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 | Fatigue, especially in the morning. Difficulty waking up. Difficulty completing my usual (many years) walk, especially going uphill, flaking on my face and arms-really itchy and constant bladder issues-need to urninate a lot to not at all,I have experienced extreme feelings of heaviness and fatigue in my leg and hip muscles. tiredness in my back. Slight pressure in side of head, tingling hands and feet,Dry mouth, eyes hurt alot and I get a sharp pain from my left ear to my head, hoarsness to my voice, I have since experienced a foggy head, and a memory problem, I also have noticed a lot of hair loss, lack of concentration, Burning skin sensations on my shins, edema around ankles, joint pain in my legs, hips and back. | TAKEN OFF OF ACCUPRIL DUE TO COUGH. DOCTOR PUT ME ON DIOVAN DUE TO FREE SAMPLES. WHEN SAMPLES OUT HE SWITCHED ME TO DIOVAN HCT, AGAIN DUE TO FREE SAMPLES. BOUT DESTROYED MY KIDNEYS AND PLACED BACK ON DIOVAN BY CARDIOLOGIST. LOWERED BP IMMEDIATELY BUT AFTER 6-8 WEEKS BEGAN SYMPTOMS. BEGAN RAISING MY HEART RATE TO OVER 100+ AND PLACED ON INDERAL. BOTH WORK WITHOUT QUESTION BUT WITH MUCHO SIDE EFFECTS. MY FACE AND LEGS ITCH BEYOND BELIEF. ALSO HAD BOUTS OF CONSTIPATION TO ACID STOMACH TO CONSTIPATED. ENOUGH FOR HROIDS AND BLEEDING. THIS STUFF IS BAD NEWS BUT WORKS. WOULD NOT WISH THIS MED OR SYMPTOMS ON MY DOG. GOING TO NEW DOCTOR SOON. | M | 50 | 2 years | 2/26/2007 | 1 | Hypertension | Hives, swelling, renal failure, high temp, muscle and joint pain,weight gain, uncontroled blood pressure, false positive on lupus test. | M | 50 | 2 years | 5/10/2015 | 1 | Lower Blood Pressure | Joint swelling, unbearable pain, gout, crippling foot pain, weight gain, horrible urine odor, skin rash, general swelling in lower extremities | M | 65 | 2 years 160MG | 12/7/2013 | 1 | Bp | Extreme fatigue. Spells of racing heart. | M | 54 | 2 years | 9/15/2019 | 5 | Moderately Elevated BP | None. I tried a ACE I inhibitor which resulted in a cough and a Beta Blocker which had numerous side effects. Since being on Diovan HCT, an ACE II inhibitor, I haven't noticed any side effects and my systolic has dropped from 145 to 132. | Great drug. | M | 51 | 1.5 years | 1/31/2007 | 5 | Hypertension | None | M | 60 | 1.5 years | 6/26/2004 | 2 | Blood pressure | Muscle aches including hip, legs, arms, neck, between shoulder blades; occasional dizziness and have just started getting headaches. I plan to stop the Diovan today to see if aches go away. This is the 4th BP med I've tried. FYI, Dyazide (given for BP) causes increased blood sugar; I found out the hard way. Doctors refuse to believe patients when they report side effects. Patients beware; do your own research. Some side effects take a while to manifest. | F | 61 | 1.5 years | 12/2/2008 | 1 | H.B.P 160mg | Looks like I was impregnated by an elephant! From wakeup to mid-day the lights start going out! After long nap feel almost normal! Get 8-9 hrs sleep at night.Unless my wife orders me to do things I'm useless! Used to be very optimistic now have dark thoughts! Hair fell out! BP starting to go up again 211/107! | Hope to be put on Atacand soon. Check it out here! Also looking into natural alternatives! Until now I had every excuse for my piss-poor condition except for this drug! I do workout and eat right, veggie, no booze but look like I must drink a case a night! Glad I found this place and sorry to see so many in the same shitty boat! Hope to get off this nightmare ASAP! | M | 52 | 1.5 years | 4/19/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | ankle, knee, lower back, and neck pain. ED is also a side effect along with frequent stops to the bathroom. I have also experienced night sweats, dry mouth and loose bowels. | I have taken myself off this drug starting today and hopefully I will get back to feeling like a human being again. I'm also looking for a new doctor. I would also like to know if anyone has tried natural remedies such as Hyperexol for High Blood Pressure. | M | 71 | 1.5 years | 3/26/2007 | 1 | Hypertension | THANKYOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to ALL who left comments before me. I, too, didn’t experience any side effects immediately. I have been on this “poisons” for about a year and half before experiencing any side effects. It started with tingling and a very warm sensation in my foot. . I started having really bad anxiety. Then came terrible neck pain like my neck could not support my head. My neck was popping/cracking all the time. The POWERFUL leg pains came next! They were SO bad I couldn’t sleep at night. I have also felt pain in my arms with feelings as though someone was plucking my skin from the inside. My hair started coming out strand by strand every time I would touch it. I also couldn’t focus my vision at times and would see double First I thought it was just because of the HCT in the Diovan (was taking 80/12.5). Then my doctor switched me to Diovan 160 (no HCT). That made my leg pains WORST! I have officially taken myself off of the medic | I'm knowing by faith that the LORD is healing me of ALL these terrible side effects. This experience has really put my faith to the test. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! | F | 44 | 1.5 years 80/12.5 1X day | 10/30/2010 | 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 | 1 | Heart attack | severe fatigue, leg muscle pain, joint pain, weight gain, extreme LOW blood pressure, vision issues, nervousness, anxiety ,depression, shortness of breath | I had a heart attack from blocked artery, not high blood pressure as my pressure was always in normal range. I was given this drug in combination with other drugs to help my heart work not so hard. As a result of this drug, I was given pain killers to ease the side effects which lowered my blood pressure further. My blood pressure has become so low at times Ive ended up in the hospital for more tests than I can count. Each time results are the same, they cant find anything wrong other than cardiac enzymes are out of whack. Dr takes me off the drug for a few months, and then puts me back on it when blood pressure starts to rise because he claims I need it to go with the others as more than 35% of my heart is "dead"(I have an implanted defibrillator/pace maker) My Dr knew right away after 1st hospital stay which drug was wreaking havoc, but there is no other class of drugs like it out there that can do what it does to help my heart. | F | 50 | 1.5 years 40 1X day | 6/29/2014 | 1 | Mom took it for high blood pressure | My mother developed a mass in the neck just six months after starting the diovan, which turned out to be cancer. | Prior to starting Diovan, I read that there was a "small" chance that Diovan could cause cancer. Well sure enough, that "small" chance happened to my mom in early 2012. By October 2012, despite beating the cancer, she died from complications caused my the effects of cancer treatment. I subsequently started a website that I hope can raise more awareness about the dangers of prescription drugs. www.couponsforacause.org. | F | 62 | 1.5 years 1X day | 11/25/2013 | 5 | Hypertention | Severe itching and eczema periauricular around the nipple | I like it but i think i will stop it because of this itching | F | 48 | 1 years 160/12.5 | 5/13/2016 | 5 | Hypertension | I have no side effects, except I get up 2 times a night to use rest room. Works great for me. | F | 64 | 1 years 12.5 | 10/11/2015 | 5 | High blood pressure | none whatsoever | guess I am the lucky one in the group | F | 60 | 1 years | 10/6/2009 | 5 | high blood pressure | Taking 160 mg daily at night. Only side effect has been sporadic numbness/tingling in arms and hands at night, sufficient to wake me up with pain. No weight gain/hair loss, both of which I am prone to and have experienced with other BP medications. In fact, I've lost 20 lbs at Weight Watchers while on this medication. | My starting blood pressure varied wildly -- often 150+/100. Now it still varies a lot, but in general stays about 133/75, lower in the summer. I can live with the annoying side effect of having my arms and hands fall asleep at night. This is the 5th or 6th BP medication I've been on and the side effects of all others have been much worse/intolerable. Atacand was the worst -- felt like I was going to commit suicide. Toprol caused immediate weight gain & fatigue. Diuretics made me extremely fatigued and gave me migraines. Cozaar didn't do a thing to lower BP. Diovan is a blessing for me. I do realize that prescription medications effect each of us differently, so I am lucky I found something that can address my high blood pressure successfully and still allows me to function. By the way, I've also started yoga which helps a lot. | F | 58 | 1 years | 12/9/2008 | 4 | blood pressure | None | M | 68 | 1 years | 11/7/2008 | 4 | None | F | 48 | 1 years | 7/19/2004 | 4 | Hypertension | None | F | 48 | 1 years | 7/19/2004 |