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 | High Blood Pressure | I have been taking Diovan for about three years and my sides affects have recently changed, not sure why but at first I had horrible diarrhea (on and off for 12 months) and the doctor keep saying it was not a result of the medication. Also, I have had an increase of sinus and upper respiratory infections. Most of those symptoms have gone away; however over the last 4 weeks, I have noticed a lot of hair loss, to the point I had to have my hair cut short to hide the new thining long hair. The strangest thing has been a side affect called Paresthesia, I feel like my skin is always crawling and tingling; especially the scalp of my head. It is almost not worth it, I am thinking of not taking the medication anymore, but I am so concerned with my blood pressure spiking again and putting my back in the hospital.... | F | 35 | 3 years | 7/14/2008 | 1 | BP Diabeties | didnt really know all my problems were from the Diovan but they are! weight gain, leg pains, DIZZINESS so bad I couldn't drive or walk! | Had an MRI for a brain tumor and the whole time dizziness was caused by the daM diovan!!!!!! | F | 46 | 3 years | 5/1/2007 | 1 | hbp | fatique, weight gain 18 lbp , feet, legs , arms pain and crowling sensetion , numness , stomach bloated , troble sleepiing , tired , fatique , weight gain 18 lbp in 6 months . Feet , legs , arms pain and crawling sensetion , numness . Stomach bloated , trouble sleeping EAR RING | I had no idea why ? | F | 52 | 3 years | 8/7/2008 | 1 | B.P WAS HIGH | I CANT COUNT THE SIDE EFFECTS BLURR VISION EYE LIDS SWELL UP HARD TO OPEN WHEN WAKING UP. THROAT CLOSES WHEN EATTING MASSTIVE BIG HEADACHES CHEST PAINS BACK PAINS LEGS ACHE ARMS ACHE NOSE RUNS NUMBNESS IN HANDS AND FEET AT TIMES MEMORY LOSS EARS RING WANT MORE IM OUT OF INK | DONT TAKE THIS CRAP DRUG ! STAY AWAY FROM DIOVAN ITS BAD BAD BAD NASTY BAD DRUG! IF YOUR DOCTOR WANTS YOU TO TAKE IT- DONT ! REFUSE HIM OR HER ! AND ALWAYS CHECK OTHER BRANDS OR PILLS THEY HAND OUT TO YOU GENERIC TYPES SAME CRAP SOMETIMES WITH DIFFRENT NAMES .. DONT TAKE DIOVAN ! DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD ! | M | 92 | 3 years | 8/31/2007 | 1 | almost off it ! | I have been on this site before and left a few reports on this bad nasty drug!DIOVAN!!! this drug is unsafe to take! as are most b.p medications,please read all side effects before taking it! make sure your not allergic to the medication your taking! in some cases you will or Must force your Doctor to test you ,with this drug !! I know it wont happen if your in a HMO group - | Diovan is one Nasty medication for high blood pressure! if taken with another medication its super Nasty bad! I will soon be totaly off Diovan and Toprol free forever of them both! as I step into the Natural world of medications for the first time -I know it sounds crazy folks! but really I have no choice since iv tryed over 18 diffrent medications and been threw 9 doctors in my hmo system! every pill has side effects! and has caused my body harm and problems! and has interfeared with my life at work and at home! not one has worked good in lowering b.p down to normal readings! so I must turn to a natural way of medications and help. I keep seeing a old tv ad DRUGS KILL ! so do dumbell doctors! as I have found out, most dont care what they hand out ! its in and out the door ! see you in 6 or 8 months bye bye ! they get the co pay - you get bent over ! Im threw with Hmo's - thats another story! hope this works for me.. best of luck to me Loling.. here goes everything | M | 53 | 3 years | 1/31/2007 | 1 | Kidney Protection | Weight gain, shoulder pain bad enough to disrupt sleep and keep me in constant pain, muscle weakness and fatigue, blurred vision... Almost all of the symptoms described by other patients I have experienced, except the hair loss. | Dr. Rx'd this for kidney protection (I'm diabetic) and the side effects are affecting my health worse than the original condition. Diovan was Rx'd for preventive purposes only, and never for HBP. If your Dr. wants you on this stuff, tell him no thanks doc. | M | 39 | 3 years | 1/11/2007 | 5 | blood pressure | No side effects | Brought my blood pressure down to normal within 2 weeks. | F | 53 | 2 years | 6/9/2002 | 5 | High blood pressure | Sleep problems. I get breathing problems if I try to raise the dosage. | I have been on 160 mg. of Diovan for two years. The only side effect I've had since starting it is waking up during the night and having trouble going back to sleep. It started when I started taking Diovan and has not stopped. Otherwise, this medication takes care of my high blood pressure with no other side effects for me. Once, my doctor doubled the dosage because it wasn't lowering my bp enough, but then I had trouble breathing because it made my asthma worse. So I stuck with the 120 mg. dosage and started an exercise program. That did the trick and my bp is now normal with the exercise and the Diovan. I am very happy because I had horrible side effects on other bp meds over the years. | F | 39 | 2 years | 12/30/2008 | 5 | Mild hypertension | Some bowel irregularities during first month. Absolutely no problems since. | This drug has done exactly what I had hoped. I take 40 mg every morning and have done so for over two years. I did not make any lifestyle changes. It might be working for me because I take a small dose, I am not at all overweight, I have always exercised and I watch what I eat. | F | 56 | 2 years | 7/26/2008 | 5 | HBP 150/85 | I am perhaps bothered by cold weather more than I used to be and I think I may get an extra virus or two (common cold) each winter | Overall very satisfied. Been on it for 2 years. I take one 80mg pill each morning and my BP has dropped at least 20 points to about 130/80. I have had none of the horrible reactions reported on here (weight gain, nasuea, depression, hair loss, etc.) | M | 35 | 2 years | 11/3/2008 | 5 | Hypertension | Diovan is great. The FDA approved generics (Valsartan) that came out in 2014 are horrible. I''m filing claims with FDA/MedWatch. Don't take Camber's generic. It contains sodium & is manufactured in India. | ExpressScripts overcharges for Diovan & Valsartan. They will only give it to me in 2-week increments, even though my doctor writes prescriptions for 90-days of medication. I have a battle with ExpressScripts every two weeks so as not to run out of medication. $125 is an exorbitant price to pay for any generic for 2 weeks of meds. | F | 63 | 2 years 160 | 11/14/2016 | 4 | high blood pressure | some fatigue; tingling in hands and feet. | F | 36 | 2 years | 11/7/2006 | 4 | hypertension | M | 50 | 2 years | 7/2/2006 | 4 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | NIL | NIL | M | 75 | 2 years 160 1X day | 6/2/2013 | 4 | had problem with lowtesin | As others I feel more tired than I think I should be. However, I am 67 but in generally excellent health. I did gain weight when I started this medicine. But thought it was due to my extremely bad eating habits. Went on Akins and lost much of it. However,I do think this medicine may have had someting to do with it. My heart rate has been a worry and the BP readings are not consistent. | I wish you could control the dosage by cutting the pill in half but hard to do with its configuration. | M | 67 | 2 years | 4/29/2007 | 4 | Borderline hbp | at first I was very tired by about 2pm in the afternoon everyday,but after 4 or 5 months that subsided.I never experienced weight gain but a slight loss then bounced back to my normal weight. | So far I cannot complain about the drug. | M | 44 | 2 years | 5/11/2007 | 3 | o lower blood pressure | ringing in left ear. palpations, anxiety, weight gain in middle, tiredness,constant urination, stomach pain if taken w/o food.dr has taken me off. will try something diff on a lower dosage. | my friend almost died on this drug due to low potassium. my mom had the same symptoms as me...will try the dash diet and more exercise to go the natural way. | F | 59 | 2 years | 6/13/2007 | 3 | HBP | I have been takin diovan and Diovan HCT now for almost two yrs. I want to say I agree witht the remarks that everyone has made from the scale of 3 to 1. This drug is good at lowering your BP but it is awful on your body. I have experienced a lot of the symptoms you all have described and they are not very comfortable. I also say to the people who have been experiencing the ringing in the ears to take that very seriously. If you have been to a ENT then go to another one for a second opinion, Now i am telling you this from experience, I went through the same thing three yrs ago and now, I am deaf. I went from ENT to ENT and there was no diagnosis ever given. I dont think the Diovan caused it but, it definitely havent helped with the after effects. Please take the seriousness of the ringing in your ears personally and try to get as much help as possible, as I said my deafness started with a simple ringing in the left ear and ended up taking control over my right ear in a short per | The medicine works to lower your BP, but the side effects are murder on your body. | M | 46 | 2 years | 1/10/2007 | 3 | hypertension | M | 45 | 2 years | 11/14/2004 | 3 | hypertension | Started out on Diovan HCT 80/12.5 but made legs swell. MD switched to 160mg w/o HCT. Have gained quite a bit of weight w/o change in diet or activity level (30-40 lbs). Have been experiencing depression, blurry vision and occassional vertigo/dizzyness. No hair loss, but skin has been very dry, itchy with strange dermititis from time to time. I have developed insomnia which may be part of the side effects though not 100% sure. I have a dry cough that developed that also may be Diovan related. Some leg cramps and pain from time to time as well. I normally am fairly active but I must admit it seems more often than not I am feeling extremely fatigued. Definitely seem to have some memory loss as well... Why was I on this website again..? :) | I usually avoid reading the side effects panel on drugs because there is a tendency to start thinking you are getting all the side effects.. so in this case I didnt look up the weight gain, depression, anxiety, memory loss, blurry vision, etc until I was experiencing it.. and going "hmmm.. I wonder if it could be.. this drug" Diovan did seem to lower my BP significantly at first, but it seems like there was a 'rebound' effect. At first it dropped to 120/80 but after a few months the pressure seemed to creep back to high normal and sometimes higher.. I stopped taking Diovan for a few months and cut back on Toprol and managed to lose 30 lbs. I am thinking about stopping Diovan again to see if the recent bad blurry vision and fatigue clear up. | M | 47 | 2 years | 6/24/2008 |