LOTREL Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; BENAZEPRIL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.5 (412 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LOTREL with similar:
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| 1 | hypertension | I experienced severe leg pain, with burning nerve pain down my legs and on the bottom of my feet aftertaking Lotrel and cramping sharp pain in my left foot. The pain was so bad I can only walk slowly and have to stop to get the pain to lessen. I am a regular walker and walk 1-2 miles a day until the Lotrel pain. Some shortness of breath. | I am thankful for this posting site. It is here that I learned that the pain I am experiencing is from the Lotrel. My dr and pharmacist said the Lotrel wasn't causing the pain because it is not in the info from the drug company. Then I told them about others who experienced this pain of this website. | F | 64 | 2 years | 8/21/2006 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Well the Lotrel 5/10 DID lower my blood pressure considerably. I think I was 180/110 when I first went into the Dr. to get medication to control it. (FEB 2006) It now ranges to about 125/75..give or take. I don't know how I found this site, but for the last couple of months, I have been coughing and gagging, and a few times, thrown up also. I had a bad allergy??? attack on the palms of my hands, bottom of my feet, and my earlobes only swelled up. Went back to Dr. and got prednesone and everything cleared up. Week later, happened again, but less severe. Told me to go see a Dermatologist. Did that, more meds. Finally cleared the itching up, but I am still coughing hacking gagging all the time. And no one seems to know what it is??? WTF do we have doctors for then??? Now Dr. wants me to go see an ALLERGIST..yeah right. More money...Bullsh!t! I am going to take myself off the Lotrel, and find another Dr. | Works great at lowering BP...but at what expense? I thought I was alone in the coughing and gagging stuff...but it looks like alot of you are going through the same thing. | F | 40 | 6 months | 8/15/2006 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | This is my first day and I feel tired, depressed, and lathargic. I feel like I don't want to do anything but sleep. I know my BP is down, because I feel zoned out and mellow. If I don't shake this, I will not stay on it. | BP was 130/90 with Enalapril, but surged to 150/101 in the evenings. Doctor put me on Lotrel. | M | 38 | 1 days | 8/8/2006 | 5 | hbp | I had a slight cough, but it has gone away. | I was on Diovan. With it was tired,had blurry vision, slight dizzniess and had gained weight. So far on Lotrel, I have more energy, vision has cleared some and have been getting good night's sleep-with vivid dreams! Waiting to see if the weight loss comes into effect. | M | 52 | 9 days | 7/25/2006 | 3 | HTN | Weakness in upper arms, especially the shoulders. An 'empty" sensation around the chest along with heaviness and fluttering heart sensation. Decrease in sensorum at times. Shortness of breath. | The weakness in the shoulders feels like I had been doing push ups or carrying weights around, and this was just from the weight of my arms. The empty sensation in my chest made me feel tired at the same time experiencing a heavy sensation, racing heart, and flushing sensation that felt like a fever. These symptoms were exacerbated in the evening just walking around outside, some 8 hours after taking Lotrel 10/20. Decrease in sensorum included memory problems, a feeling of fullness or a band around ones head. My blood pressure was 182/122 without any symptoms. My doctor started me on Diovan which brought my blood pressure down to 160/108. I felt better with the Diovan, even though it did not lower my blood pressure to our treatment desire. However, the Lotrel can only get it down to 150/90 on most days, but the side effects make me feel really bad, espically the cough that makes me feel like I have pneumonia or something. My doctor then had me take Hyzaar 100/25 in the mornin | M | 42 | 2 months | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Dr. changed my HBP med | Horrible cough!!! The cough started about 2 weeks after changing my HBP med to Lotrel. It was so severe, I would throw up and wet my pants. Once I even coughed up blood. My doctor was convinced I had bronchitis and gave me 2 rounds of strong antibiotics and some cough medicine W/ hydrocodone. Didn't help. He wouldn't listen to me. I took myself off of Lotrel and went back on what I was taking and the cough went away about 1 week later. | F | 47 | 25 days | 7/19/2006 | 5 | HBP | BP is perfect, hard for me to get BP up while cardio gliding, seems like it stays at heart rate of 90, not enough even though I gasp for breath and sweat profusely, erections not as hard,wasnt a problem with HBP< now is, was on Lisinoprel for 2 years and BP always high, now taking HZCT diuretic in combo with Lotrel, cant seem to lose weight either, dont know if age or poor eating habits, or like I said cant get BP up to burn calories, | I feel it was a life saver with my BP so high, now is low but at what cost? yes I would recommend it and talking to doctor regularly, take BP every day keeping a record of it, | M | 46 | 1 years | 7/18/2006 | 2 | HBP | My BP went up to 168-99 in the morning. With Diovan it was around 137/80. Today BP was 158/93, took a Diovan instead and went down to 142/82. Will have to stick with Diovan. | Felt anxiety, is not controlling BP as indicated by Dr. | M | 49 | 7 days | 6/29/2006 | 3 | High blood pressure | Dry cough, lost voice now for two weeks. Doctor said it may take 2 weeks before I get my voice back. | F | 64 | 30 days | 6/22/2006 | 1 | mild hypertension (150/90) | Took Lotrel 10/20 for 7 days. This is the worst drug ever. Side effects included anxiety, depression, nervousness, stomach ache, tiredness, headache, leg heaviness, palpitations, dizziness, feeling faint, insomnia and generally feeling unwell. | I would only recommend this drug to people I utterly despise. Was put on this drug (Lotrel)after 2 office visits (1 month apart) and readings of 150/90 & 160/83 respectively, and complaints to dr. after taking Tarka for a few weeks with bad side effects. It is the worst drug (Lotrel). I have mild hypertension and blood pressure is elevated mostly at drs. office! Home readings are mostly normal or slightly elevated and I told the dr. this. I do not understand why drs. don't recommend weight loss, lifestyle changes etc. and giving patients a little time to achieve weight changes and checking blood pressure again before prescribing these types of powerful drugs!!! Will never again let a blood pressure medicine cross my lips! I would rather die from hypertension and the related complications than to suffer the terrible side effects with these types of meds!!! Drs. need to warn patients about the side effects of these types of medicines and stop catering to drug companies! Patient's ca | F | 46 | 7 days | 6/20/2006 | 5 | HBP | Did not think any, until reading the postings. Have knee pain and wondering if this could be associated. I've been on Lotrel so long that I can't be sure the two are assoicated. | Lotrel 5/20 lowers my BP from 160/90 to around 140/80. Regular (3-4 times per week) tread mill / occasional jogging has reduced it down to ~120/70. Suffered severe headaches for many years prior to finding I had HBP. After struggling on serveral different types found Lotrel, and think its working fine.. | M | 53 | 9 years | 6/18/2006 | 5 | HBP | The first week or so I was easily winded and short of breath, but that has subsided and I don't have any problems now. | Works great for me. I used Norvasc before which had little effect on my blood pressure. With Lotrel 5/10 I now run about 115/70 and am very happy. | M | 48 | 1 months | 6/15/2006 | 1 | Hypertension | fatigue, all the time. coghing, got really bad at night. joint pain until my body adjusted irritable, probally due to fatigue, and no sleep. | I couldn't sleep because it felt like my lungs were filling up. Like I was suffucating, and I'd wake up in a panic.This started in the 3rd month. In the middle of the day, all of sudden the room/any room would feel really hot. I was so fatigued I quit going to my martial arts classes. :( I had my doctor change my medicine. I'm trying Avapro with way less side affects. Lotrel works for hypertension, but the side affects made me quit taking it. **They need to quit giving this drug.** | M | 38 | 3 months | 6/5/2006 | 3 | High blood pressure | Extreme fatigue in the middle of the day, hip and knee pain, lower leg cramping, terrible pain in the feet to the point of not being able to walk | My blood pressure came down from 210/110 to 120/80. However, the lower extremity side effects were debilitating. As a medical transcriptionist, I never put two and two together until I typed a patient with similar symptoms to myself, and the doctor thought it might be the Lotrel. I will now be going to my doctor and asking to be taken off of it. NEVER stop your blood pressure medication without a doctor's supervision! | F | 47 | 18 months | 5/30/2006 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Tiredness | I had severe bleeding during eye surgery. Wonder if Lotrel could have been the cause? Have any other Lotrel users had bleeding problems? | F | 62 | 7 years | 5/25/2006 | 1 | Hypertension | 'Brain Fog'- lots of fatigue, vertigo. Was ok with this at first then the bad effects kicked in after a year. Would be ok during my work week when I was focused but then wound up sleeping all weekend. | My doctor just did not want to put me on anything else. I described my symptopms and he at first said it was allergies, then put me on Zoloft for my 'depression.' Finally put my foot down and now he has me on yet another calcium blocker which isnt working either. Does keep the BP down, but at what cost?? | M | 59 | 2 years | 5/20/2006 | 4 | high blood pressure | None | BP went from 200/120 to 160/84 in 8 days. Headachs are also gone. | M | 57 | | 5/17/2006 | 4 | Hypertension | Fatigue, dizziness, aching calves, dry cough | Is working well in controlling my blood pressure. However, just wish I didn't have any side effects | F | 36 | | 5/10/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Fever of 102, dizziness, blurred vision,severe headache,dry hacking cough,insomnia,thought i was gonna die, all this from only 2 10/20 pills. | may work for some but i would be very careful if youve never taken it before. | M | 44 | 2 days | 5/7/2006 | 2 | M | 4 days | 4/5/2006 |