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 | Mild hypertension | Dry cough, worse at night, erectile dysfunction not previously present, stuffy nose. I'm going to try to switch back to Atacand. | Was on Atacand, without side effects. Switched to lisinopril when new Medicare drug plan wouldn't allow Atacand. Lisinopril caused dry cough, so physician switched me to Cozaar. | M | 77 | 15 days 50 mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 4 | Intermittent high blood pressure | None really | Better than Ace inhibitors and the cheaper versions of Losartan Potassium as those contain talc and Macrogol which I seem to be sensitive to. | M | 57 | 2 years 50mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 2 | Hypertenstion | I am tired all the time, need 12- 14 hours of sleep. Experimented with taking the pill at different times of the day, even tried splitting the pill but the effect is the same. When I first take the pill I have slight pressure in my left ear, similar to having water in the ear after swimming. The pressure will go away after 20 minutes. I also noticed decreased urine - but have no other issues. It could be I am sleeping so much that the other issues have not come to light. | I just purchased 3 months of Cozaar - which was very expensive. I will finish out the 3 months worth but not sure what I will do following. I will switch doctors as my doctor keep saying - give it more time.... I know my body and what is normal and what is not. | F | 39 | 4 months 100 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 2 | High blood pressure | dramatic weight gain with no change in diet or exercise that could explain it,feet and lower legs often swollen, rash on top of feet, feet and lower legs itchy, tingling in fingers, forgetful, concentration issues, mild depression, often fatigued, cough started about two months ago esp after eating and can cough so hard vomiting occurs, existing joint pain aggravated, some heart fluttering in evenings | Frankly,the docs and pharmacists don't listen when you tell them you have "immediately reportable symptoms" but the worst thing is the weight gain! I have enough trouble keeping it off w/o it being so very hard now to keep from gaining. Also, the precaution against advil is awful as I have osteoarthritis! Have appt with doc on Monday to change meds | F | 50 | 9 months 100MG 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 1 | bp | I having chest pain especially in the left pectoris muscle, also shoulder, back, bicep and neck pain. I spent 24 hours in the hospital 3 weeks ago with what I thought was a heart attack. It wasn't, then the dr. thought I may have thrown a PE, no ct w/dye negative for PE, then dr. said it must be pluracy, ok thats it, spent overnight on anti-inflamatories. Still have pain, then I remembered I had the same thing when I was on Micardis, geez, did the lights go on. I am seeing my doctor on tuesday, from there to my cardiologist. I am quiting Cozaar, also on metformin and lopressor. BP running from 120/70 to 100/55. I never had these problems on anenolol. | I feel like I'm having a heart attack all the time, upper chest pain. BP currently 114/62. Nope its the Cozaar. I am done with it. | M | 59 | 1 days 25mg 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | A few days after taking Cozaar my upper inner thigh muscles began to hurt a burning tearing pain when I walk. After 8days the doctor discovered I had one of the very rare side effects. I have been off Cozaar now for 4 days, not hurting as bad, but it makes it difficult for me to walk, horrible pain when I get up or sit down. Doctor has no idea how long the pain will last or if it effect my kidneys. That test is coming up after he makes sure I have flushed the drug out with water. | I do not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 56 | 8 days 50mg 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 1 | High blood pressure | Early stages of pneumonia. | When I wrote my first entry it was in the early morning and I had been hurting for almost 30 hours. When I woke-up a few hours later, the pain in my back had worsened and now had migrated to my chest and my right arm was slightly numb like when you barely hit your funny bone in your elbow. I had talked to a different doctor than my usual doctor and told her of my symptoms and that they were getting worse. She didn't appear too concerned and told me to take something OTC for pain. I had had a collapsed lung 12 yrs. ago and the pain was similar to that. I also wondered if I was having a heartattack. I decided to go to the hospital. Luckily I was admitted to the cardiac unit and they did several tests and after giving me a CT scan of my chest using a dye, it showed that I was in the beginning stages of pneumonia. I found a UK site which lists pneumonia as being a very rare side effect of Cozaar. So please, if you have severe muscle pain in your back, ask your doctor to order you to have a CT scan using the dye and make sure that you don't have pneumonia. This ia an extremely dangerous drug that should be taken off the market. Right now, I'm very scared and I'm hoping that this is all that will happen to me. | F | 52 | 50 MG 1X day | 4/29/2010 Patient History | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Lower back pain, joint pain in hips | I was taking Benicar but it reduced my blood pressure too low once I lost weight and started to exercise. I felt great! | F | 54 | 45 days 50MG 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 3 | high blood pressure | Started with 40 mg, got bad leg cramps. Cut dosage in half, 20 mgs seems to work, no leg cramps | F | 63 | 3 years 20mg 1X day | 4/25/2010 | 4 | high blood pressure | none that i can see so far.the good news is that cozaar just came out in a generic brand,hooray now we can get it for a lower price,the generic name is losartan. | M | 48 | 12 years 50 mgs 1X day | 4/18/2010 | 3 | Not yet | M | 49 | 0 days 30 3X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | blood pressure | dizziness, memory, confusion, fast heart beat | I even cut the pill in one half, with much of the same side effects. Very unfortunate, as my doctor said it would help my kidneys, as I am a diabetic. Will now continue to stay on a low salt diet, get plenty of exercise and lose weight. I may return to Norvasc and take potassium if the doctor approves. For me, Cozaar was a true nightmare!! | M | 50 | 7 days 25 1X day | 4/2/2010 | 4 | hypertension/diabetes | none | M | 43 | 1.5 years 30 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 2 | hbp / diabetes | Leg pains, and possibly chest pain. I am also taking Metformin, Toprol XL 100mg, Low dose asprin 81mg. | I am taking Cozaar because my Dr. claimed its side affects could help my kidney function, in the treatment of diabetes. So far I haven't seen any results. | M | 67 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 3/15/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | I am in decent physical shape and run about 3 miles 3-4 times per week. But, my blood pressure has been borderline 140/80 for some years. Last year (2009), my pressure stayed at about 150/90ish. I began taking Cozaar and Dr. prescribed 50MG per day. Blood pressure did not change so I was prescribed 100MG per day. Within one week, I began to have numerous dangerous side effects. Chest pain was piecing with pain from upper abdomen through shoulders and back, dizziness, lower back pain, vision bluriness, trouble breathing, and increase of blood pressure to 176/103. Dr. took me off drug immediately and the last event with the drug ended with upper respiratory infection and a follow-on bronchitis bout. | This drug will harm you at the maximum dosage.... | M | 41 | 3 months 100 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 3 | HP | Had optic migraine(jagged glass vision)3 weeks ago. Had not had migraine for years. Now for the last week my hands tingle but not sure if this is side effect or not. BP has been fine. I have noticed arm muscles sore but I also do kickboxing 3x a week so not sure if that is cause or not. Dr. took me off lisinipril due to cough and losing my voice for 2 weeks. | M | 51 | 3 months 50 mg 1X day | 3/2/2010 | 1 | BP | dizzy, no appetite, head cold, sore throat, miserable | M | 49 | 7 weeks 100 1X day | 2/23/2010 | 4 | HBP | DRY, SCRATCHY COUGH (SEE BELOW). I USED METOPROLOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT IT BEGAN TO "SPIKE" IN ITS EFFECT ON BP NUMBERS AND CAUSED ALARMING DIZZINESS. WENT TO LISINOPRIL WHICH WORKED VERY WELL FOR BP BUT CAUSED A CONSTANT/RAGING/VIOLENT/HEAD-ROCKING COUGH. I HAD A CONSTANT SENSATION IN MY THROAT THAT WAS MUCH LIKE ONE GETS WHEN GARGLING CONCENTRATED SALT WATER AND SOME TRICKLES DEEP INTO THROAT. NOT NICE. THE FIRST DAY OFF LISINOPRIL I DID NOT COUGH OVERNIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS. (I WAS KEEPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS AWAKE.) WENT TO COZAAR WHICH IMMEDIATELY REGULATED BP BUT THE COUGH CAME BACK. IT IS NOT AS PERSISTENT OR VIOLENT AS W/LISINOPRIL, AND FROM COMMENTS I'VE READ IN THIS JOURNAL, THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE HOPE THE COUGH WILL EVENTUALLY SUBSIDE, WHICH PREMISE I INTEND TO TEST. | IT WORKS FOR BP CONTROL. HAS CAUSED A COUGH THAT HOPEFULLY WILL SUBSIDE WITH TIME. I HAVE NOT NOTICED (OR ENJOYED) ANY INCREASE IN LIBIDO, BUT WILL GLADLY REPORT ANY SUCH BONANZA UPON ITS ARRIVAL. NO MIND THOUGH; I AM 69 AND MY WIFE IS HAPPY I'M NOT CHASING HER AROUND ANY MORE. | M | 69 | 5 days 100 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 2 | elevated BP Cardiologist prescribed | diarrhea,gas, anxiety, neck and shoulder pain increased, no libido, cognitive issues, lightheadness | working with my family doctor to get off this drug I just don't feel right but feel better and more like myself when it leaves my system tried taking it at night and couldn't sleep | F | 56 | 1 years | 1/30/2010 | 3 | Post Mild Stroke & HBP | Severe vertigo with nausea & sensitivity to light in the morning after getting out of bed. Some back pain. | When started the med two wks ago, bp dropped & was fairly normal. After severe vertigo, bp rose to 182/109. Planning to discuss all of this with my doctor. | M | 56 | 2 weeks | 1/29/2010 |