AVAPRO Reviews (IRBESARTAN)Average Rating: 2.3 (261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AVAPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AVAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | M | 57 | | 1/13/2009 | 5 | hypertension | | 7/15/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | Extreme fatigue-joint aches-headache-mood change-Wondering if it is the medication been on it for approximatley one month | Does anyone have any thoughts on this | M | 35 | | 2/6/2009 | 3 | hypertension | Gout | M | | 11/9/2006 | 1 | Hypertension | 1. Cold hands and feet. 2. Stiff muscles & joints on arising after sitting for a while. 3. Chronic mild back discomfort every morning on arising. 4. More severe back pain if I did hard exercise or hard manaul work that required lots of bending or lifting. 5. Shoulder discomfort / pain (like a rotator cuff problem). 6. Dry skin on the calf and ankles. 7. Dry itchy skin in the ear canal. 8. More freqent (with a stronger urges) urination. 9. Loose (sometimes diarreah-like)bowel movements. | I had been very active in power lifting up until my I was about 48 years old. That's about the time I was prescribed Avapro. Initially it caused a slight cough so I went through a series of other BP meds which either didn't work, or in the worst case (with Norvasc) gave me a severe backache. My doctor and I settled back with Avapro which seemed to work fine with no other side effects. I have been on it for seven or eight years and attributed the "minor" maladies above to the aging process. I didn't know that Avapro was causing all these sypmtoms until I accidentally forgot to load the Avapro in my vitamin case one Sunday. About three days later I was sitting watching TV and checked the thermostat on the wall because I felt more comfortable, less cold in my house. But the temperature remained what it always had been, 68 F. I also noticed that I was not stiff after sitting in my chair for two hours in front of the TV. I could now spring up out of the chair and bolt up the stairs with no stiffness, no discomfort. I have continued working out since I gave up powerlifting, but my workouts have been very light and I have not done overhead military presses or heavy deadlifts in years because of my tender back, and I stopped doing bench presses last spring because of my tender shoulders. Well lo and behold after being off the Avapro for a month I am doing all those excercises with significant poundages. All of the symptoms have disappeared after discontinuing the Ava-pro. | M | 61 | | 2/1/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | Forgot to mention the ICE COLD HANDS for the last two months-rubbing only helps temporarily. | F | 60 | 150 mg 1X day | 4/22/2010 Patient History | 1 | high blood presure | F | 65 | | 3/19/2005 | 1 | borderline hypertension | anaphylaxis and persistent angioedema-have been on cortisone for 8 weeks and H1 blocker: from allergic reaction to avapro have had persistent angioedema;side effects from the treament for this allergy; 4 weeks sick leave from work; need to caarry an epi-pen and can't go on overseas holidays and must holiday where there are hospitals. Lots of Drs bills incurred. Angioedema still persists!My Immunologist says it may take months and months to go! Note: this allergic reaction happened 2 and a half years after taking Avapro- all it took was 2 days of increased dose from 75 mg per day ( geri dose) to 150 mg per day(low usual adult dose). It has been a scary experience including the 2 times I ended up in emergency with (1) tongue swelling; and (2) laryngeal spasm. | Don't let your GP insist you take this is your BP is borderline-finally saw a cardiologist who said diet, low salt and exercise would be okay. | F | 50 | | 1/26/2008 | 1 | HBP (Pre-hypertension) | Extreme fatigue, cough, excessive phlegm, dizziness, leg cramps, gastritis, rhinitis, chest pain, weakness, hair loss, rapid pulse, depression, feeling like I can't breathe,blurred vision, agitation. | F | 58 | 150 1X day | 10/28/2014 Patient History | 1 | Pressure was high | Loosing my hair.pressure was still high taking 1pill.Dr added another pill total 2 Avapro.pressure still high.Added another prescription | F | 70 | 0 days | 6/22/2019 | 4 | highblood pressure | F | 57 | 1 days 150 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 3 | blood pressure | 1 days | 4/23/2016 | 3 | HBP | Abdominal pain | 34 | 1 days 150MG 1X day | 1/6/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Headache that never goes away, anxiety, emotional, moody and joint pain in legs when getting up in the morning. | M | 42 | 1 days 150 | 10/21/2014 | 1 | High Blood pressure | Generic horrible.Severe skin rash. Permanent damages. Muscles pain. Back pain. Severe sweating. Crawling in legs. Vision problem. Constant cough. Loose bowels. Urine pain. Peeling skin. Fish skin. Acids chemical burn skin. Arthritis now. Cataract clouds forming now. Tingling. Headaches. Flu like symptoms. And so much more | FDA AND Pharmaceutical Companies need to be helded liable. Someone including the doctor. They know but too afraid to admit the truth. | F | 58 | 1 days | 6/26/2016 | 1 | High Blood pressure | Generic horrible.Severe skin rash. Permanent damages. Muscles pain. Back pain. Severe sweating. Crawling in legs. Vision problem. Constant cough. Loose bowels. Urine pain. Peeling skin. Fish skin. Acids chemical burn skin. Arthritis now. Cataract clouds forming now. Tingling. Headaches. Flu like symptoms. And so much more | FDA AND Pharmaceutical Companies need to be helded liable. Someone including the doctor. They know but too afraid to admit the truth. | F | 58 | 1 days | 6/26/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | Horrible I took Irbesartan (Avapro) 8:33am and was in a ambulance by 10:00am extreme tachycardia (super fast heart rate) and it actually did the opposite and raised my blood pressure. My pressure had been elevated all day and it's causing extreme anxiety I can't even cope while on this medication ER doctors and paramedics advised me not to take it again. | DO NOT RECOMMEND if you are younger. | F | 23 | 1 days 75 1X day | 11/16/2020 | 1 | Hypertension | B/P dropped frm 145/88 to 93/56, then took a sharp spike of 245/111. Went to ER and discovered was having anaphylactic symptoms. | Just a single dose of this medication sent me to the hospital where I was given aspirin, Nitroglycerin, and Heprin to thin my blood because of heart fibrillations that could cause blood clots (so the ER doctors told me.) I continued chest pain throughout the night and into the next day,when a heart cath was done. Was told I have a healthy heart and that the Avapro had caused anaphylactic symptoms. 3 days have passed,and my heart continues to race at time. Am, however, feeling much better. Will NEVER take another Avapro! | F | 53 | 1 days 150 mgs. 1X day | 8/29/2010 | 1 | cholesterol | muscle weakness | Some half hour after I took this thing both my arms felt really weird and lost strenght. I never took it again and never will. I think if was localised neuropathy or something. It went away some 3 days after I took the pill. | M | 25 | 1 days 20mg 1X day | 11/17/2011 | 1 | High Blood pressure & racing pulse | I took my first avapro tablet at 3pm and by 6.00pm i was in an ambulance to emergency - my entire body was cramping severely and I lost consciousness - emergency Docs had to flush the drug out of my system and told me that i was never to take another Avapro tablet. | M | 39 | 1 days 75mg 1X day | 1/29/2012 |
AVAPRO (IRBESARTAN): Irbesartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Irbesartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily. FDA Approval Date: 1997-09-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)