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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | HBP | Severe depression, always hungry, massive headaches, feet swelling up. | I never had problems till the last 3 months of taking this med. Never thought it was the Diovan until going on this website.I stopped the med myself and slowly got my brain back. My high BP is caused by taking care of my daughter that has Lyme disease. My doctor wants to wait before putting me back on another BP med to see if my stress level goes down. | F | 56 | 2 years 80mgs 1X day | 11/12/2010 | 1 | High Blood Presssure | Stomach ailment, heart burn, severe low back pain, legs ache, tired, no sex drive, weight gain. | F | 59 | 18 months 160mg 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 1 | HBP | loss of libido, muscle aches, shortness of breath, weight gain,shoulder and back aches | I stopped taking this drug due to wondering if it caused all my side effects. Its been one week, and all side effects have disappeared. I can weight train now without having to gasp for air after each set of reps and my muscles do not ache like they did on the Diovan. I am in decent shape and knew it had to be the meds. To hell with the doctors saying its all in my head. I know my body better than he does and I didnt have all those symptoms until he put me on Diovan. I am also sleeping better !!! | M | 53 | 2 years 160mg 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 2 | high blood pressure | Lethargic, headaches, loss of hair, ED | WHen the doctor changed me from an ACE(Lotrel) to the ARB DIovan because I had a SLIGHT dry cough on the ACE ( which had been working fine for years BTW.. I felt like total crap! I called him adn said this drug is making me sick! HE said NO WAY keep taking it or you will suffer many complications from your diabetes (caused by ZYPREXA - warning to all) and HBP so I listened and have been taking it for a year. I have now taken myself off of this drug myself. I am feeling better and better as the days go by. I am watching my blood pressure and don't give a flying SH&T what the doctor says about it anymore. I a mtired of feeling sick to my stomach and tired and losing my hair. There is no telling what else it is doing to me. | M | 48 | 1 years 320 MG 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | THANKYOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to ALL who left comments before me. I, too, didn’t experience any side effects immediately. I have been on this “poisons” for about a year and half before experiencing any side effects. It started with tingling and a very warm sensation in my foot. . I started having really bad anxiety. Then came terrible neck pain like my neck could not support my head. My neck was popping/cracking all the time. The POWERFUL leg pains came next! They were SO bad I couldn’t sleep at night. I have also felt pain in my arms with feelings as though someone was plucking my skin from the inside. My hair started coming out strand by strand every time I would touch it. I also couldn’t focus my vision at times and would see double First I thought it was just because of the HCT in the Diovan (was taking 80/12.5). Then my doctor switched me to Diovan 160 (no HCT). That made my leg pains WORST! I have officially taken myself off of the medic | I'm knowing by faith that the LORD is healing me of ALL these terrible side effects. This experience has really put my faith to the test. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! | F | 44 | 1.5 years 80/12.5 1X day | 10/30/2010 | 1 | hbp | i developed the worst cold of my life,and I rarely get colds. I had to go on antibiotics.I felt so badly that I just wanted to die.It lasted for 10 days.I then began to have muscle pain and joint pain.Everytime I got up, I was in agony. My body felt that it weighed a thousand pounds. I also had dry mouth,and a slight dry cough. My neck,knees and wrists were very achy. It increased my appetite esp.late at night. I have stopped taking this poision two weeks ago, and now feel very nauseated with lack of appetite. When I do eat a meal, I later feel queasy,and sweaty where saliva fills my mouth accompanied with a bitter taste. I am starting to get nervous that I will never feel good again. This medicine also gave made me feel cold. I WAS MISERABLE!! DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN! DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN!!DO NOT TAKE DIOVAN!! how about a class action law suit?????????? | DO NOT TAKE THIS POISION. | F | 62 | 30 days 60 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 1 | blood preasure | Loss of Libido | I am 36 with a family history of high bp, cholesterol.prior going to doc i lost 20lbs and work out/run at least 4 days a week. I currently weigh 160lbs.Went on med for high bp. 140/90.Simvastatin was also prescribed for cholesterol. After 1 week libido went to zero. I stopped taking the meds and three days later all was back to normal.I cant truely be sure wich caused effects but stopped both and i am back to normal libido. | M | 36 | 3 weeks 160mg 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 1 | anxiety,higher bp | M | 84 | 10 days 320mg 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 2 | Hypertension | Lethargy, Swelling of legs and hands increased weight gain. Vivid nightmares, pain in joints | Started Divoan as Lisinipril and procardia were ineffective after 10 years. The dizziness stopped and I was able to exercise for the first time in awhile but in return I got headaches chronic and severe, pain in my joints when I walked and exercised swelling and weight gain despite the fact tha I cut my food to half and started wlaking 3 miles in the evening and running 2 in the morning | M | 50 | 30 days 160mg 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Lethargy, joint pain, light headediness, general malaise. Abdominal bloating and pain. | I was led to believe these symptoms were related to my general physical condition and age, although I have no other major health issues and believe I am am in decent shape. Stopped taking Diovan four days ago and almost every symptom disappeared. My blood pressure reading did jump up, but I felt better and more energetic than I have in over a year. Because of the blood presure increase I took a Diovan tab and the symptoms all returned. I am going to seek the advice of a new cardiologist and hopefully get on one of the medicines suggested by others on this site. | M | 61 | 1 years 40 mg 1X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | hypertension | Very bad side effects. Similar to every one else listed on this site. SWITCHED TO ATACAND 10 MONTHS AGO & IN A FEW WEEKS SIDE EFFECTS WENT AWAY. BEEN MUCH BETTER EVER SINCE. | SWITCH TO ATACAND IT WORKS. DIOVAN SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. | M | 45 | 1 years 80 -320 mg 1X day | 8/20/2010 | 1 | hypertension | severe fatigue,joint pain,back pain,insomnia,chest pain,depression,anxiety,weigth gain!! | I haven't taken diovan for 10 days and my bp is in the 110/60's range.I feel energized,happy,no joint pain.Today I worked in my yard and for the first time in 9 years didn't feel fatigued or like I was going to pass out. | F | 72 | 5 years 80mg 1X day | 8/15/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Terrible depression and suicidal thoughts, severe dry mouth, insomnia, joint pain everywhere. Had very little effect on lowering my blood pressure. Turns out I was in the normal range all along according to anatomy text books. 130/85 did not justify the horrible things this drug did to me | I started seeing a chiropractor and the neck adjustments he does lower my blood pressure by 5 points within five minutes. My pressure is now in the 117-118 range every time I go in after only 2 weeks. No medications. No side effects. I am very happy. | M | 43 | 3 weeks 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | have high BP | I have a rash on my legs and arms really bad. I also have a very bad dry cough and edema. | I would not reccommend it. Went to the Dr's today and he taken me off of it. It kept my BP down to 107/70 and sometimes a little bit higher, but there is no way I could tolerate the itch. I am also on Norvasc and have had no problems with it. | F | 72 | 80mg 1X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | High Blood pressure | Skin itching, joint and muscle pain, eye problems have developed. I have found an herbal compound that is working just as well as the Diovan without the side effects, which are starting to disappear. | If you decide to stop taking your Diovan, work with your MD before you stop it. I am an RN/PHD and I have the knowledge to monitor and check for the effects of stopping and changing my medication. There are alternatives to the man made medications out there. | F | 63 | 4 years 160 mg 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | My blood pressure was quite high so I started on the Diovan regimen last August. I have a terrible cough, pain in my elbows and elsewhere, I feel so tired, etc. My blood pressure is super now, I have greatly reduced my intake of salt and have been trying to follow the DASH diet somewhat. I hope to do better with that. My Doctor wants my blood pressure in the 90/ range before I go off of it. But it is almost always low now, around 120'/80, the norm, or somewhat below or above that figure. I do not dare try another because I am afraid the side-effects will be worse. Therefore my desire is to get off of it completely. I am going to start cutting my pill in half tomorrow. Hope that is OK. | F | 73 | 11 months 320 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 2 | Pre Hypertension | Slowly lost sex drive and developed ED problems. I started this drug with BP at 140/90 but that was the highest it ever got. My doctor insisted I needed it because they just lowered ratings for Pre Hypertension to 120/180. | I have long suspected this drug was causing my ED problems but my doctor insisted that it did not. ED drugs worked at first but I slowly got worse. I tried everything. I finally took matters into my own hands and just tapered off this drug over a period of two weeks. Been completely off it for three days and this morning woke up stiff for first time in years! I monitor my BP closely and it rose to the 130s/80s but I think that is just a rebound effect. Time will tell. | M | 63 | 8 years 80 MG 1X day | 7/5/2010 | 1 | HighBP | deoression, confussion, joint and muscle pain and stiffness | first 3 -4 days not so bad..yesterday and today -can not tolerate side effects, getting worse not better. going to doc today to get off this medication. | M | 54 | 6 days 80mg 1X day | 7/1/2010 | 3 | Hypertension | Felt decent for about 3 months then experiencing left heel pain especially if sitting for a while. When go to stand, feels like pins/needles and burning pain shooting through heel. Interestingly, went for labwork and everything normal except bilirubin elevated at 1.4 (previous bilirubin levels 0.6-0.7) | Will be seeing doctor this week to come off drug and select another med. Diovan known for possible liver chemistry abnormalities. | F | 49 | 3 months 160 mg 1X day | 6/27/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | Depression, Apathy, Very Fatigued, very poor sleep (insomnia and frequent waking), A lot of difficulty walking (legs felt heavy and weak so I could not exercise) | This drug should be pulled from the market. Within 3 weeks of me starting it, I felt very ill. The Depression and Apathy were the worst. I thought that I might have a neurological disorder or at the least that I had become very depressed (which I was but it was due to the Diovan). I thought that I needed to take Antidepressants BUT ALL my symptoms dissapeared in a week after stopping Diovan. My BP was definitely reduced when I took Diovan but at a far too great a cost. | F | 52 | 5 months 80 mg 1X day | 6/22/2010 |