I"m going to try it. I have also been taking taurine and folic acid to try to lower my b/p naturally. | F | 55 | 2 years 80 mg 1X day | 8/17/2011 | 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 B/P | Extremely depressed, ringing in ears, forgetful, mood swings, no energy what so ever, staring for hours, B/P fluctuates, headaches, Body aches all over, when laying on back have a shortness of breath, weight gain | I have worked in the medical field for 29 years, and I like everyone else hopes that their doctor will be caring, & honest. I have had high B/P for many years but didn't realize why I was going through a total body brake down until reading everyone's comments. What a blessing finding out I wasn't the only person with all these symptoms while taking the same medicine. I'm in the process of changing my family doctor. THANK YOU ALL for sharing, YOU ALL have just saved my life....See just because someone works in medical doesn't mean he/she gets special attention, when it comes to making money no one is safe... | F | 49 | 325 1X day | 8/15/2011 | 1 | High blood pressure | Exhausted, depressed, achey, listless, sat and stared for hours. This crept up on me over a period of three years,diarrhea daily, urinate every 30 minutes with hardly any voiding, and with NO water pills | F | 59 | 320mg 1X day | 8/11/2011 Patient History | 1 | HTN | I started Diovan on a lower dose in July 2010 in March 2011 my dose was increased to 320. I have gained 30 lbs since starting this drug, also have muscle pain, & feel tired all ofnthe time. I never connected the 2 until I accidentally took 650mg last night. So I looked up the onset & peak of the med. At 2am, after double my regular dose, my bp was 137/100. Before the double dose my bp was 117/78. I could not believe it. This med peaks at 6 hours & keeps lasting for 24. At 0630 my bp was 126/99. I took my beta blocker & went back to sleep at 10am my pressure was 107/72. After reading the other comments, I am now connecting the dots. | if your doctor wants to give you this drug monitor closely for side effects! | F | 45 | 1 years 320 1X day | 8/7/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Tired, lethargic, SEVERE back pain, "hot flash feeling", blood pressure headache, | I have been seeing doctors about my back pain since about two weeks after I started taking this pill. I have had x-rays, MRI's, been to physical therapy (for four months), a chiropractor once a week, 3 doctors at my medical center, 3 different emergency rooms, a neurosurgeon and an orthopedic surgeon. None of which can really figure out why I am having so much back pain. So I have been exploring every single option and I stumble upon this website. I have been on short term disability for three months, this is how bad my back pain is....I have had issues with my lower back in the past and I do have some mild degeneration and mild scoliosis but I've lived with that for years. This pain is different, and no one seems to understand. I am calling the doctor tomorrow and getting myself taken off of this pill. All of these stories are terrifying!!!! Why can they even sell these pills??? And I spend almost 30 dollars a month on these, and I'm probably poisoning myself??? WOW, it sounds like a lawsuit is necessary.... | F | 25 | 5 months 160MG 1X day | 8/7/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | doctor prescription | It is an excellent medicine to damage your whole health in just a few days. For example, your body gets in pain, specially your legs, starting an spectacular breath difficulty, and a unstoppable headache, starting a wild process, you begin to think you are going nuts. You feel upset by anything, a special and constant state of anger comes, similar to pre menstrual process, but worse. About the libido, forget about it, your age go right away to 90 years old. Something happens with your stomach acids, not good I can tell. And btw, I almost forget – wow, yes, it works for keeping your blood pressure in good standard. But my doctor said I am making it up, of course I said adieu to her and now she is in my prayers | M | 56 | 15 days 320mg 1X day | 6/4/2011 | 1 | lupron depot caused high bp | increasing problem with joint and muscle pain, some days can't walk far, depressed, weight gain. | I am on this drug because another drug - Lupron Depot increased my bp and sent me to the hospital. now I am on 3 bp medicines...one of them diovan 320. I have felt awful for a year now and my doctor is such a stupid AMA piglet she will not consider that my joint pain and other issues are related to her almightly chemicals. When I mentioned getting off the meds, she won't consider it even though my bp is fine now. So I am doing it myself....a small slice off the diovan every day slowly reducing until I am off. Any suggestions/tips for how to get off this medication? I don't seem to be able to just stop because my heart rate shoots up significantly if I skip a dose. Anyone tried herbal remedies? | F | 51 | 365 days 320 mg 1X day | 5/15/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 |