LOTREL Reviews (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; BENAZEPRIL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.5 (412 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LOTREL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LOTREL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High Blood Pressure | Cough, dry, persistent, all afternoon and evening Developed rashes after about one year of taking it. No explanation for the rashes so far, which makes me believe it's a Lotrel side-effect Tiredness, specially after 4 PM (not sleepy: I can try to sleep and just turn in bed for hours); I just can't lift a finger | I believe this drug will take yet another position as a drug that a) was known to have VERY ADVERSE side effects, b) was put in the market by selecting the trials the vendor declared and c) will end up killing a lot of people. I have dropped the medication since three months ago and I am trying other ways to lower my HBP. | M | 51 | 2 years | 7/7/2008 | 5 | Hpertension | None | About 3 years ago, my BP became uncontrolled & frequently spiked to 200/110. I was prescribed Lotrel 5/20 & my BP stays right at 120/80. Lotrel is doing a great job of controlling my hpertension. | M | 47 | 3 years | 7/6/2008 | 1 | High | morning after taking: dizzyness 2pm in the afternoon: sweaty palms, flush in the face, felt like passing out, inability to concentrate, vision not quite focused, felt like passing out, slight headache. 6pm symptoms would ease up and I felt somewhat normal again. nighttime - nightmares and waking up every couple of hours never had nightmares before this medication. | I would never take this again. Symptoms repeated themselves each day of the 5 days I took this drug. This was Lotrel 5/10. Terrible. Called doctor on the 5th day after having to leave work again and lay in bed. Doctor told me to keep taking the drug! No way I'm off it and went to a different doctor that would listen to me. This same doctor also gave me a bad EKG and told me I had most likely had a heart attack. Cardiologist today said doc did not hook probes up right, my EKG is fine, and took me off the awful Lotrel. | M | 38 | 5 days | 6/26/2008 | 2 | high blood pressure | I have been taking this drug for so long, I have almost forgotten what life is like without it. I have suffered from a mild depression for years and I have always wondered what was causing it. I am convinced that this drug is a "fly in the ointment" if not the direct cause. I would encourage all of you who use this drug to be very careful and mindful of all of your symptoms. | M | 65 | 20 years | 6/25/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Felt exhausted especially in the morning, Short term memory loss, Right arm falling asleep while sleeping, No sex drive. | I quit taking it after getting low blood pressure(bottom number would be in the 50s and 60s) readings on my own home moniter or at Walmart. My blood pressure readings are now normal except when I'm at the Drs. office as I get white coat hypertension. | F | 52 | 3 years | 6/17/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | extreme fatigue, muscle pain. I couldn't even brush my hair without taking a rest in between brushes! Back pain and blurred vision. I have an appointment tomorrow and will get taken off this drug! | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 6/3/2008 | 3 | high bp | none | none | M | 55 | 1 years | 6/2/2008 | 1 | hbp | after 3 days i got pain in both feet, headache,heart burn and pain in my chest, with no lowering of blood pressure! i was only taking 5-10mg | I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A WHIMP, THIS STUFF IS DANGEROUS! AND I BELIEVE ANYBODY RATING THIS DRUG A 5 IS NOT REALLY TAKING IT BUT RATHER THEY HAVE STOCK IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY THAT PRODUCES IT! | M | 39 | 3 days | 6/2/2008 | 3 | high blood pressure | I'm experiencing some side effects - dizziness, fatigue, tingling all over my body (like someone is sticking me with electrified needles), and facial tics (similar to tourettes syndrome - I had similiar side effect when I was on Ritalin for narcolepsy). I just spoke to the 24 hr. pharmacist through my insurance, she said not to stop the med. abruptly, unless the side effects are intolerable, though, because this could cause a dangerous spike in BP. She suggested calling the dr. tomorrow if the symptoms are too bothersome, or just wait until Monday if I can tolerate them. I'll decide in the morning. The Lotrel definitely lowered my bp to a three day avg. of 106/74, down from 133/89. I have a slightly enlarged aorta so the dr. wanted my bp below normal to take a load off the aorta to give it a chance to go back to normal size. I was on Cartia 180mg to help dilate my pancreatic bile ducts, which had been damaged by pancreatitis caused by Zocor, which I was on for high cholesterol. The Car | BEWARE If your are getting allergy shots for bee/wasp venom allergy make sure to let your allergist know you are on this med. apparently there could be a serious interaction between the med and the venom shots which could increase your risk for having an anaphylactic reaction to the shots!!!! | F | 44 | 2 months | 6/1/2008 | 3 | Yes | Have been taking it for 4 days now after being on other BP meds. I'm experiencing insomnia. Same as I was when taking metroprolol. My Mom takes it and she has no side effects except for swelling in thew ankles. A little fatigued. If insomnia does not go away, I know I'll become depressed. I'll give it some time. | M | 57 | 4 days | 5/25/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | After taking Lotrel for 7 months I started showing signs of kidney failure. I did some research and found that you should be monitored closely for kidney function while taking Lotrel. Even the Norvartis website says that. Yearly routine blood work showed my kidney function to be at stage 4 kidney disease. I asked to be taken off Lotrel and my doctor said to stay on it until I could see the nephrologists. The nephrologists immediately took me off Lotrel. In just 2 weeks my kidneys have improved but not fully and they tell me they may never be at complete health. Now my feet, ankles, and leggs up to the knee are swelling badly. They never did this before Lotrel. It has damaged me! | F | 57 | 7 months | 5/5/2008 | 3 | recent hypertension | mild anxiety, hard to concentrate; mild confusion. | I just started on Lotrel 10 days ago after taking Lisinopril for a couple of months, which caused a lot of coughing. This is a scary drug to me. My blood pressure is down and stays at an even level; but this drug is not worth the anxiety and my lack of concentration since I got on it. I wish I could find a medication that doesn'r have so many side effects. I hate taking drugs. | F | 71 | 10 days | 4/30/2008 | 5 | High BP | No adverse side effects | I absolutely love it. The 5/10 dose wasn't helping so my doc upped me to 10/40 after a huge spike that landed me in the hospital. I'm down to 120/80 ish range and have more energy, lost weight and much more alert and active. No longer suffer from all the side effects high bp caused me. My doc said at my last appt that I'm the healthiest he's seen me since I was diagnosed with high BP. | F | 31 | 2 years | 4/29/2008 | 2 | After having problems with other drugs i began to take lotrel about three months ago for three weeks everything was fine it brought my b/p down from 180/110 to 110/70 after three weeks i started to have terrible back pain upper and followed a week later by sharp terrible head pains. so i started taking the medication every other day which made the headachs better, but when speaking with my doctor he has suggested for me to take it each day. I now have terrible constipation, stomach painsaslight but sharp chest, from time to time and very red eyes. I have had an mri, ct scan, and several ekg tests since having these isues all of which have came back normal. i now have an appointment to see a stomach doctor and cardiologist. i will come back and update further as time progresses. | This works very well on bringing b/p down but every drug can't be for every one. | M | 31 | 3 months | 4/27/2008 | 5 | HBP | A little tired - I take it at night and sleep like a baby. | I have been lucky and not really had side effects from this drug. I have been taking it for almost 3 years. Othe HBP drugs made me so tired I could not function or wake up in the morning. My BP has gone from 160/100 to the 120/80 - 130/85 range. | F | 47 | 3 years | 4/21/2008 | 5 | HBP | Had some lower leg edema at first after sitting for fairly long periods, but this has abated about 90%. (NB, I walk quite a bit & am in generally good health; age 57.) Otherwise no side effects after about 2 1/2 years. | Have had good results w/ this med but it is still very expensive even out of patent, at about $3 a pill. | M | 57 | 2 years | 4/16/2008 | 5 | Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) | None. Keep in mind that this is only a one day sample thus far. I plan on documenting it's progress as the days go on. This in my opinion, will give people a realistic view of not only what occurs (if any side effects occur), but in the stages it/they may occur. | I didn't have HBP until I suffered a fall from the second story balcony (landing head first onto concrete) in December of 2007. So far, I have taken one pill and within 30 minutes, my blood pressure decreased from 160/04 to a little less than 120/70. While some may see this as a negative (too much), I see it as a great start. I don't smoke, don't drink too often (one drink on occasion on a one occasion per three months average), don't drink coffee, very active, never been overweight, and I eat moderately in the middle (pretty balanced; not too bad, not too healthy). Over the last 24 hours, my blood pressure has stabilized at the normal level without any signs of side effects with the strange exception that my body aches have decreased and I no longer feel stressed as I have over the last four months on a constant. More to come...see you at the end of week one. | M | 45 | 1 days | 4/9/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | My doctor warned me watch out for swelling. The first couple of months seemed fine. I started getting very tired, but I attributed that to a new job and a long commute. But last week my feet and ankles got horribly swollen. They never went down all the way, and I continued to have pain up one leg. Last night my feet and ankles swelled up like balloons. I just put a call in to my doctor to put me back on my old medication. | I changed to Lotrel because I was taking four other blood pressure pills and wanted to cut down on the number. My blood pressure did lower and I had no coughing, but the swelling and leg pain is getting to be unacceptable. | F | 56 | 2 months | 4/5/2008 | 2 | blood pressure | Major depression I am a happy person but not with this med. It has lowered my bp. I have major swelling in my feet and ankles. After reading other postings I know I am not crazy. I have a doctor's apt next week and I am going to ask for a change | F | 56 | 2 months | 3/29/2008 | 4 | Toprol | 10/20 caused depression, anxiety, cough, chest pains, pain in hip insomnia. Switched back to 5/10 hardly no side efects except for weakness at times. Some sleep interruption. | Lowered bp from 170/96 to 135/80. | M | 56 | 60 days | 3/26/2008 |