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 |
| 1 | hbp | muscle loss (per blood test), vivid dreams, anxiety, shaking, dizzy, extremely sleepiness -- can't wake up, excessive mucous in throat, needles pricking all over face, itchy scalp and arms, hoarseness, laryngitis, dry mouth, shortness of breath, virus, hyperkalemia, swelling inside throat and eyes, black circles under eyes, sore throat, could not eat, confusion, swelling around mouth, welts and bumps inside mouth, cough, extreme weakness, weight gain, higher white cells in blood, change in glucose, blurred vision, too many more to mention | I have been off of diovan for 3 weeks -- some symptoms have disappeared, some lessened, some still very prevalent. Do you ever get over this or can some of it leave permanent damage? | F | 66 | 4 months | 7/3/2009 | 1 | HBP | Hair Loss, Skin Rash, can't sleep | F | 62 | 27 days | 5/25/2009 | 1 | BP | Vivid dreams. | M | 47 | 1 years | 5/11/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | Weight gain of over 10 lbs in 3 months, dry feeling inside nose,stuffy nose,sore throat, coughing all day,incessantly at night,enough to keep me awake, dry mouth, itchy scalp, dry brittle fingernails,were long before,tired all the time,would fall asleep in watching tv and couldn't force myself to wake up, no motivation,pain in kidney area | stopped taking 3 days ago and already feel as if my thoughts are clearer----dr.wants to put me on releven but believe i will try herbal remedy instead, this is the first drug i have ever taken, don't believe in them---now I know why | M | 59 | 3 months | 5/9/2009 | 1 | HBP | Weight gain. Bloating.Daily headaches. Tingling/numbness in lower legs & feet. Dry mouth and what feels like dry patch in throat. Problems sleeping. Extreme lack of motivation/interest in things. Joints ache. Just an all over feeling of feeling like crap...all of the time. I thought I was nuts until I started reading other people's descriptions on here. I'm quitting this drug right now. | F | 51 | 6 months | 5/5/2009 | 1 | Doctors Orders | on 1/18/08, BP 158/122/110, I was taking Toprol-XL 100 mg & TriCor 145mg; I came back from a Trip outside of Alaska and gain 50# Fluids. My Cardiologist of 11 years, switch me to 80 mg Diovan & 20 mg Coreg CR Felt OK. 6/23/08, BP 144/86/100, increased to Diovan HCT 25mg-160mg & 40 mg Coreg CR. 10/1/08, BP 164/106/84, increased to Diovan HCT 320 mg & 40 mg Coreg CR. I started to Feeling Stress-out and Depress Could not sleep & Memory loss, effected my HIgh-Stress workload. Stop Taking Meds Diovan & Coreg CR & Lipitor, Felt much better. 11/11/08, BP 140/90/70 (Note: no meds for weeks), Doctor denies my complants about Meds & Problems, Tells me to Continue to take all 11 meds, increased Diovan HTC 320 mg / 12.5mg & Coreg CR 40 mg. I stopped taking Diovan HCT & Coreg CR. Had no Problems Until 2/1/09, 2 Degrees outside in and out of house (Anchorage,AK) came down with Cold, started having poor Sleeping habits and mild Edema in legs. Couch-Rest low | I believe Diovan is not for Me and can do additional harm to my Body other organs, and even death. We all die some day but why chance it with pills if they are not monitor by the Doctor's & Nurse's you trust in to help you control you body weakness. I have no insurance since Blue Cross / Blue Shield drop me in 1998. I can not afford $10K weekend Hospital stays, nor the Future $150 - 320 K Triple By-pass / Pig-valve the Doctor wants me to have. Three years ago was told to have a ICD implant $30 K Defiberator, we know what happen with them too they were recalled and just last month they found the wire break over time. | M | 52 | 16 months | 5/2/2009 | 1 | HBP | My heels hurt so badly that I could barely stand to walk, and my ankles felt like they could go out on me at any time. I had headaches upon waking, heart flutterings and night sweats, weight gain, and puffiness. I also couldn't breathe right. Thought I had a major sinus problem. Didn't feel healthy at all. | Previously, I took Coreg, and my legs grew to be so weak that I could barely walk around my building at work. (not that big of a building) I switched to Micardis because of that, which was okay, but then switched to Diovan because of cost. I now know that the Diovan has been causing my current symptoms, thanks to this website. All of these meds are toxic chemicals, so if you're looking bigger, it's because your body stores toxins in your fat cells because that's the safest place for it to put them! I'm currently working on a full body detox, as well as a liver detox,(through Dr. Marilyn Tucker out of Nashville, Tenn.) and today, right now, I feel like a new person. Go to drmarilyn.tv and read about it. Something's changed because I haven't taken Diovan in three days and my blood pressure hasn't spiked up. Also, MY HEELS AND ANKLES NO LONGER ACHE!!! Dr. Tucker has helped me so much. She's a Doctor of Pharmacology who came to understand that all chemical meds are poison. She's totally holistic now. It costs some money for the products, but she actually calls and talks to you personally, AND assigns you counselors. If I can help even one person with this information, I'll be very happy. Check it out. AMERICA NEEDS TO GET OFF THE DRUGS! | F | 52 | 6 months | 4/23/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Extreme lower back pain and abdominal cramps. Blood pressure 200/104 when above 7,000 ft. Dosage increased from 40mg. once a day which I could tolerate, to 160mg. Never lowered BP. -- even adding Norvasc or Topril at night. | When I returned to FL quit taking diovan. Within 48 hrs. my extreme lower back pain subsided and after 4 days all symptoms completely gone. After something I read on the internet, I am wondering if Diovan affects the kidneys and if it can cause renal failure. There was no warning about this side effect. I am off all medication and will take my chances despite stroke level HPB. Have tried Dyazide, Norvasc, Topril, Monopril, and Diavan. None did much to lower HBP but all had unacceptable side effects. Does anyone know of a BP medication that works at high altitude? | F | 66 | 2 months | 4/3/2009 | 1 | High BP | Prickly feeling in scalp, pressure on top of my head, droopy left lid, vision deterioration in right eye, extreme ringing (tinnitus) in right ear, occasional difficulty walking a straight line, weight gain. | Although I was only on Diovan for 2 months, I still have residue side affects 3 months later. I had to go to an eye doctor to correct the vision in my right eye. The ringing in my right ear, scalp problems, and pressure headaches on top of my head still linger. This medication was poison to me. Lucky are those who can tolerate it. | F | 64 | 2 months | 4/3/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | Profound dizziness and, for the first time in my life, depression | My heart specialist immediately switched me to Caduet (an internist had perscribed Diovan) -- not one symptom since. Go, Caduet. | F | 67 | 60 days | 3/31/2009 | 1 | HBP | Headaches, itching in hands, lethargy and coughing with cold like symptoms. | F | 50 | 10 days | 3/14/2009 | 1 | HBP | Very irritable, lose my temper a lot, feelings of doom and gloom, heart rate goes way up while sitting, possibly RLS has formed due to this drug, weight gain 25 lbs in 1 year, can't sleep at night, only during the day, have sleep apnea now, it seems that it started about when I began this med. for 2 years now, bloating is horrible, itchy skin galore, and low, low sex drive if at all!! Life's too short, right? | Thanks to reading everyone else's side effects I can finally put my finger on all these changes in my life since taking Divan. I am calling my doctor first thing Monday morning to complain to her because I've been telling her all along about different symptoms and she hasn't put two and two together....what are doctors good for?? | F | 46 | 2 years | 3/7/2009 | 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 | High Blood Pressure | Loss of memory,uncoordinated,dizzy,hot flashes,muscle pain,depression ,anxiety attacks,confusion (the list goes on ) | Side effects didnt start till after about 2-3 years . Continously got worse. All the while thinking it was me. | M | 51 | 7 years | 2/20/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | I became extremely agitated, memory loss, I woke up extremely dizzy and almost unable to move. I was confused and really did not remember that I took my child to school. Arms hurt, rash on arms and leg. I must find a new way to survive. | I use to take Diovan without a problem. I recently begun taking it again. A large dose 320 mg. I was so dizzy I could not function. The doctor said cut it in two, the pharmacist said do not cut this time release pill????who is right? I do not know. | F | 50 | | 2/11/2009 | 1 | High blood pressure | Hair loss, weight gain, pain in feet (felt like I was getting gout), cold hands and feet, itching all over the body especially the head, fatigue, dry skin, rash, abdominal bloating, constipation. | I was given Diovan when I had an allergic reaction to a cat. My blood pressure was at 145 at the time. Ever since then my doctor continued my blood pressure medication (Diovan 80 mg.). I started the symptoms listed above a few years ago and never attributed it to the Diovan. Fortunately I checked this website and realized that I was not the Lone Ranger and other people suffered the same symptoms. I am stopping Diovan TODAY. I also had a 20 lb. weight gain and never changed my diet. I was always on the thin side, walked 2 miles a day and did not eat a lot of sweets. Have had numerous blood tests thinking I was suffering from thyroid disease or something else. | F | 60 | 5 years | 2/3/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | lethargy, tense feelings,svere pain at night in arms, shoulders and joints.constipation,blurred vision,irritated mood ruined sexual life,feeling imbalance of body and overall depressed and irritated mood........luckily came to this sight , knew the experience of the others...stopped taking the drug and to my surprise , within two days all the problems gone and i could not believe the such achange in my physical and emotional being. | one thing is there that the drug made bp normal it it 125/80 from 100/180 but the price was highly paid by side effects sufferings. i think it is better to have hbp than to undergo the terrible sideffects. | 4 days | 1/23/2009 | 1 | HBP | I am writing on behalf of my mom, who does not have internet access. She has experienced EXTREME joint pain, all over her body, and also some recent chest tightness. Also headaches, fatigue, weakness. | Until my mom mentioned this drug to me, even I thought she might be exaggerating, until I read everyone else's symptoms, which sound exactly like hers. She told me that she woke up one morning, basically unable to move, she was in so much pain. Another recent morning she woke up with pain in her throat and chest area. She actually went to the hosptial via ambulance, but no heart irregularities were discovered, and after a night on morphine drip and no answers, they sent her home. When I read her the hundreds of comments here, she was shocked. She is calling her doctor as I write. She had originally taken Norvasc for years, interestingly, but had a lot of foot and leg swelling, which went on and on, along with some joint pain, but nothing like she experienced with the DIovan. | F | 74 | 2 months | 1/13/2009 | 1 | HBP | Severe joint pain/foggy brain/tired and sometimes depressed. Getting worse over time. | I suspected it was Diovan because I missed taking it on a couple of occassions and noticed a significant difference with the side effects. I always thought I was developing Fibromialgia until I noticed how much better I felt whenever I missed taking this medication. I have decided to see my doctor and ask to get switched to a different drug. | F | 5 days | 1/12/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | Dizziness, gas, bloating, gum bleeding, extreme joint pain, LOSS OF LIBIDO, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, extreme chest pain, anxiety, depression,out of breath easily, loss of hair, weight gain, blurred vision, confusion and concentration problems, cold hands and feet, low potassium, general aches and pains, head aches, violent outbursts | ALL THIS, BUT MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS FINE! I was taking Lisinopril for several years but had a cough (may not have even been related) so my doctor changed me to Diovan. I have been taking this drug for about 6 months and noticed a progresive deterioration in my general well being. Like others have posted my complaints to my doctor were discounted. Just yesterday I asked my doctor about taking me off this drug as my sex live is struggling severely. The doctor said take it up with my cardiologist. I'm glad my insurance company raised my co-payment for Diovan and forced me to look into if I really need this "wonder drug". I'm also glad I found this page and discovered I am not crazy and am not alone. I will stop taking today and hope to get back to where I was a year ago. | M | 55 | 6 months | 1/10/2009 |