Patient Log of Experience Using DIOVAN HCT
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING DIOVAN HCT
| Key to ratings for DIOVAN HCT: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, back pain, bad dreams, terrible itchy skin all over my body, little blisters on my face, skin rashes, a HUGE, open, inflamed sore on my chin that would appear every few months, loss of libido, tired ALL of the time, horrible joint pain-especially feet, hands and ankles, unbelievable leg cramps, hand cramps, cramps in chest muscle, mood swings, agitation, hair loss, depressed somber mood, cry easily for no reason, a feeling of thick mucus in the back of my throat every morning - disgusting!, increased floaters in my eyes and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. | This drug is POISON! What I want to know is WHY do Doctors keep prescribing these meds? I was threatened by more than three doctors that if I didn't take a medication that I would be in serious trouble. I told one, just let me try to lose this excess weight and maybe I won't have to take meds. She said no! Just take the meds because you probably won't follow through with eating right. Well part of the problem is that the meds won't let you lose weight! This medication didn't even lower my BP all that much. I've never gotten a 120/80 reading. The first few years I tried to overlook and tolerate this medication, but as this stuff builds up in your system - BAM! It hits you and you know that there is something terribly wrong with you! You don't feel like yourself and NONE of the doctors want to hear that! This is NOT the quality of life that any of us want. You know what is sad about this whole thing? I thought it was just me experiencing side effects that no one else had. I thought it was just me - getting older, and that's what I told myself. And then I started talking to people and they were saying the same things and I thought - oh, I need to stop taking this med. I wish that doctors would stop doing this to us and I wish that the FDA would stop doing this to us also. What are we, a bunch of lab rats? I will discontinue this med and I will update on what happens on my journey. | F | 59 | 6 years 160/25 1X D | 11/22/2013 | |
| 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, bad breath, back pain, bad dreams, terrible itchy skin all over my body, little blisters on my face, skin rashes, a HUGE, open, inflamed sore on my chin that would appear every few months, loss of libido, tired ALL of the time, horrible joint pain-especially feet, hands and ankles, unbelievable leg cramps, hand cramps, cramps in chest muscle, mood swings, agitation, hair loss, depressed somber mood, cry easily for no reason, a feeling of thick mucus in the back of my throat every morning - disgusting!, increased floaters in my eyes and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. | F | 59 | 160/25 1X D | 11/23/2013 | ||