DIOVAN Reviews (VALSARTAN)

Average Rating: 2.0 (776 Ratings)

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DIOVAN  (VALSARTAN):  Valsartan is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. It is also used to improve the chance of living longer after a heart attack. In people with heart failure, it may also lower the chance of having to go to the hospital for heart failure. Valsartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.   FDA Approval Date: 1996-12-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  High Blood Pressure Dizzy, tired all the time, light headed - felt miserable - not sure what was worse - taking that drug or having high blood pressure - too worried about having a stroke/heart attack if I stopped taking it. My doctor wants to switch me to bystolic - I"m going to try it. I have also been taking taurine and folic acid to try to lower my b/p naturally. F 55 2 years
80 mg 1X day
8/17/2011
 1  Blood Pressure Diarrhea started after a couple of days on this drug. It borders on making me incontinent. I won't live this way and will split the drug to see if it helps with the problem or go off it altogether. My doctor is overly-aggressive about treating bp when my readings are about right for someone my age (140/80 with Norvasc and Atenolol). I need to get her under control more than the bp, I guess. M 62 6 weeks
320 MG 1X day
8/16/2011
 1  High B/P Extremely depressed, ringing in ears, forgetful, mood swings, no energy what so ever, staring for hours, B/P fluctuates, headaches, Body aches all over, when laying on back have a shortness of breath, weight gain I have worked in the medical field for 29 years, and I like everyone else hopes that their doctor will be caring, & honest. I have had high B/P for many years but didn't realize why I was going through a total body brake down until reading everyone's comments. What a blessing finding out I wasn't the only person with all these symptoms while taking the same medicine. I'm in the process of changing my family doctor. THANK YOU ALL for sharing, YOU ALL have just saved my life....See just because someone works in medical doesn't mean he/she gets special attention, when it comes to making money no one is safe... F 49
325 1X day
8/15/2011
 1  High blood pressure Exhausted, depressed, achey, listless, sat and stared for hours. This crept up on me over a period of three years,diarrhea daily, urinate every 30 minutes with hardly any voiding, and with NO water pills F 59
320mg 1X day
8/11/2011
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 1  HTN I started Diovan on a lower dose in July 2010 in March 2011 my dose was increased to 320. I have gained 30 lbs since starting this drug, also have muscle pain, & feel tired all ofnthe time. I never connected the 2 until I accidentally took 650mg last night. So I looked up the onset & peak of the med. At 2am, after double my regular dose, my bp was 137/100. Before the double dose my bp was 117/78. I could not believe it. This med peaks at 6 hours & keeps lasting for 24. At 0630 my bp was 126/99. I took my beta blocker & went back to sleep at 10am my pressure was 107/72. After reading the other comments, I am now connecting the dots. if your doctor wants to give you this drug monitor closely for side effects! F 45 1 years
320 1X day
8/7/2011
 1  High Blood Pressure Tired, lethargic, SEVERE back pain, "hot flash feeling", blood pressure headache, I have been seeing doctors about my back pain since about two weeks after I started taking this pill. I have had x-rays, MRI's, been to physical therapy (for four months), a chiropractor once a week, 3 doctors at my medical center, 3 different emergency rooms, a neurosurgeon and an orthopedic surgeon. None of which can really figure out why I am having so much back pain. So I have been exploring every single option and I stumble upon this website. I have been on short term disability for three months, this is how bad my back pain is....I have had issues with my lower back in the past and I do have some mild degeneration and mild scoliosis but I've lived with that for years. This pain is different, and no one seems to understand. I am calling the doctor tomorrow and getting myself taken off of this pill. All of these stories are terrifying!!!! Why can they even sell these pills??? And I spend almost 30 dollars a month on these, and I'm probably poisoning myself??? WOW, it sounds like a lawsuit is necessary.... F 25 5 months
160MG 1X day
8/7/2011
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 1  hypertension nightmares,severe ED,emotional numbness,possibly anemia much better since switch to altace! M 71 4 years
320 1X day
8/4/2011
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 2  i have a primary hyperaldesteronism I feel like I don't want to get up from bed, I'm gaining weight, It makes me feel dizzy, palpitations, and sometimes I don't understand how I feel. It makes me weak. I am a hypertensive person, I had my high blood pressure since I was 8 years old, and I already had over-all check up but they can't still find the reason of my hypertension. my doctor prescribed me diovan 80 mg, It makes my bp normal but its side effects are not so good. It makes my body weak and lazy. F 20 5 days
80 mg 1X day
8/2/2011
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 1  High BP Every single side effect that it warns about, it happened. I was addicted to this medicine like a heroin addict and it destroyed me. Stay away from this medication - death is better than what this will do to you. I wish I had seen this site 4 years ago! In the last 4 years I became a different person. My skin got darker (hands, feet and face primarily), thicker, pain in legs, thicker legs - calves and thighs, i gained over a 80lbs weight in last 4 years, palpitations, head aches, loss of hair, insomnia at night but couldn't keep my eyes open at times. I became diabetic, thyroid was playing up even though i had nothing before, had to go on anti depressants. From a fit and walking living person, I became a zombie. until I gave it up a few weeks ago. I did the most dangerous thing by just throwing all the medicines into the bin as I wanted my life back. i didn't think I would live to see my son turn 18. I went through the cold turkey, I mean bad cold turkey and thought I would die but it was worth going through it to get this demon out of me. In the last few weeks that i threw the diovan into the bin, I have better skin, less swelling, I can walk, I can breathe much better and I am no longer a zombie. It was not easy and I am only eating lettuce and salads to cleanse my body, but I would do anything to get this out of me. I am taking Potassium supplements, chromium, multi vit, Q10 and I will never go back to any medicine ever again in my life. Death is better than the zombie this medicine will turn you into. F 38 3 years
320mg 1X day
7/24/2011
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 5  HYPERTENSION If I stop taking the Diovan, then I am exhausted and tired for about two weeks when I restart it. The exhaustion wears off as my body adjusts. I was on another hypertension medicine which caused coughing. When I switched to Diovan, it worked better. F 50 3 years
320 MG 1X day
7/22/2011
 2  High blood pressure Energy being zapped out and dizzy boughts of anger, foggy brain and other sympyoms with not being able to be in the sun. I was taking Enalril for 6 years when I got growths on my tonsils and bad hemmorids and bad coughing. My pressure was about 141 92 due to weight and I got HB at around 25 years old did not take anything until I was around 29 my weight just would not come down so I had to go on meds. I decided to have my doctor switch my meds about 6 months ago. I went to Diovan and I just don't feel like myself. Although I am not 100% sure of whats going on. I have weakness in my muscles and most of all I always use to take walks for excercise and I can no longer do this when its sunny out but I also have a new health problem, high cohlesterol which I am not sure causes these symptoms so I am not sure but I feel its the diovan. I get heavy feelings in my head and a flushed face when trying to excercise so I now have to stay in and use the treadmill that is if I have the energy, some days I can only sit and stare. I am dizzy and very grouchy with brain fog. I really want to go off this but when I take nothing my pressure goes up to 148- 98 and it was sheer hell doing the switch it took me a month to get my pressure down that now I am scared to switch to another. it does take my down to 132 85 What can I do now?? F 37 6 months
120 1X day
7/16/2011
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 1  Hypertension Body pains, body pains, body pains. Knees, shoulders, right flank pain. Some of my minor aches seemed as though they were enhanced by the Diovan. Tired, tired tired! Just did not want to get up sometimes. The only reason I did get up was that I had to go to work. Not a good drug. I will say it did lower my BP. M 49 1 years
320 1X day
7/8/2011
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 4  hbp teeth nerves die M 60 3 years
160mg 1X day
6/30/2011
 4  hbp M 49 6 months
500 1X day
6/25/2011
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 1  Elevated BP 140's over high 80's ER, loss of hair, ringing in ears, BP still fluctuates greatly I was switched from Toprol, amlodopine, etc to 320 mg Toprol 18 months ago. I had all the referenced side effects that only worsened with time so I cut dosage in half myself and then told Dr. He okayed what I had done but wanted me to stay on 160 mg and I want off. I chart my reading 5-6 x's /day, do 30 min. of walking, & 30 min. of weights all to keep muscle tone and circulation healthy. I am losing too much hair, don't sleep well and then want to doze off a few times during the day(BUT FIGHT NOT TO DO IT) , still have tinnitus and severly question what other damage is being done. I started acupuncture today and will eventually ween off the Diovan, depending on my future readings. If they remain the same or improve, I am dumping Diovan down the Toilet. I am an otherwise healthy person. AARP recently ran an article of a study done at NYU of Buffalo-Dr. Issas claiming BP for those over 65 is normal when in 140/90+-. I am growing fearful of Dr.'s just putting me on a conveyor belt of Med's as I age because that is what is expected of them and they don't all address the real condition of the patient! glta M 67 380 days
320 initia 1X day
6/20/2011
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 1  HPB Run, don't walk from any Doctor who would prescribe this poison. I feel like I am drowning, tired, filled withanxiety and depression, just about every negative side effect posted on this board, no motivation, headaches, couldn't figure it out. I had taken Hyzaar for over a year without noticing much other than an occasional leg cramp from the HCTZ. New doctor threw 4 7 pill samples(28 pills0 of the Diovan 320's and said to take one a day. Until I found this board I could not figure out what was happening. Starting today, I will take half's(160) and then 1/4(80) and monitor my BP. . . ran into a real quack. I went to see him about HBP, chronic pain and mild depression. He discontinued my Wellbutrin, which was HELPING, and threw these poison pills at me. Taking Diovan has made my pain, depression worse and added new symtoms like depersonalization, lack of energy and motivation, headaches, trouble breathing, tired, a cough that clears nothing, aches and flu like feelings, dread. . . DIOVAN should be taked off of the shelf ASAP. M 50 15 days
320 1X day
6/15/2011
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 1  hpb, dr recommended bloating, weight gain, tired, depressed, no motivation to do anything I am so glad to see this website, on the side effects it states that there are no known cases of weight gain, glad to see I am not the only one experiencing these side effects. I also am on the clean eating diet and am gaining weight, that is when I thought something was wrong, it just isnt possible to gain weight from this diet.Going to dr on June 14 and am demanding to be switched to something else. Thanks for everyones comments I feel better knowing it isnt in my head. F 37 6 weeks
1X day
6/8/2011
 1  doctor prescription It is an excellent medicine to damage your whole health in just a few days. For example, your body gets in pain, specially your legs, starting an spectacular breath difficulty, and a unstoppable headache, starting a wild process, you begin to think you are going nuts. You feel upset by anything, a special and constant state of anger comes, similar to pre menstrual process, but worse. About the libido, forget about it, your age go right away to 90 years old. Something happens with your stomach acids, not good I can tell. And btw, I almost forget – wow, yes, it works for keeping your blood pressure in good standard. But my doctor said I am making it up, of course I said adieu to her and now she is in my prayers M 56 15 days
320mg 1X day
6/4/2011
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 1  lupron depot caused high bp increasing problem with joint and muscle pain, some days can't walk far, depressed, weight gain. I am on this drug because another drug - Lupron Depot increased my bp and sent me to the hospital. now I am on 3 bp medicines...one of them diovan 320. I have felt awful for a year now and my doctor is such a stupid AMA piglet she will not consider that my joint pain and other issues are related to her almightly chemicals. When I mentioned getting off the meds, she won't consider it even though my bp is fine now. So I am doing it myself....a small slice off the diovan every day slowly reducing until I am off. Any suggestions/tips for how to get off this medication? I don't seem to be able to just stop because my heart rate shoots up significantly if I skip a dose. Anyone tried herbal remedies? F 51 365 days
320 mg 1X day
5/15/2011
 1  High BP Caused by sarcoid lesions Hmmm. Well rash, tinnitus, heart palpitations, insomnia, partial ED. (could always get an erection but took more effort), rash, fatigue, did very little to lower bp, anxiety, and all the others I forgot to mention! No cough like ace inhibitors tho. I am tired of these poisons and have stopped tiazac, lipitor (muscle weakness big time), vit D. Just read about hypervitimonosis D. Not good a sarcoidosis thing. Also a reduced ability to sense low or high blood sugar levels. I am a type I since 23. Also something swoolen in my throat. Seems to be dying down since ceasing diovan 3 days ago. I hope it is really happening and not just seeming to happen. I am trying to get off all of these pharmaceutical meds with things like valarian root (sleep sooo well now) and hawthorn. These doctor just ignore all problems when it says if this occurs consult your doctor. I would tell him and he knew where the problems were coming from but did not care!! Please contact me if you would like to hear more! M 38 10 years
160 mg 1X day
4/23/2011
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