HYZAAR Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (177 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HYZAAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HYZAAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Hypertension | No side effects. | M | 42 | 8 years 100mh | 12/7/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | Took for many years, the side effects appeared to have crept up on me. Eventually headaches, muscle aches, joint pain, tiredness, weakness in general, effected me. My doctor ignored my complaints. Switched doctors- they ignored my complaints, too! Finally I took myself off for a month, felt 100 % better, then confessed to the doctor, who then put me on a beta-blocker, which works great! Hyzaar felt absolutely fine at first, but eventually felt like poison. Watch out if you are prescribed this! The side effects are not well documented, and your doctor may not believe your symptoms are from the drug! Awful medicine. | F | 39 | 5 years 50/12.5 1X day | 7/10/2011 | 5 | High blood pressure | No side effects. | I was on Cozaar for several years, then added HCTZ. I decided a single pill combining the two was better, so now on generic Hyzaar (Losartan HCTZ) which keeps my blood pressure under control at 120/70 with no problems. | M | 66 | 3 years 50/12.5 1X day | 7/9/2011 | 4 | High B/P | This is the only drug I've found that controls my B/P. I have a slight dizziness which last only moments, but the symptoms that most of you are experiencing I have never had. Weight gain usually comes from lack of exercise, and it is common knowledge to drink a lot of fluids when taking a drug that causes frequent urination. As long as this drug works for me I will continue taking it. The generic works fine. | F | 70 | 12 days 50 1X day | 6/11/2011 | 4 | High blood pressure | No adverse side effects except for weight gain. I exercise 4 times a week, so it is not that I am lazy, but I am gaining approx. 1 lb/week. Need to go on a strict diet to maintain my current weight. | F | 69 | 30 days 100-12.5 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 1 | HBP | Nightly calve cramps while I slept. Dehydration every day,always drinking something. Hacking cough, so bad that I would wet myself. These symptoms are when I use brand name AND/OR generic. | F | 51 | 2 years 50/12.5 1X day | 2/14/2011 | 1 | High BP | Have been on this drug for 6 years and was switched to genetic several months ago. Since then I have had repeated episodes of extremely low heart rate 41 with pressures 155/98. Makes me feel awful. I am going to try to wean myself off all med as my activity level has impoved dramatically and have lost 15 pounds. | F | 55 | 6 years 50/12.5 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 2 | high blood pressure | i have ringing in the ears, but taking this drug has made it more pronounced | M | 73 | 3 weeks 50mg 1X day | 2/3/2011 | 3 | HBP | I woke up, dressed and went downstairs for a cup of tea. After which I found that I had to rush to the toilet, where I had the ‘runs; and then I started to feel hot and perspiring, so much so that I thought I was going to faint. I manage to get to bed, where I calmed down after a time.On waking I again rushed to the toilet, where again I had the runs, but no sweating, after which I noticed a numb feeling in the left side of my face (cheek), and my left arm felt weak e.g. no strength or grip. Really felt panicky, scared and tearful throughout the day; by the afternoon, the strength retuned to my left arm and my grip was fine, although the left side of my face was still numb as if I had an injection at the dentist. | I have not experienced panic attacks for some time, so I guess I was sitting back on my laurels a little – anyway I had been feeling really anxious on the lead up to Xmas, workload, combined with the extremely poor weather, a close friend having been rushed into hospital with a suspected mini-stroke, and many other concerns? I have booked an appointment with my GP in 2 weeks, with another round of blood tests and the like coming - never had any panic attacks before Hyzaar | M | 56 | 2 years 50mg 1X day | 1/2/2011 | 5 | high blood pressure | no side effects | i love hyzaar. it keeps my bp under control with no side effects. had tried several other meds that not only didn't do a good job, they had side effects. thank goodness i have a doctor who kept trying till we found the right medicine. | F | 63 | 1 years 100-12.5 1X day | 12/12/2010 | 5 | Hypertension | Mild leg cramps once in a while | Works very well, i use this in conjunction with metoprolol and my BP stays about 110/60. Have switched to the generic and it works just as well for me. | M | 53 | 2 years 100/25 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 2 | hbp | severe ear ringing, backache, leg cramping | F | 68 | 29 days 100-25 mg 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 2 | high blood pressure | Dehydration, frequent urination, hacking cough, ringing in ears. | My insurance company would not pay for my continued treatment with Micardis, which worked well, I am a diabetic. This stuff is on my insurance companys approved List. My MD said he quit writing script for this stuff years ago. I can see why. | M | 62 | 6 months 50 mg 2X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | HBP | Twitching/cramping leg muscles, especially calves. Constant fog and hard to concentrate. Blurry vision. Sometimes it seemed to help my blood pressure, other times it would still spike, and other times it would drop so low that I would get light-headed. | I have been miserable. Depression, irritability, anxiety, shortness of breath, muscle spasms, itchy scalp, eyes, ears, felt like I couldn't wake up in the morning. Living like this was AWFUL! I eased myself off of the drug and am now exercising, changing my lifestyle. I'd rather have slightly higher BP than ruin my life with this drug. | M | 55 | 3 months 50/12.5 1X day | 9/25/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Very bad neck & shoulder pain off & on but mostly on. Also had spells that are still difficult to describe, i often would get this dull pain go down my arms & weakness as though maybe heart attack.I would shake it off and go back to work.My doctor is likely sick of me i have been there so many times with these problems.He always would tell me it was something related to overworking. I could go on & on about different side effects and doctor visits . | This drug ruined my life for three years ,can't believe it is sold to us, IF I Had not found this site i would not have suspected it to be my blood pressure pills.After one week of a drug change i could jump for joy, feeling good is so ,i can't think of a word to describe it. | M | 53 | 3 years 100/25 1X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | hYPERTENSION | FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THIS DRUG. THE HEART PALPITATIONS IN THE LAST YEAR ARE HORRIBLE. AS A SIDE NOTE TO ANYONE ELSE IF YOU ARE TAKING THIS MAKE SURE YOUR POTASSIUM IS UP. THERE IS A DIURETIC IN THIS AND THAT CAN CREATE LOSS OF POTASSIUM WHICH IS THE CASE WITH ME. I HAD TO TAKE POTASSIUM SUPPLIMENTS WHICH GAVE ME SEVERE.. AND I DO MEAN SEVERE GASTRITIS.. ALSO NOT HELPFUL FOR THE LOW POTASSIUM. I AM CALLING MY DOC AND DEMANDING TO BE TAKE ON OFF THIS DRUG MONDAY. I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN NATURALLY TO REDUCE MY PRESSURE. IF I NEED MEDS STILL FINE.. BUT IT SURE WONT BE THIS ONE ANY LONGER.. I DONT NEED THE RAPID HEART RATES AND SUCH. | ALSO I WANT TO ADD THAT GENERIC OF THIS DRUG STINKS... MY PRESSURE SOARED! I SUSPECT IN A SHORT TIME IT WILL BE PULLED FROM PHARMACY SHELVES.. GOOD RIDDANCE. | M | 50 | 6 years 100/25 1X day | 8/28/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Constant lightheadedness, fatigue. | I kept telling my Dr I wanted off this drug but she insisted I stay on it. I ended up going to a cardiologist, failed a tilt table test because my blood pressure was getting too low. She took me off this miserable drug immediately. My bp was 101/62! So now I am just on toprol-xl 50mg and feeling MUCH better in a matter of days. | M | 43 | 4 years 50/12.5 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 1 | hbp | Was previously on Cozaar for 6 months with same side effects. Side effects were daily severe headache lasting 6-8 hours which OTC painkillers didn't help, very sore muscles in back of neck and shoulders, particularly right shoulder. Some edema in legs (which was why I was switched to the Hyzaar from Cozaar). Side effects were actually more pronounced on generic Hyzaar then they were with the brand name version of Cozaar. | 6 months on the Cozaar, 3 weeks off (during which the headaches went away and the neck/shoulder pain lessened), then 1 week on the Hyzaar where symptoms returned even more severely convinced me that these medications just don't work for me. Also - they never did bring my bp down as well as generic HCTZ does - so I insisted I get switched back to HCTZ by itself. | F | 49 | 7 days 50 mg 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 2 | HBP | Symptoms are very much as previously mentioned, I also tend to get panic attacks on occasions; and the symptoms tend to be more frequent when taking the generic. Also noticed giddiness and panic attacks are more pronounced on days when it is warm and very humid – thank goodness for a/c | Being on this stuff is hell, but it does keep my BP down – what do you do? | M | 56 | 3 years 50/12.5 mg 1X day | 7/22/2010 | 3 | hypertension | diziness, low blood pressure & excessive hand peeling since switching to generic. | I took name brand Hyzaar for 6 years...worst side effect was excessive weight gain (40 lbs.) but have felt like crap since switching to the generic. Has anyone else experienced adverse side effects with the generic? | F | 49 | 6 years 50/12.5 mg 1X day | 6/29/2010 |