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 | hypertension | Extreme fatigue, weakness, breathless (difficulty to speak due to shortness of breath), severe backache (maily shoulder and stiff neck). Muscle twitching all over my body (very annoying) and dry mouth. | I was taking half of the dose prescribed, imagine if I were taking 50mg! | M | 41 | 3 weeks 25mg 1X day | 9/6/2011 | 1 | Hypertension | mild cough, headache, but the worst is my sore throat. :( | I had been taking Diovan without any issues. Then I decided, hey lets try to save some money - and I switched to Lisiniprol. I got a horrid cough, as many had. It went on for a year before it was finally diagnosed properly. This is after I spent a ton of money on allergy medicines, cough syrup, cough drops, and doctor appointments. I finally googled a cough and found out that is a side effect. I went off - and about 2 weeks later the cough was gone. I went back on my Diovan. Had no problems. I decided again, Hey lets save some money. (You would think I would have learned by now.) I have now been on Losartan for about 14 days. About 3 days after taking the pill I had a mild cough that would only happen a few times a day. 3 days after that I got a sore throat. I also have noticed mild nasal congestion at night, and headaches. I have been treating myself for a cold that is not really there!! I finally got smart and googled the side effects of my new drug, and was (really not) surprised to see another wonderful side effect! So tomorrow I'm going back to Diovan. Again. | F | 31 | 14 days 100MG 1X day | 8/28/2011 | 2 | high blood pressure | I have had ankle swelling terribly here in the last almost 2 months. I also have red eyes all the time that sting. Back ache. Tiredness in the am after taking meds still. I also take Hydrochlorthizide with this. Big weight gain since taking this too. Seems to be controlling BP if I can stand all the side effects. | Going to speak with the doctor on my next visit about maybe going off of this med. I do not feel it's good for me. | F | 53 | 4 months 50 mg 1X day | 8/27/2011 | 2 | blood pressure | severe back pain extending into butt and thighs, severe metalic burning taste in mouth, lack of ability to taste, shakey feeling, tired, dizzy, soreness in abdominal area and sides | doctor doesn't seem to respond to my complaints so i am taking myself off this drug. have others experienced these side effects and how long do the side effects last once you stop taking the drug. thanks for any input | M | 64 | 1 years 25mg 1X day | 8/20/2011 | 1 | hypertension | Did not lower by blood pressure at all- I had 7 weeks of hell from the anxiety and depression it caused....about 30 minutes after taking it in the AM I felt like a black cloud came over my head....never had problems with depression before. When I took it before bed, I awakened at 3 am with my heart pounding, sweating and I felt like my blood was boiling under my skin....poison to my body!! I still had severe itching 2 weeks after discontinuing the meds. | M | 62 | 7 weeks 50 mg 2X day | 7/6/2011 | 2 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | BLOOD PRESSURE STAYED UP MOST OF THE TIME, DEVELOPED PAIN IN SIDES | F | 58 | 2 months 25MG 1X day | 5/27/2011 | 1 | High Blood pressure | Hospitalized for Kidney Failure | I am filling this out for my husband because he is on his 8th day in the hospital due to this medicine. His kidneys have failed and his body is not producing red blood cells he has already had 5 pints of blood. We are going to suffer in many ways phyically and finacially We could use some help and prayers | M | 59 | 8 weeks 100 mg 1X day | 5/24/2011 | 3 | HBP | Feeling very uncomfortable after 1st dose. It may have been due to all the comments I read about the side effects of this drug. | I had been taking 40mg of Lisinopril for 3 years but could not deal with the dry cough anymore. I was then prescribed 100mg of Cozaar. No explanation was given as to why the more than twice the dosage was prescribed. I also felt my immune system was weakened by Lisinopril but could not find anything on the subject. After 2 days of Cozaar, I noticed I haven't coughed as much which is a good thing and that's because I cut the pill in half. I was weary about going from 40mg of Lisinopril to 100mg of Cozaar. It just seemed too high a dose to start out with. | M | 50 | 2 days 100 MG 1X day | 5/1/2011 | 1 | To improve blood flow . | I took this drug about 6-7 years ago and cannot remember the dosage. I am writing this to report , what I consider, a serious side effect. Right after using the drug I had the annoying problem of food going down into my lungs! After coughing and gagging for an hour or more the food particle would "pop" back up. Even though its been years since I last used Cozaar I still experience this problem. Thank you, Bill. | M | 69 | 14 days forgot 1X day | 4/29/2011 | 1 | hypertension | Back and joint pain, twitching of eyes, extreme itching and swelling of both feet, taste was off. | I was prescribed Cozaar when my insurance lowered the amount of their co-payment and my responsibility went from 70 dollars to 136 for Atacand, which I had been taking for years without any side-effects. I thought I would try the new prescription to see if it would work. By the end of 20 days, my feet had swollen so I couldn't flex them. And they really itched. I had back aches, shoulder and hip pain, that I had never had before. I went back on Atacand and the problems I had experienced went away. | F | 60 | 20 days 100 1X day | 4/18/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | Profound stuttering, to the extent that it was thought that I was having a stroke. Also exacerbation of preexisting tremor (benign essential tremor). Was told to stop taking immediately and return to previous Ca channel blocker/ARB combo (which insurance no longer covers effective 1/1/11, hence the losartan, a/k/a COZAAR). Had mild stutter on combo prior to losartan, but since going back to combo at 1/4 previous dose, still stutter, but not to the same extent. Work in a law firm - stuttering not an acceptable side effect. Have previously tried lisinopril, amlodipine (2 dosages), Corgard, AZOR. Am not overweight, do not use salt or sugar, and do Tai Chi, yoga, and walk. | This drug clearly is not for me, but may work well for others. | F | 52 | 2 days 25 mg 1X day | 3/19/2011 | 1 | stopped lenisphol coughing | dizzyiness,heart papalations,didn't lower blood pressure. sleeplessness,fatigue bowel problems,ache in left arm | My Husband seems to be Ok on the Cozaar. | F | 64 | 3.5 months 25mg 2X day | 3/8/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | I can not believe the feed back I am reading from other patients....so glad i am not going crazy! As I experienced each symptom I found myself making excuses for everything I was feeling! It wasn't until i would go to squat down and i felt like I had rubber balls tucked behind my knees from the swelling that I realized something was not right...then I put all the symptoms together. I have gained a ridiculous amount of weight, while at the same time I was increasing my exercise. My legs feel so heavy I am afraid to continue my exercise routine that I may damage something. I had red eyes all the time and went out and bought allergy eye drops thinking it was environmental. I feel that tingling in my legs and hands. Had some slight chest pains at the start of taking it as well. Bad joint pain that actually kept me from sitting through a movie. | I called my doctor and stopped the medicine after about 6 weeks. That was eighteen days ago and I am still experiencing some of the symptoms... I am only hoping it all subsides soon. Does anyone have any recurring problems, I plan on discussing these with my doctor at my next appointment. At 5'2" and had been about 125lbs, I am a healthy, active woman who has always had good weight management. | F | 49 | 6 weeks 100mg 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | heavy non-productive cough | my doctor gave it to me because I had problems with coughing from other BP meds. It's supposed to be specially good NOT to cause coughing. BUT IT DOES. | F | 75 | 4 days 100 mg 1X day | 1/21/2011 | 1 | Hypertension | Horrific headache. I started to take it before bed to see if that would help but I would end up waking up with a bad headache that would last for hours and hours and no headache medicine would relieve it. It would just eventually pass on it's own. | I have had bad luck with hypertension meds. I was orginally on Lisinopril and had a headache and horrible cough which I still have that pesky cough even after being off that stuff for weeks. Not sure what to do anymore but I do not think I can tolerate any meds. I cannot be given Beta Blockers due to the fatigue effect they have from what the docs tell me..and that is because I have MS and suffer from fatigue already. All my labs look great, cardiac ones as well but for some reason I have hypertension with my lowest BP reading being 170/100 | F | 35 | 10 days 50mg 1X day | 1/21/2011 | 2 | BP | Initially started on 50mg and no problems but my BP stayed in 130's over 80's so cardio increased me to 100 mg one time/day about 6 months ago. Now I have increased head congestions, nagging cough, I get sick with colds very easily and that is unusual for me, have some arm pain, and feel exhausted all the time. | It controls my BP very well but not sure I can live with the side effects. the cough is the worst thing and getting sick every couple of months is really annoying. | F | 58 | 2 years 100 1X H | 1/12/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | Dizzyness (daily), severe joint paine (recurs every few months and lasts 6+ days) vertigo (two times in the last two years). | I was taking Lycinopril for years and it worked well to control my bood pressure, but made me cough a lot. So, doctor switched me to Cozaar. Dose started at 25 mg, then 50 mg. then 75 mg. I became progressively more dizzy. My balance now is so bad that I cannot walk through a store without using a shopping cart to hold onto. Very frustrating. The two bouts of vertigo have scared me badly. I excertise and work out 5 times a week and am in good condition otherwise, but the dizzzyness is impacting my quality of life. | F | 65 | 2 years 50 mg 1X day | 12/30/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | My history: Scarlet fever age 7, some kidney damage and chronic Hypertension after that. I had a stroke when I was 24yrs. I am 50 now. My experience with Cozaar/Losartan: Difficulty waking up in the morning and staying awake during the day. Not just muscle weakness but hypertrophy, especially in my hands, forearms and notably in my biceps, including numbness and tingling, loss of muscle especially in right hand between thumb and pointer finger as well as biceps. Along with that came stronge "posturing" of my hands and difficulty standing up right. Frequent rapid spikes of blood pressure, moving from 113/68/70 to 156/100/82 accompanied by chest pain lasting from 1 to five minutes and cycling about every 30 to 120 seconds there after for periods of up to twenty minutes to one hour and on several occasions ongoing through the day. This was happening frequently. So, I stopped taking Losartan October 1st 2010 and the chest pain has completely subsided as well as the spikes | Lowers my BP but like other BP meds I have tried, just keeps my pulse in check. The D/S numbers are less but then spike up suddenly and I can not figure out why. I use only small amounts of sea salt if I salt at all, (due to it's lower sodium chloride content and higher mineral profile). I eat very low fat and 10mg or less of cholesterol per day. Don't have a cholesterol issue though. Good and bad lipids, triglycerols, creatinin, BUN all in check. I eat low sugar as well. I've had hypertension since I was 7 after a bout of strep throat and Scarlet Fever. What seems to control my BP etc the best is Magnesium. | M | 50 | 17 months 50mg 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 2 | BP | Swelling of face. Itching all over the body. No sex drive. | M | 52 | 1 years 50 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 1 | hypertension | burning sensation in mouth,lips,eyes,eyes all red and bloodshot with blurred vision. Bad pain at base of skull,which also travels to top of skull. My memory is much worse, hard time concentrating. Sometimes runny nose for no reason. Mild diarreah. Burning feeling also after urinating or going bm. Spiking of my blood pressure which is supposed to be helping. BP went to 235/101 with bad head pain. I thought I was having a stroke. Ended up in emergency room and spent 3 hours on IV to return blood pressure to normal level. Very frightening. The tinitus I have gets so bad after taking the pill, that I feel like banging my head against the wall. As I write, my eyes are blood shot and burning. My blod pressure went to 230/100 again. It is supposed to help reduce it. I also take atenalol for 5 years now (after having a stent put in my heart) Dr. thought my BP was getting a bit too high, so added the Cozaar and I have been having one terrible problem after another. I am 79 years old, always ve | F | 79 | 3 months 1X day | 11/19/2010 |