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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 1  Hypertension and edema I was put on this medicine for my edema and blood pressure. I was only on it for 3 days..this medicine is aweful. I had the worst headache, my legs hurt so bad and i felt so weak. I was so nauseous and threw up. I was very light headed and felt like i was going to pass out and i was so shaky. One day i was so bad i couldn't even hold my head up i felt so bad. It did help my leg swelling but i would rather have swollen legs then feel the way i did. This is a awful medicine to be on. F 28 3 days
12.5mg 1X day
12/1/2020
 1  High blood pressure Racy heart, panic attacks at night, dry mouth, tingly hands and feet, muscle pains, insomnia-such a horrible medication!!!!!!! F 61 100 days
12.5 1X day
11/21/2020
 1  Blood pressure Bad side effects with skin burning and tingling and numbness cannot sleep for anxiety; this is horrible I haven't found one I can take so I'll just do my best at monitoring my bp almond with diet and workouts; really bad drug F 54 10 days
25 1X day
11/16/2020
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 2  Edema The first couple days was fine, then all of a sudden nausea, diarrhea, panic attack, I almost passed out, weakness, fatigue, extreme sweating. I had to stop taking this medicine. F 44 4 days
1X day
11/14/2020
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 2  hypertension, swelling tons of hair loss, heart pounding, very high heart rate (up to 120), raised blood pressure, blurred vision, very sore arms and legs, thigh and leg mucles cramping and throbbing. I was first very pleased with this medicine because it made me lose almost ten pounds in just a few days. My legs looked thin and I had normal ankles and lost my double chin. Everything was great until I started to lose handfuls of hair, and then noticed my heart pounding all the time. IT only helped with the excess fluid I was retaining, but can quickly dry you out. Drink TONS of water. I cannot take it every day but I do take it here and there as needed when I get bloated. F 38 3 weeks
12.5 1X day
11/6/2020
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 1  Water retension Within an hour of taking this drug I was too dizzy to function, blurred vision, racing heart, incredible brain fog, thigh pain, and just felt so off emotionally. Refused to take second dose. Three days after dose, I still have constant burning thigh pain that wakes me up at night and sudden diarrhea. Hoping it goes away! This drug is toxic! F 51 1 days
25mg 1X O
9/6/2020
 1  BP Extreme stomach pains, stomach cramping, very weak, dizzy. I feel 100 times worse than I did with just the High BP. F 41 3 days
12.5 1X day
7/28/2020
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 1  Swelling in legs and high blood pre Anxiety tiredness week allergies swelling been on this for years and it's causing me to live a life of hell and didn't know it was this medicine omg glad a read this from others Hell F 60 0 years
10 mg 1X day
7/20/2020
 1  Bp Panic attack, weak, dizzy, sweating, horrible muscle pain. Feel like death. Been off this med x2 days and still feeling effects. F 43 2 days
25mg 1X day
7/12/2020
 1  High blood pressure For the first week or so that I took this I felt fine and it lowered my blood pressure. At around week 2-3 my legs started getting very achy and last night I was so dizzy and my blood pressure was high. Now I'm just tired I'm going to stop taking this because I can't think of what else would be causing this. Maybe works for some people but not for Me M 43 3 weeks
12.5 1X day
7/10/2020
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 1  High blood pressure Headache, muscle aches, wrists aching , blurred vision, brain fog, memory loss, dry eye, light headed, stabbing pain in neck and head, dizziness, knee and joint pain I went to my primary care and even the ER. I had no idea this drug had so many side effects. F 49 21 days
12.5 1X day
7/5/2020
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 2  Hypertension Extreme fatigue, mental fogging, frequent urination, inability to participate in my regular activities, depression and hopelessness. I made a recent prior posting regarding my experiences with this drug. I will now make note that I informed my MD that I needed to come off this drug as soon as possible. Upon listening to my complaints she immediately told me to stop it’s use. I could no longer function in so many ways, and as an active person who enjoys physical and mental training this medicine is a negative. I consumed this diuretic early in the morning, and yet I was up every night frequently to urinate. There was far too much urination transpiring in the daytime, too. I felt exhausted all day, I felt constantly drugged, my mental and physical capacity was diminished and my wife and I started sleeping apart. I could not accomplish simple tasks and I could not train at all for the last two weeks on this drug. Even a simple walk became a task. A sense of frustration, hopelessness and depression ensued. I do not recommend this medication. I became a zombie. There are better options available for an active and otherwise healthy individual. I report that it is 4 days since coming of this medication and I am feeling healthy, energized and I have restored my normal life again. My MD switched my hypertension medication to an ACE, and now I have a new lease on life. My blood pressure has also improved and it has now dropped to below the levels that hydrochlorothiazide had it. M 63 27 days
50mg 1X day
4/4/2020
 3  Hypertension Frequent urination after bedtime is problematic. Fatigue during the day likely caused by sleep disruption. Minor chemical taste in my mouth and body. Slightly increased mucus in throat. I am a 63 year old male who has been athletic his entire life. I eat a healthy diet, I do not consume alcohol, recreational drugs and I have an exercise habit of hiking, snowshoeing and weight training. Other than my hypertension, I am fit and healthy, taking only one other medication. My primary issue with this medication is disrupted sleep at night due to frequent urination. This disruption fatigues me during the day thereby negatively affecting my energy levels for my lifestyle pursuits. I will add that I consume this medication between 0730-0800 early in the morning, and night time urination is still a negative issue for me. However, I am happy with the way that hydrochlorothiazide has been controlling my blood pressure. I prefer it to my prior script for Telmisartan which did not control my hypertension as well and left me dizzy and vomiting on one occasion in the morning upon awaking. That said, I will be working with my doctor to find a medication that does not produce frequent night time urination, controls my blood pressure as well with less fatiguing side effects. M 63 25 days
50mg 1X day
3/31/2020
 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
 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
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 1  High blood pressure Depression feeling of doom Panic attacks Anxiety stupid me read that if you stop taking this mess sudden death could occur dizzy spells peeing all the time red and puffy eyes chest tightness jittery feeling tired as hell but can't sleep this little pill is horrible M 61 5 weeks
10/2/2019
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 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
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 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
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 1  High Blood Pressure DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! This should not be called HCTZ; it should be called the "nightmare" drug. I had been taking Benicar 20mg for 10 years plus with no issues whatsoever. I moved back to my hometown and my doctor for some reason thought I need this HCTZ (water pill) on top of it. WRONG! Numbness in limbs, extreme anxiety and panic attacks out of nowhere, dizziness beyond words. The dizziness and instability to stand for short periods of time has no description I can come up with at this time. No way I could take deep complete breaths. Dry coughing and allergy symptoms at night. One day while on this drug, it took me 10 min to stumble to my bathroom Asked my doctor if I could please get off this drug immediately. She just bumped up my Benicar slightly and got me off this sinister drug. Thank GOD!!!!!! Two days being off the drug and life is grand - BP still holding steady at 128/85 or in that range. AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL...... Destroyed the last month of my life including sending me to the ER.....ARGH!!! M 47 1 months
12.5mg 1X day
9/5/2019
 1  High blood pressure chest pains, electric weak tingly feelings when i stand. Feel like im gonna fall over M 45 14 days
25
8/8/2019

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