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 |
| 2 | Blood Pressure | Anxiety, insomnia, extreme panic attacks, depression and short term memory loss. This was the worst experience of my life. | I have been on Hyzaar for about 18 months and lately was finding it difficult to sleep. Suddenly i had extreme anxiety and panic attacks. I spoke to a friend who is also a MD and she said to stop taking Hyzaar and check the side effects. I found this site and almost feel over. My Dr had know idea of the side effects nor do you see them on the Hyzaar site "strange". It's been two weeks off this med & and I fell 100% better and my short term memory is coming back daily. Changed my diet and started running again, my BP is now going back to normal. | M | 57 | 18 months | 10/8/2008 | 1 | Mild hypertension | Nausea, vomiting, disorientation requiring ER first time taking it | I took it in the morning of the day it was prescribed. As I was eating dinner, I suddenly experienced a mild dizziness. When I got up, I could not walk without holding onto something and my gait was if I were drunk. I began sweating profusely, became nauseated, and had mild disorientation. After an hour of extreme vomiting and profuse sweating, my friend, an RN, took me to the ER where all the requisite tests were run (x-rays, blood, EKG, etc) with findings of normal but by then I was dehydrated and required hydration. I had not eaten anything that might have caused this reaction and both health care providers and I concluded it was a reaction to Hyzaar. This is a dangerous medication and I urge extreme caution in taking it. I wouldn't touch it again. | F | 68 | 1 days | 10/3/2008 | 1 | high blood preasure | faint,dizzy,dry mouth,muscle spasms,anxiety,panic attacks,depression,tired all the time,weight gain | Not worth it! better off changing eating habits and exercising.Since I have been off hyzaar BP lower and side effects are slowloy going away after 1 week.Ended up going to hospital ER several times when on Hyzarr.Doctors could not find nothing wrong with me.Even after all the blood work and scans that I took. | M | 35 | 9 months | 9/22/2008 | 2 | HBP | dizziness, light-head, faintness, pain in legs and arm on left side, anxiety, and numbness of lips | I did not start having these symptoms until I started taking this medicine. I feel worst taking this medicine than I did before. I am always thinking I am going to pass out from the symptoms. I even went to ER for Dr. to tell me it was a panic attack and continue the medicine. | F | 36 | 40 days | 9/15/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | extremely lightheaded, fast heart rate, dehydration. | Ended up in the ER getting bags of fluids as I was so dehydrated my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth. | F | 54 | 3 days | 9/9/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | Wake up tired, sleepiness, lethargy, tired, mild dizzyness, panic attacks, anxiety, constant runny nose, sneezing, sweating | Almost immediately after starting this drug I started to feel tired all the time. At first I thought it was because the doctor said I might, but it's been over five months and I'm still feeling tired. Walking is a problem. I often feel 'woozy' and have to stop. The dizzyness improved after a couple of months but the woozy feeling comes and goes. My blood pressure is better but not where it should be yet. I have developed a runny nose and allergy that won't quit. I wake up sneezing but it goes away. It comes back at odd times during the day. And I never used to sweat. Now I sweat a lot in hot weather and I had to switch to a stronger deodorant. I am prone to panic attacks and have seen an increase in severity over the past few months. Until I read this forum, I was at a loss as to what was causing them. Now I think I know. | F | 52 | 6 months | 9/6/2008 | 5 | hypertension | none | With moderate exercise increase and hyzaar, bp went from 150/100 to 115/75 | M | 47 | 6 months | 9/5/2008 | 2 | HBP | Get days of experiencing panic attacks, also giddiness, nausea and bad taste in the mouth. | On 50 mg; I now take half the tablet at midday and the other half before bedtime. Hyzaar has reduced side effects, but still experience intermittent episodes. Has reduced bp to optimum/normal, but wished I did not have to take it. | M | 54 | 8 months | 8/24/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Hyzaar is the worst drug ever!!! The only reason people take this drug is because the Doctor's push it on their willing and desperate patients! Before this drug my BP was around 150/85...I just had slight headaches all the time. Never had any erection problems...had high sex drive at age 37. NOW....no erection longer than maybe 5 minutes, no sex drive, confused all the time, blurry vision. Last time I took this drug was a year ago and the symtems haven't gone away! I have lost weight after quitting this drug but it doesn't come off easy. Before the drug I was 195, then ballooned up to 235, now back down to 210. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS DRUG TO ANYONE!!!! I'm hoping there will be a class action lawsuit for this drug because I feel like I've been hurt by this drug! | M | 37 | 1 years | 8/5/2008 | 2 | high blood pressure | dizziness,weakness, palpitations,chest pressure,problems with vision,difficulty thinking straight,nausea,headache,numbness in lips and tongue | Ended up in ER, thought I was having a heart attack. All tests came back negative. Dr. told me to stop taking, and called in prescription for lisinopril. The side effects for that one sound worse than this one. Hyzaar dropped my BP like a rock and me along with it. Is there any BP med out there with less toxic side effects? It seems as though it's a necessary trade-off..lower your blood pressure...feel horible in the process. | F | 52 | 2 days | 7/27/2008 | 4 | HBP | Acid reflux, extreme weight gain, tired all the time. Anxious & panicky. Was blaming it on my age until I read the other comments. | Will talk to doc about something else. | M | 47 | 4 years | 6/28/2008 | 4 | HYPERTENSION | SEVERE ACID REFLUX. CAN TASTE THIS AWFUL MEDICINE EVERYTIME THE ACID COMES UP. MY DR. SAYS ITS NOT FROM THE HYZAAR, I DISAGREE. | HAS ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM? I ALSO HAVE RINGING IN EARS, AND SEVERE MUSCLE PAIN TAKING LYRICA FOR THE PAIN. | F | 61 | 1 years | 6/9/2008 | 3 | high bp | muscle cramps/back pain, leg pain, light sensitivity, blurred vision, occasional arm pains, difficulty in losing weight/easy to gain weight | Hyzaar works great for lowering my bp, but the pain from the muscle/back cramps is beginning to wake me up at night. It looks like I'm going to have to ask the Dr. to change my medication. Also, losing weight has become VERY difficult since being on Hyzaar. | F | 42 | 3.5 months | 5/24/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | Took first dose at 4PM yesterday...woke at 4AM by very bad headache! noticed ears ringing last evening, really loud now. dry mouth. | I have several prior problems, fibromyalgia, arthritis, bursitis and degenerative disc disease, so the addition of headache is really not welcome! The ringing in my ears is quite distracting. I wonder if the doctors ever read these pages, or only the drug company hype! | F | 61 | | 5/23/2008 | 5 | high b.p. after heart attack | sometimes a faint headache, dry mouth, constipation, better erections. Light headed when standing up too quick. | It brought my b.p. down from 140-100 to 135-85 with no side effects worth mentioning. I feel much more energetic and less depressed then when I was on selokene, so it works for me. | M | 54 | 3 weeks | 5/9/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Slight dizziness, weight gain, loss of sexual drive. I take Paxil for depression, but since starting Hyzaar, the depression seems to have excelerated. I have some confusion. Can't seem to stay awake, tend to fall asleep alot. | Was especially looking for cause of loss of sexual drive and found this site. Did not really realize some of the other side effects. The sleepiness especially concerns me. Often when I fall asleep on the couch while watching TV or even reading the paper, I wake up very dazed and confused. | M | 49 | 4 months | 4/23/2008 | 4 | HTN | DIZZY!!!!!!!!! I am so dizzy! Not all the time and not always really severe but enough to notice and be really uncomfortable at times. I have had spells where I have had to hold onto things. Feels like sea legs. I have not noticed any insomnia or racing/pounding heart. In fact this med has helped control my racing pulse. Slight runny nose with some congestion at times however I do have a preschool age child and it is allergy season so.... we will see! | I was on Micardis 80/25 and the cardiac side effects were soo extreme that I had to switch. Bp was also way too low at 100/60. I stay around 125/84 now. I was a 160/110 while up and 140/90 resting before meds. Otherwise am a healthy young women. No cause for HTN no family history .. renal scans, ECHO, EKGS, 24 urine, serum tests all come back normal. I am kind of hyper and now am always stressed due to the demands of nursing school and being single mom. I hope to continue this drug. So I am hoping that this dizziness goes away.??? | F | 23 | 6 days | 4/20/2008 | 2 | Dizziness, nausea, bloating and abdominal pain, pain in legs, total loss of energy, weight gain, fast pulse | This is an update of my earlier comments about this drug. I keep gaining weight (which certainly can't help my blood pressure), my abdominal area is constantly bloated and achy, I have no energy to do anything, my legs hurt like crazy and my pulse is always fast. I was originally on two other bp medicines which I gave up because of severe side effects, and when my doctor prescribed Hyzaar I thought at first that this pill was a better fit because the side effects didn't seem so severe (at first). Over the course of the last few months I have been miserable - I can't remember what it's like to actually feel good. When I tried to wean myself off the Hyzaar, my blood pressure went back up. I am getting ready to go and see my doctor (again), but I have a feeling he won't do much more than prescribe something else (probably whatever is the newest bp medicine to come out on the market). Totally discouraged at this point. | F | 56 | 8 months | 4/3/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | dizziness, confusion, frequent urination (especially at night), extreme tiredness, depression, blurred vision, constant daytime drowziness, insomnia, impotence. | This was the worst medication I have ever taken. It took me weeks to realize that the symptoms were from the drug. I thought my recently diagnosed HBP was causing most of these problems and the drug would stop them. Boy was I mistaken (drug induced confused thinking?). Once I got off Hyzaar all these symptoms disappeared except the insomnia. It took months to get my sleep pattern back to normal. | M | 44 | 2 months | 4/2/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Fast heart rate, anxious and disoriented | I just started taking this 2 days ago and I don't think it's for me. It has brought down my BP, I also take diltiazem 240. | F | 50 | 2 days | 2/27/2008 |