HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE)Average Rating: 1.8 (353 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HYDROCHLOROTHIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | I got up my legs where swollen | 1 days | 9/22/2015 | 1 | HBP | Unbelievable muscle cramps. Hair loss. | I have been to see so many doctors and had so many tests done due to the muscle cramps in my back, hips, and thighs. I am not a big water drinker and even when I try to be, it still does not make the cramping go away. It took an article on low magnesium levels to make me start researching the drugs I do take. I've been feeling old since they put me on this drug. It's ruined a lot of my life. | 58 | 10 years 25 1X day | 3/2/2016 | 1 | blood pressure | severe plantar faciatias symptoms in feet, severe hip pain, can not walk in morning or after sitting 20 minutes, blurry vision, on and off fluttering of heart, on and off perfuse sweating for no reason. frequent urination that is extreme and I can not stand up when my bladder is full, barely make it to bathroom. top of feet numbness, tip of toes tingling and numbness, severe pain on right hand from tip of finger to elbow, tailbone pain that doctor was sending me for X-rays, severe muscle weakness and heavy limbs, muscle pain against chest, Doctor just prescribes more meds for symptoms, on and off pressure behind eyes and anxiety, I am not functioning and was sure I must be dying. | I was on czar 50mg, amlodphine 50mg and was given this medication o help symptoms of feet swelling from amlodiphine. Then doctor took me off amlodophine due to so many symptoms and gave me Atenenol, then doubled that med to 100mg when it was not effective at keeping bp down. I have been so ill from the symptoms of all these drugs and the doctors were just increasing dosage and adding more drugs. I initially only had elevated blood pressure. In the past 2 weeks I have weaned myself down to just Losartin 50 mg and Hydrochorothiazide 21.5mg. I am still in so much pain and decided to research, after seeking all of this everything makes so much sense why I feel like I am dying. All these toxins are poisoning me. By the way: Are patients aware many of these drugs are manufactured in India? You know, the place I would dare not even drink water from? The same place with so many X & Y chromosome deformities. I am getting off this one for sure as of tomorrow. | 55 | 8 months 12.5 1X day | 7/13/2016 | 1 | Edema | Blurry Vision, in the last year 25 lb weight gain, constant bloated stomach, hip pain, after sitting for awhile and getting up I walk like a 90 yr old woman. Over the years they have changed the ingredients of this medication. This is the only med I'm taking and it took awhile to figure out that it's this medicine that is making me so sick. I decided to stop this medicine after seeing so many others are having the same symptoms. | 51 | 6 years | 7/21/2016 | 1 | makes me tired and having Son and | ,chest heavy Sob feeling tited | 60 | 1 days | 2/11/2017 | 1 | 13 years | I thought it was okay but realized I was having so many side effects. Anxiety, heart palpitations, chest tightness, headaches, tired..just to name a few. | 46 | 13 days 25mg | 10/27/2018 | 1 | Bp | Dizzy swollen feet dry mouth mussels pain | I’ve been on this drug for three days - by day 3 I thought I was having a attach of some crap - this drug is horrible- I mean who made this shit the f-ing DEVIL | 43 | 3 days 25 mi | 9/20/2019 | 1 | Bp | Dizzy swollen feet dry mouth mussels pain | I’ve been on this drug for three days - by day 3 I thought I was having a attack of some crap - this drug is horrible- I mean who made this shit the f-ing DEVIL | 43 | 3 days 25 mi | 9/20/2019 | 1 | Elevated blood pressure | Anxiety went through the roof was under control. Lower leg cramps, knee joints hurt, extreme heartburn nausea, bloating. Stopped the pull on day 21 feeling better daily. | 34 | 20 days 12.5mg | 12/10/2017 | 1 | Yes | This drug can kill you.it makes me feel like i am going to die always even as i am not taking it everyday.It give me dizziness all the time expecoally after waking up fro. bed in the morning.it also causes severe cramp if take. In high doses from 25mg to 50mg.I lowers bp but it is a very bad drug.I looks like it also cause severe back pain.I take it most time with termisartan.Not sure if termisatan that is causi g the severe back pain.Be careful with this medicine.Do not take it like buiscuit.It is deadly with deadly side effect at low dose even. | This drug should only be use for emergency only when bp is high and not a daily drug as it makes u very sick and unfit.makes u depressed and cause panic attacks. I am only 56 but feels like 100years because of this drug. | 56 | 2 years 25 | 2/2/2020 | 5 | High diastolic blood pressure | Absolutely nothing that I've noticed. | I know there are a lot of negative comments here, but it really is trial and error for some people. This drug has brought my diastolic blood pressure down within one week from 107 to 80 as of this morning. | F | 44 | 7 days 25 | 3/4/2020 | 5 | To lose weight | Muscle cramps | I did get muscle cramps but that just means your potassium is depleting, which is caused from dehydration, which is caused by taking a diuretic as this. So I started taking a potassium supplement, one a day, and the cramps went away. | F | 44 | 30 days 25mg 1X day | 1/23/2012 | 5 | Ankle swelling/bp | Had been sick nausea faint felt like I was not in my own mind and weak.called 911 as I could not function nor get controll of surroundings.found out potassium level low. My punks cardiologist that I went to would not listen to me he kept asking me if I would talk to a physiologist.afther going to this guy with my symptoms be fore in ended up in the ambulance.fire your low life Drs whom want to chalk you up and make it look like it's in your head ....I have been getting very bad stabbing pains in my head and neck,I was told maybe it's Nuerological, ha ha these Drs get a cut from these drug companies.... | I will file a complaint with the fda and I will pass on to any and everyone to do the same...we can stop this medicine... | F | 60 | 1 years 1X day | 12/31/2017 | 5 | water retainage | None. By taking this drug my blood pressure is stable. I urinate at least 6 times a day. Without the drug I seldom urinate. However, I do not have to go to the bathroom at night. | F | 75 | 10 years 20 | 8/20/2012 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Some dizziness at first, but this has subsided. Having to urinate more often, but this doesn't seem as frequent as at first, either. I drink lots of water anyway, so don't feel dehydrated. | It has done a great job lowering my blood pressure! Inexpensive. | F | 61 | 2.5 years | 10/18/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Muscle cramps. | This med worked much better, with fewer side effects than lisinopril or gemfibrozil. However I have found that exercise and diet works just as well. | F | 62 | 3 years | 7/18/2006 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | had gall bladder removed, bp gradually increased. 2 years later it was regularly in the 180's. eek. walking & garlic didn't help.. tried ace inhibitors.. 2 kinds but got migraines each time. EEK asked doc to try me on simplest med.. diuretic. small dose. I take half of a 25 mg pill daily and IT WORKS. bp now ranging in the 140's most days and at my age I feel ok with that. feel free to email me but put askapatient on the subject line. | F | 63 | 5 weeks | 2/2/2007 | 5 | Meniere's disease | Can keep up potassium with OJ and bananas. | F | 65 | 20 years | 8/27/2005 | 5 | menstrual migraines | dizzy if I stand up too quickly | They say diuretics don't work for menstrual migraines, but it worked for me. I was getting migraines every day for the first two weeks of every cycle. My life was shutting down. I haven't had a single migraine since I started taking this drug five months ago. | F | 42 | 5 months | 3/15/2009 | 5 | No side effects (frequent urination doesn't count!). | I have been on 3 other types of medicine for high blood pressure and this is the one that I can't even tell I'm on. The others were Toprol (made me a zombie), Triamterene (made me very confused and ultra-talkative), and Amlodipine (insomnia, ravenous appetite, nausea, tired in the day, didn't want to do anything, headaches). Called my doctor today and she put me back on the HCTZ. So thankful. | F | 57 | 1 days 25 MG 1X day | 5/23/2011 |
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE): This medication is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Hydrochlorothiazide belongs to a class of drugs known as diuretics/"water pills." It works by causing you to make more urine. This helps your body get rid of extra salt and water. This medication also reduces extra fluid in the body (edema) caused by conditions such as heart failure, liver disease, or kidney disease. This can lessen symptoms such as shortness of breath or swelling in your ankles or feet. FDA Approval Date: 2000-01-28 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)