CARDURA Reviews (DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (47 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CARDURA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CARDURA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | hbp and bph | weakness,fatigue, weight gain | M | 52 | 5 years | 7/25/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Terrible dizziness. Tired, lethargic, neck ache, headaches, snakes in my head. Tingling lips, and toes. | I've had BP problems for 20 years. Taking 10mg Norvasc on its own for 2 years, but it suddenly stopped working. Added 2 mg Cardura, but after 3 weeks, I could not stand the side effects any more, so quit. BP went up to 180/90 but I felt better than on the Cardura. I had some atenolol and went back to the old system and took 1/4 tablet once a day. Feel great and bp is now 148/70. I hate Cardura with a passion. I guess I'll be in trouble from my doctor - too bad! | M | 61 | 3 days | 4/1/2008 | 2 | High blood pressure | Short of breath, weak, swelling in joints (6mg), retaining water, irregular heart beat, | Started on 4 mg evenings, then had a breakthrough after first 2 months (BP when back up), started on 6mg at bedtime and the bad side effects started. Not worth it to feel this bad all the time - skip this one. | M | 52 | 4 months | 3/26/2008 | 3 | BPH | Anxiety, headache, foggy head. Very vivid dreams at first, but that seems to have gone away. | Helped BPH symptoms a lot. Went on a five hour plane ride with no bathroom trips. That's a real change for me. | M | 63 | 2.5 months | 3/5/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | out of breath walking, pounding heart, severe migraine, numb legs and arms at night, palpitations and terrible 'fitting' type tremours. The last straw was when I kept on passing out every so often, so ended up in hospital for 5 days. It had affected my nervous system (fight or flight). I know not everyone has same outcome but I wouldn't reccommend this drug, there are better ones with less side effects e.g. lisinopril | F | 34 | 28 days | 2/6/2008 | 5 | Uremic poisoning aftermath. | Fantastically vivid dreams. Wonderful detailed dreams in technicolor. | The first night I took it I had insomnia--couldn't go to sleep for 7 hours. But my brain raced all night and went through my entire 2 year residence in Germany. I laughed so hard at things that did not seem funny at the time I was really living them that I had to stuff the sheet in my mouth to not laugh out loud. Very strange experience. The second third and fourth nights I had such detailed fantastic dreams that I was looking forward to the fifth night. My husband, a GP took it away from me and would only give me the original dosage (I was supposed to double it on the 5th night) and I didn't have any more dreams. After 7 days he threw it out. Probably thought I was enjoying it too much. I am an artist, and extremely sensitive to color. Have you questioned any female artists about their experiences on this drug? I loved taking it. | F | 61 | 7 days | 1/28/2008 | 1 | Adjunct to prostate infection | Started with dizziness; massive rush of blood to the head. Felt I would pass out and almost fell down. This occurred 5 hours after first dose. | M | 56 | 1 times | 7/27/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure-BPH | Extreme fatigue - feel like "Dead Man Walking". | Effective in lowering blood pressure from average 150/65 to 127/63. Increased urinary flow. | M | 80 | 2 months | 7/6/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Nasal congestion. Side effect transient. I have not experienced common side effects such as dizziness on arising or headache. | I have had difficulty controlling blood pressure for years taking sometimes up to four classes of drugs - diuretic, ACE inhibitor or ARB, beta blocker and calcium channel blocker. Cardura, far and away, reduces my blood pressure more than any other drug. 4 mg taken at night does the trick. | M | 50 | 1 months | 7/4/2007 | 2 | prostate | very tired, depressed | still getting up at night ,even more to go to bathroom | M | 62 | 4 days | 4/30/2007 | 3 | BPH | Heart palpatation/rapid heartbeat early in regimen. Retrograde ejaculation part of the time. I think I have diminished libido and it seems harder to maintain erection and when I'm otherwise performing well, to attain orgasm. More difficult to have repititions and almost impossible now to have multiple orgasms on one erection. More urination urgency -when I have to go, I HAVE TO GO! | Definitely improved urinary flow. | M | 60 | 6 months | 4/2/2007 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Pounding, racing Heart; Headache, couldn't sleep, dizzy. | This drug truly scared me. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. | M | 63 | 1 days | 10/19/2006 | 1 | high blood pressure | I was told to take a dose at bedtime for four days and then add a daytime dose. The first night I experienced severe nasal stuffiness. I slept with my mouth open, and I developed a sinus infection. I was dizzy and nauseated. When I added the daytime dose, I began to feel very sick and weak. I felt as if my body had no bones. I was unable to get out of bed one morning, and I crawled around my house on the floor. I was graying out repeatedly, and I finally passed out. I fell out of a chair onto the floor and hit my head. I live alone and have no family. At that point, I stopped the drug. It was the worst. | F | 64 | 6 days | 9/23/2006 | 1 | high blood pressure | At first I experienced dizziness and nasal stuffiness. The first two days, I took the med only before bed. When I added the second dose during the day, I immediately began feeling very unwell, weak, extremely fatigued, as if my body were made of jelly, as if I were going to black out at any moment. I also experienced sweating, blurry vision, and headache. | I was prescribed this med by an endocrinologist who said it is safe for people who have adrenal problems. | F | 65 | 4 days | 9/17/2006 | 3 | high blood pressure | i take a combo of drugs, but i think cardura has given me a persistant cough. | i switched from norvasc due to severe swelling of legs. since the switch to cardura swelling is down. | M | 53 | 60 days | 8/10/2006 | 3 | BPH | no side effects observed | Has helped somewhat with urinary frequency, better flow rate, more complete voiding. Considering the size of my prostate it is amazing that this works at all. | M | 61 | 50 days | 4/28/2006 | 3 | BPH | no significant side effects | has helped with feelings of bladder congestion but has had no beneficial effect on the principal problems of frequent urination and nighttime arousal. | M | 76 | 9 years | 4/16/2006 | 3 | BPH | no significant side effects | has helped with feelings of bladder congestion but has had no beneficial effect on the principal problems of frequent urination and nighttime arousal. | M | 76 | 9 years | 4/16/2006 | 3 | hypertension | extreme dizziness, fatigue, feeling not well, tremors, tingling in feet and hands, weight gain, increased sweating | controlled BP well but started with many side effects after taking for 2 months | F | 53 | 90 days | 6/20/2005 | 1 | Hypertension | Extreme fatigue, muscle tremors, flushing, palpiations, felt like I would die of a heart attacked momentarily. | M | 45 | 60 days | 11/18/2004 |