HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE)

Average Rating: 1.8 (353 Ratings)

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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)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR HYDROCHLOROTHIACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 2  Hypertension After two weeks, am still on it hoping better therapeutic effects will emerge. The side effects have subsided somewhat - less of a foggy head feeling but still somewhat fatigued and still getting strange sensations in my chest/heart. M 43
25 mg 1X day
1/27/2012
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 1  HBP Problems within 1 hour of taking meds / first time taking this drug: Took med at 07:30am as prescribed with large glass of water. At approximately 08:30am; chills, dizziness and tingling in hands and big toes. POISON! I have never had such a reaction to a drug. It may help some, but I will no longer be taking it. M 65
30mg 1X day
2/28/2016
 1  Bp It makes me feel like when your glucose level (sugar) drop. Weak,and faint. I am not taking this medicine no more.Also sharp pain on side of my head. Bad drug F 46 1 times
12.5
6/5/2018
 3  High BP Hair loss, titinus heartburn Brain fog memory loss. helped w/swelling in legs ankles F 65 0 days
12.5
1/18/2018
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 3   M 74 0 days
12.5 1X day
6/23/2010
 3  Lower bp/fluid retention The the two side effects I seem to be having are terrible constipation and sensitive to Sun. The exposed parts of my body break out into a itchy rash. Is anyone having these problems? F 55 0 days
12.5 1X day
5/19/2022
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 1   Starting taking medication as prescribed after the 4th dose I had severe headaches, fatigue, nauseous, weak, head feels heavy, dizzy. Called Dr advised to take half of the medication. Same results. I can not take this medication I stopped this medication. F 79 0 days
25MG
5/18/2019
 1  Hypertension borderline Horrible! POISON. I could not figure out for the life of me what was making me so deathly ill because I take a couple different medications but narrowed it down to this one this is the one that created a nightmare for me. Pain in legs. Anxiety. Extreme dizziness feeling of doom. Just sick sick sick Talk to your doctor find an alternative. this medication should be removed from being prescribed My knees are still killing me with pain from this medication it’s truly a horrible medication I hope I can find a way to flush it out of my body quickly F 50 0 days
25
8/8/2019
 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
 5  Acute renal failure I am sweating so much, I'm embarrassed to go out. My hair and head used to get soaked now my whole body is sweating. Is this why? F 60 1 days
12.5
8/26/2014
 5  my blood pressure was above normal loss of fluid It's got to be another medicine that can help,although am thankful. F 55 1 days
10
12/11/2014
 4  I got up my legs where swollen 1 days
9/22/2015
 1  makes me tired and having Son and ,chest heavy Sob feeling tited 60 1 days
2/11/2017
 1  High blood pressure I notice it was given me chest I stop taking it but it feel like when I laying down to go bed my heart beat start beating fast I want know how long its going take to get out of that side of effect for good? F 30 1 days
3/9/2017
 1  High blood pressure Dizziness, felt like passing out, turned greenish looking, vomitting I took this in the morning. In the middle of a CPR class, I started feeling funny. The room looked blurry, I got up and went to the bathroom. Thank God my boss followed me. Wound up going to The ER. Blood pressure was up. Next day at same time got that same feeling. I stopped the med and called my doctor. Back on the amlodipiene. M 52 1 days
25mg daily
3/10/2017
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 1  Blood pressure Arm pain should pain both breast pain and arm burn and hand pain on my left side I'm not taking it no more as of tomorrow F 48 1 days
25mg
3/20/2017
 1  swelling/steroid induced high bp No more than an hour after taking, experienced rapid heartbeat, feeling short of breath, feeling shaky, after about 12 hours I still feel the same but now with headache, flushed face & arms, no appetite, bloated abdomen, throat/lips very dry & scratchy I'm convinced this medicine came straight from the devil himself. I will NEVER take this drug again!! F 38 1 days
12.5
4/7/2017
 1  prevent kidney stones/flu 30 pounds gained since July. Severe foot pain. Tightness in chest and Gasp for air after working out and sometimes even during normal activity. Tired all the time. Heart rate higher. Potassium level down. I'm stopping this medicine. It makes me feel awful. I do not recommend. F 37 1 days
10/15/2014
 1  edema Had excessive swelling of the feet and ankles for 3 days. BP was 157/98 so dr started me on this. In 5hrs I started having tingling in feet and then 12 hrs later dizzy, light headed, anxiety attacks, weak and slept all day. I can't live like that. I home school two children and if I can't function then they fall behind.I read these reviews and so thankful I did. People have said hair loss is a side effect... I already have that because of thyroid. Don't need to lose the little I have left. DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICINE! F 34 1 days
20mg
4/27/2014
 1  Hypertension Frequent urination, fatigue, thirst/dry mouth, started experiencing severe anxiety (something I had never dealt with before) I just haven’t felt myself since I started this drug- lisinopril with hydrochlorothiazide. I feel tired all the time. The other night at 4am I had an anxiety attack feeling weakness on my left arm, chest pain, trouble breathing, rapid heart beats and cold sweat. Felt like I was dying. Going to the Dr tomorrow to demand to be taken off this. FDA is BS. F 23 1 days
10
8/12/2018
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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)

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