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 |
| 1 | mild hypertension | Strange feelings and pain in my body. My heart was hurting and I got depressed first time in my life. Insomnia, coughing and difficut to concentrate. After quitting I got a terrible bloodpressure in my head when i was at the gym. Ambulance took me to emergency. It took me three monthes to get rid of the side effects but now I dont take anything but I changed my eating habbits and take a long brisk walk everyday! I am completely well now and BP is 78 under 123 | A doctor told me Cozaar is made from a South American snake's poison (synthetic now) "so it is possible that people who are sensitive can get same reaction as a snake bitten person". Then I understood why I had felt so sick and I stopped taking Cozaar and consequently I almost died three days later of a brain attac. I was hospitalised for a day and night. | F | 55 | 3 months | 3/29/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Slight insomina, and elbow joint pain. | I'm glad I found this website, I couldn't figure out what I did to my elbow. | F | 43 | 6 weeks | 3/12/2008 | 1 | HBP | For the past six weeks, I've been experiencing extreme fatigue, agonizing pain in my neck and knees, muscular weakness, palpitations, dizziness and general malaise, but didn't make the connection with Cozaar. I'm so glad I found this website. | F | 57 | 2 months | 3/6/2008 | 1 | HTN | dry mouth, anxiety, rapid heartbeat/pvcs, depression, sweats, disorientation, drowsiness, difficulty controlling sugar level | My sistolic blood pressure still fluctuates between 160 to 180 and I can't see how it can go down with the level of anxiety and palpitation created by the medicine. With Lisinopril my blood pressure went down relaxation but I had to discontinue it since it affected control of my blood sugar. Now I find the same happening with Cozaar. I am going to try a Naturepathic doctor and see how it works for me. I feel we are being used as test tubes for the drug companies. People are very different and are therefore affected differently and drugs don't take that into consideration. | F | 57 | 3 months | 2/29/2008 | 1 | Hypertension | Fatigue, Muscle weakness, Extremely winded after 15 minutes of cardio exercise, sore joints in arms, slight insomnia, nasal congestion-not as bad as Benicar gave me, | was taking 25mg, product not working for me, less side effects than Benicar, was on Calan for 12 years, switched to ARBII products for 6 months, but now going back on CCB product Norvasc. | M | 42 | 3 months | 2/29/2008 | 1 | blood pressure | I took cozaar for three days and the back pain was so severe. As a matter of fact, my back continues to hurt and I no longer take this prescription drug. I also felt sluggish and my sinus were swollen while taking this medicine, and it affected my eyes. I have not been able to get back into my routine sleep pattern after taking this medicine. On the plus side it did lower my blood pressure. | I would not recommend this medicine. | F | 42 | 3 days | 2/11/2008 | 3 | High BP | I am not sure if it is caused by Cozaar but have started a ringing in the ears which I have had checked and nothing wrong. I have read some of the comments and am wondering if the pain i get in my knees and hip are because of it. I am also experiencing hair loss and doctor took me off 1/2 tablet atenolol. Weight does not seem to go down even though i am exercising and keeping a watch on my diet! I was on Diovan first but when I switched insurance companies, they would not prescribe it to me. I did not experience any of this on Diovan. With Cozaar my libido is almost non-existent! | F | 56 | 3 years | 2/7/2008 | 4 | hbp | back/hip pain possibly----Dr. never said it could be related to this medicine. Makes me curious. | Lisinipril made me cough. Cough did not go away immediately with cozaar, but eventually subsided. HBP is back to normal now with cozaar. I also take digoxin for irregular heartbeat that i've had for 20 years. Cozaar is very pricey, even with my rx discount. | F | 46 | 3 months | 2/5/2008 | 3 | High blood | Extreem fatigue, low libido, irritabillity, sore heel joints, light headed... most of what others are saying, but with different degrees of seriousness. | It would appear that the side effects have different qualities for different people, BUT there are some side effects which seems to be a common denominator to most users. This means that there are valid reasons to be sceptical and aware of the dangers. I am looking into weaning myself off this chemical drug for something called Preasure-ease. More natural | M | 53 | 5 years | 2/4/2008 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | None. One of the main reasons I rate this drug a 5. I have taken a number of others and think its great. | M | 49 | 2 months | 1/20/2008 | 1 | HBP | Warm feeling in feet after 3 days of taking 100 mg. Stopped taking for 4 days and experienced severe fatigue. Started taking again and side effects got worse. Here are a few- insomnia, anxiety, rapid heatbeat/fluttering, severe depression, nightmares, lack of concentration, loss of sex drive and erection, sweats, rattling chills, severe headache and neck pain, stuffiness, choking sensation from a feeling of having a finger down my throat which caused nausea. Side effects not all at once. Some would dissipate for days then return. The longer I was on it the more intense they got. I can't handle the anxiety and depression. I feel like I am literally losing my mind. I want to sleep it off but I can't. What a miserable experience. I am scared to take anything else. I think I'll become a vegetarian, cut all salt and exercise like CRAZY! | This medicine was given to me as a sample. This medicine, to me, hasn't been researched long enough. | M | 31 | 4 weeks | 1/17/2008 | 4 | hypertension | angioedema- my tongue, eylids ,lips were a little swollen, and I have muscle pain. Then my tongue started having little cracks on it, making it painful to eat or even drink anything. THis lasted about one week. My doctor said once I did not have any airway obstruction it was ok and that my tongue will heal and it did. I remained on cozaar because it's managing by bp well. I'm now 117/70. For now it's doing the job, unlike norvasc which caused my upper and lower extremeties to swell. | F | 43 | 5 days | 1/7/2008 | 3 | mild hypertension | Fatigue, joint pain, muscular aches | No side effects when starting dosage, and it works to lower b/p. Side effects seemed to "sneak up" on me after 6-7 months. Stopping dosage for even a short time relieved s/e almost immediately. My dosage was very low..1/2 25mg/day | M | 72 | 9 months | 1/7/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | Muscle and tendon pain, affecting lower back, elbows and upper arms. | I am asking my doctor for advice on discontinuing the drug. | M | 2 years | 1/7/2008 | 5 | Hypertension | For the initial 2-3 weeks after starting cozaar I felt like i might have been experiencing some mild adverse mental effects like drowsiness or cloudiness. However I am also on beta blockers, and I changed from a different medication. This could explain the cloudy feelings. No other overt adverse side effects. The only issue with the medicine is that it won't be available in generic form for at least another 2-3 years. I'll go broke. I think alot of you guys that have these crazy side effects are hypos. I think you need to get a doctor you trust, and give the medicine clear, objective consideration before discontinuing. If you don't take the medicine, there are far greater consequences than being tired or having diarrhea... like death. It's been 1.5 years since i started taking cozaar. | If I take Cozaar at night, I sleep better. If I take my dose about 1.5 hours before I plan to sleep, it's easier to sleep. For the longest time I had pretty bad palpitations. When I started taking cozaar, they diminished and they're basically gone now. This could be purely coincidence. For the most part, my blood pressure is stable, with no big spikes or troughs in between or just after taking the med. On an even more positive note, I read in some studies that cozaar was beneficial to people that have brain diseases like parkinsons or alzheimer's. I also read somewhere that people who take cozaar have "significant increases in sexual satisfaction" -- whatever that means. I haven't noticed. | M | 24 | 1.5 years | 1/6/2008 | 2 | Hypertension | joint pain, irregular heartbeat, depression | F | 47 | 1 years | 12/30/2007 | 3 | hypertension | dizzyness, light-headedness | worked for first year, but now seeme inneffective | M | 63 | 2 years | 12/26/2007 | 3 | hbp | none | M | 66 | 10 days | 12/7/2007 | 3 | tired, very irritable,depressed,anxiety,loss of appetite | dont know if these side effects are from the drug or not,i wish i knew,but blood pressure is down from 145/80- 129 /80 | M | 46 | 14 months | 11/20/2007 | 4 | Hypertension | Tiredness, lower back and hip pains, the feeling of mucous stuck in my throat, sniffling due to the feeling of a runny nose. | F | 42 | 5 years | 11/18/2007 |