COZAAR Reviews (LOSARTAN POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (414 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COZAAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COZAAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Hypertension | Within 3 days experienced significant muscle soreness after exercise. This was new to me. Fatigue and continued muscle aches and joint pains. Seem more depressed and very fatigued. Stopped taking it and after a week the aches and pains are 50% better and mood and energy returning. | This worked very well for my mild hypertension, but cannot tolerate the side effects | F | 52 | 90 days 50 mg 1X day | 2/11/2015 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Malaise, possibly depression, down, low energy. Might be from varicocele, but also strange pain in tip of penis. Abdominal ache on lower left side, sometimes headache. | I've been on this for three weeks, after having a horrible experience with Lisinopril. I had been taking Lisinopril for a year at 7.5mg/day, but two months ago, my doctor said up it to 10mg. Within three days, I had horrible jitters and muscle aches, and was super down, debilitated, painful urination (was tested for everything, everything negative, and normal). I requested to be switched to losartan. Felt awesome for the ten days after lisinopril. Jitters faded. Felt good. But at about 12 days on losartan, and I started feeling varicocele pain, low energy, depression, abdominal pain, and a weird burning when urinating. I cut pills to half for a couple days and felt a little better. I just can't tell if these are side effects, or part of my varicocele pain. Keeps BP in control, but last only exactly 24 hours in my system. It's been a rough few months. The best thing about losartan is the ability to achieve an erection with no problem. I had problems on lisinopril, and didn't realize how bad it was until I got on losartan, and it's better quality than it ever was with viagra - and it's all me. That in itself makes me want to push on and try to overcome any possible side effects. | M | 47 | 21 days 25mg 1X day | 2/5/2015 | 1 | hypertension | Headache, chronic, occasional dizziness | F | 62 | 25 mg 1X day | 1/19/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Chest tightness. Extreme coughing. Electrical charges on feed and hands. Itching. Arrhythmia a couple hours after taking it...lasted for only a couple of hours. | Losartan never brought my blood pressure down. Doctor didn't know the side effects of this drug....had to educate him about it. Doc did an EKG on me....said I was having a heart attack. Went to hospital. Their EKG and blood work didn't show heart attack. Doctor in ER said Losartan causing cough and chest pain. Requested from my doctor to take me off Losartan. Increased my Bystolic to 10mg. BP came down. | M | 62 | 3 months 100 Mg 1X day | 1/8/2015 | 1 | high blood pressure | Depression, confusion, and anxiety. | I was wondering why I felt depressed, confused, and experiencing anxiety/panic attacks. I began reading the side effects and noticed those are some of the most common effects. I want to stop but Physician advice me to try half of the pill and monitor my BP and side effects. | F | 41 | 9 months 50 mg | 11/26/2014 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects. | Has controlled my BP and I have more energy than before. Also seems to be calming. | M | 62 | 4 months 100 MG 1X day | 11/17/2014 | 1 | high blood pressure | Light-headed, fast heart rate, ears ringing. Not lowering my blood pressure at all. | Nifedipine XL 60 mg and lisinopril 40 mg had been controlling my blood pressure well. The doctor changed me from lisinopril to losartan because of the annoying cough caused by lisinopril. Now my diastolic has shot up to the mid 90's, heart rate over 100, and my head and neck feel full of pressure. I'd rather put up with the lisinopril cough than have a stroke. Useless medicine in my case. | F | 64 | 3 days 100 mg | 11/14/2014 | 4 | high BP | tired, fatigue, light-headed | appears to do the job, but the fatigue is distressing. | M | 60 | 2 months 25 1X day | 10/14/2014 | 2 | HBP | I have had an increase in BP while on 50 mg and Dr increased to 100. Now, ankles and legs oedematous and skin feels tight. I see Dr. Next week and going to ask to go off of this med. I have never had problem with Linsinopril except for the nagging cough which I would gladly trade for this uncomfortable edema and chest uneasiness which I never had before. | I do not care for this med. I feel worse on it than I did before when on Prinizide. | F | 59 | 1 months 100 1X day | 8/18/2014 | 1 | blood pressure | Severe vertigo every time I laid down. Quit taking it and went to doctor. He said the vertigo was just a coincident and not the med. He said to start taking 1/2 pill once the vertigo quit. I knew I shouldn't take it again, but I did when the vertigo stopped after 2 weeks. 2 days after I started again I had vertigo that lasted even longer - about 6 weeks. I also developed labyrinth that lasted for months and I still get it on and off. I'm still scared to lay flat down and sleep elevated a year later. | Would NEVER take this medication again | F | 44 | 3 days 50 1X day | 7/28/2014 | 3 | HBP | No side effects, but hasn't lowered my BP (maybe even increased it slightly??). Dr. wants to put me on Diovan, but am thinking I should just go back to cutting out sugar and refined carbs and control it the natural way :/ | F | 59 | 3 months 50 mg | 6/20/2014 | 5 | Blood Pressure | None | DR, switched me from Diovan to Losartan for cost reasons. An earlier rating mentioned this helped with ED. I found this to be true, too. Am taking Cialis 5mg. daily for BPH and ED. | M | 55 | 60 days 100mg 1X day | 6/12/2014 | 1 | High blood pressure | Bp stayed high. After about 1 month or so chest would hurt continued taking. Told doctors they didn't change it one doctor even said I heard something when listening to heart did nothing two weeks later heart went afib. Went to er after one day got it back in gave me more medicince and left me on this one also. Tried to tell them my heart still hurt after I took it. Went to another doctor he took me off and heart stopped hurting. No more afib. Been two years. | F | 58 | 3 months 30 | 5/8/2014 | 1 | hypertension | The generic version does not work. If anything BP increased. | F | 51 | 3 years 50 mg 1X day | 4/12/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I tried taking this medication about 2 weeks ago and got really bad chest pains for 2 days. Being an EMT I stopped taking it because my pain was bad. I tried taking it again today thinking maybe something didn't react well with it but same thing. I took it this morning and about 4 hours later my chest pain is back. I'll be calling my doctor to say I can't takethis medication. | F | 43 | 3 days 40mg daily 1X day | 3/9/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | AFTER BEING ON DIOVAN HCT FOR 10 YEARS WHICH CONTROLLED MY BP VERY WELL WITH NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL....INSURANCE REASONS SWITHCED TO LOSARTAN...INSTANTLY HAD HORRIBLE HEADACHES AND AFTER 2 WEEKS BP WAS CLIMBING UP...155/105 AND CONSISTENT BAD READINGS...SUCH A BAD MED I DECIDED ID RATHER PAY THE 400$ A MONTH JUST TO BE BACK ON THE DIOVAN....AFTER SWITCHING BACK MY READINGS WERE INSTANTLY BETTER, AND IM VERY HAPPY . | F | 27 | 30 days 50 1X day | 3/9/2014 | 1 | Hypertension | Dizzyness, fast heart rate, insomnia, tiredness, weakness in my arms and legs, bresthlesness, the worsf was the burning sensation in my throat and esophagus, erratic emotions. It was like I was wide awake but tired and bresthless. I tried to run and thoughgt I was going to die. This is not the medication for me. | F | 35 | 3 days 25mg | 2/22/2014 | 2 | high blood pressure | Body feels HUGE. Restless legs pain in knees and lower legs. Started on 100mg got a rash, severe itching, hair loss, no energy. Dr cut it back to 50mg and no improvement getting worse. Used to work out 3-5 times a week. Now lucky if I can stay in the elliptical for 15 minutes. If I skip this medication for a day, I don't feel as swollen until about 5 or 6 hours after I take it again. Insurance will no longer cover divan but I am not staying on this. | F | 60 | 7 months 50 mg | 1/27/2014 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | awful insomnia & muscle aches | believe it or not, helps with ED issues | M | 64 | 30 days 25 MG 1X day | 1/14/2014 | 2 | blood presssure | constant headache and upset stomach terribl meds took 2 years to realize this.....went to many doctors..... | F | 65 | 1 years 100 mg 1X day | 1/12/2014 |