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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | hypertension | My bp is OK all day, but every evening I have bouts of extremely high BP after sitting - 200/95 fatigue, sleepiness -- had to walk to reduce BP. I felt like a hamster in a cage on its wheel! I quit taking Diovan a week ago and now my BP has been much better -- some spikes to 140 systolic, but no frightening near stroke range. I do drink low-sodium V-8 which should help restore my potassium... | I think I have been over medicated -- docs have me on Carvedilol 6.25mg 3x/day and HCT tabs 25mg 1/day in addition to the Diovan. Right now, I seem to be better on just those two, w/o the Diovan. | F | 76 | 6 months 160 mg 1X day | 6/19/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Swelling in hands and feet, feelings of confusion, deep sleep with very vivid dreams, feeling tired after sleeping several hours, muscle aches in shoulders and arms requiring continuous pain reliever. | Went to my doctor about taking me off this medication. He blew me off, saying this medication has no side effects. Obviously he has not looked on the internet. | F | 48 | 8 weeks 320 mg 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Severe pain in tendons & joints, swelling, cramps, in hands and wrists, dizziness, tiredness, back pain, gastrointestinal disorders, ringing in ears, blurred vision, dizziness. | Only take this drug with extreme caution - I believe it could be a real killer drug. The damage it could do may be far more severe than any good it may do. Watch for pains in your hands wrists, back, etc. I am looking for something with significantly fewer side effects, but I am now of the belief that possibly ALL BP Med are loaded with side effets | M | 63 | 2 years 80 mg 1X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | HBP | Weight gain, stomach bloating, periodic coughing, red spots on my legs, hands and feet swelling. | These side effects, as with what others have experienced, happen over time, after you've taken it for a while. It's an awful drug to take for any length of time, and you NEED to convince your doctor of your side effects and for God's sake copy these pages to drive the point home! | F | 44 | 6 months 160 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 1 | Blood pressure | ASEPTIC MENINGITIS !!! | THIS IS A DEVILISH DRUG. WITHIN 14 DAYS I HAD TERRIBLE RINGING IN THE EARS, FEVER, HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, BLURRY VISION, NEUROPATHY, SLEEPLESSNESS. TURNED OUT TO BE MENINGITIS CAUSED BY THIS DRUG. THIS IS MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO AND SYMPTOMS ARE STILL NOT GONE ENTIRELY (RINGING IN THE EARS, BLURRY VISION). GET THIS POISON OFF THE MARKET!! | M | 49 | 21 days 160 1X day | 5/31/2010 | 3 | high blood pressure | I can hardly get moving around after taking it. I feel as tthough I have a 1500lb weight on me while I try to walk..no energy Blood pressure down but feel horrible | Used the 80 to 160 for about 6 yrs worked ok, but this 320 htc is making me feel really bad | F | 55 | 7 days 80/320 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 3 | High BP | Starting taking due to high BP, was 155 / 105 and after a couple of days, now chugging along at 114 / 78. So BP adjustment worked perfect. Side effects are that I am very winded all the time if I do any type of activity (pretty active person), seems like I am doing everything at 10000 ft. Also pretty severe back pain, dizziness when I get up from sitting, overall feeling of something not right. I am going to cut dose in half and keep an eye on BP to see if symptoms ease up as I have read in some comments here. | M | 53 | 15 days 160MG 1X day | 5/5/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Rash on upper chest. Intense periodic itching over entire body. Muscle pain in neck, lower back,and thighs making it impossible to sleep at night. Symptoms began after taking medication for 3 weeks. | I never experienced such severe side effects with any medication. I feel like I was poisoned by Diovan HCT. Today, I went to an Urgent Care Clinic and received prescriptions for Prednisone and Hydroxyzine HCL to combat my symptoms. Hope it works. | M | 64 | 1 months 320mg 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 5 | hbp+kidneys | none as far as i can tell/i am still taking it. | I was told it is great for your kidneys. | M | 49 | 36 months 320 1X day | 4/23/2010 | 1 | HI blood pressure | SWITCH TO ATACAND. DIOVAN IS ATERRIBLE DRUG. I SWITCHED TO ATACAND 6 MONTHS AGO, 100% MORE STABLE & WAY LESS SIDE EFFECTS. CALL DR. - DO IT. U WILL NOT REGRET IT. | ON DIOVAN - FEEL - WEEK, TIRED, DIZZY, GENERALLY SICK, EVERY DAY! CAN'T BELIEVE THE FDA APPROVED THIS STUFF. AND DID NOT CONTROL BP WELL AT ALL. | M | 45 | 12 months 80-320mg 1X day | 4/8/2010 | 2 | HBP | Extreme lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, heart/chest pains, joint pain, blurred vision, anxiety, restless sleep, heart palpitations | I started feeling worse and worse on this drug over time and kept going back to my doctor and feeling him how I felt, his response was "you are stressed". I finally came to the point where I had frequent chest pain and confusion, extreme fatigue and went to the emergency room. Every time the doctors said i had a healthy heart and I was experiencing stress, etc. One doctor said I was low in potassium but it was no big deal. Another told me to stop taking the medicine immediately. I did and things got a little better but not by much. Finally found a really good doctor who immediately figured out that I needed potassium ASAP, the day I took the first pill, what a huge difference it made. I felt so much better, and after reading about potassium deficiency, all the symptoms of it are almost identical to what I was going through. My tiredness is gone, the dizziness, the anxiety, blurred vision, I feel much better now. Apparently the drug, because it is a diuretic, washed out the potassium out of my body. I no longer go see the doctor that told me stress was causing all of this. Also my blood pressure is normal as I am eating more healthy. | F | 40 | 1 years 160 mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 1 | B.P. | My husband was on DIOVAN for BP control,He has never been Asthmatic,but last year was told he had asthma and was on inhaler and daily meds to control attacks, he had a severe attack and almost died.he continued to have severe attacks while taken his medicine.Ended up in the hospital again,ran tons of tests and everything looked normal.Finally a doctor,one of 4 noticed my husband was taking this drug and said to STOP taking as it may be the cause of this severe breathing problems.He seemed to get them when exercising mostly. It's been 8 weeks off DIOVAN and no attacks yet.We are praying the doctor is correct.PLEASE..If your having breathing issues consider getting away from this drug.SHAME on you drug companies,I wonder how you sleep at night knowing what is happening to people's health.TO YOU ALL...BE WELL,BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR WELL BEING. | M | 53 | 2 years 1X day | 3/29/2010 | 1 | FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS WORKED WELL ALONG WITH DILTIAZEM, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO I STARTED FEELING HOT FLASHES, TINGLYING UNDER MY SKIN, RED SPOTS ON MY SKIN, FUZZY THOUGHTS, CONFUSION, HEART BEAT GOING TOO FAST, AND NO SLEEP, also the joint pain on my shoulders, and my mouth is always dry. DOCTOR DECIDED TO TAKE ME OFF DILTIAZEM ASSUMING THAT ITS THE PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO HIM Diovan is taken well by most people, but after all the comments I have read I am convinced Diovan is causing the symptoms. I heard garlic supplements and a low sodium diet should help, and I am also starting a low fat diet, becaude weight loss is important. Good luck to all and I pray that God may light your way on the best way to go. | I think this medication is okay for temporary adjustments but should not be taking permanently, I think that once your body gets used to it the problems start slowwly and progressively. | F | 29 | 5 months 320MG 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 1 | HBP | It worked fine for the first 5 years. Then slowly all the problems started...I thought "old age"....LOL Then 3 mos ago the Dr doubled the dose to 160 from 80mg. Instant "arthritis" in my left foot and now my left hand. Even changed my eyeglasses because of the blurred vision. I stopped yesterday...so we shall see. My question to people that have quit: did the side effects reverse and the joint pain stop? Vision go back to normal? Thanks..... | M | 57 | 10 years 160mg 1X day | 3/13/2010 | 4 | Very high BP | Negative: Daily, numerous, unexplained coughing spells that start with a "tickle" in my throat. I use cough meds and drops to counter-act. On plus side, Diovan lowered my BP to a safer range. | My BP was 198/120 (stroke range!) when I was prescribed meds. Tried other meds which lowered BP but had more side effects. Am trying to lose weight, so I can hopefully take a smaller dosage of Diovan. | F | 62 | 180 days 160 1X day | 3/7/2010 | 1 | HBP | My body from my elbows down to my fingers and from my knee to my toes were in so much pain I could hardly handle it. What it did to me was destroy my platelets, and the pain was from my bone marrow working hard to make platelets. Now since 11/09 I have had to be put on steroids to get my platelets up which jump up and down now, 4 months on steroids I have gained 30 pounds more and they can't help me with my major high blood pressure with help from the steroids, becuase they have to get the platelets fixed first which could last for ever, or get better, its called ITP. Hope this never happens to anyone its terrible. I was on 80mg steriods, I am now on 30mg which is better, but with out it my body will not make platelets thanks to Diovan | If you take this drug and start having major pain that feels like its in your bones, please go to your doctor and make sure its not destroying your platelets, cause its life threating issue. They are not sure I will ever bounce back from it, and since all this and all the testing for cancer and other things, they call it ITP and say its probably a reaction from the medican. | M | 38 | 4 days 80mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | high bp | hair loss big time | bp was good no coughing | F | 53 | 120 days 150 1X day | 3/1/2010 | 2 | hypertension | blurred vision, lack of energy, tiredness, sore muscles in the back of shoulders, nausea | my bp has always been on the high side 140/86. I had some internal eye bleeding, my eye doctor sent me to my physical doctor to have my blood pressure monitored. I wore a bp monitor for 24 hours. It turned out that my physical doctor put me on 80mg of Diovan. The first 6 weeks went great, The meds lowered my bp to 111/75. I had to return to my eye doctor as he was monitoring the bleeding in my eye. AT this time changes were different. No additional bleeding but my cornea thickened and the pressure in both my eyes increased to a criticl level. My vision is blurred - like looking through water. I cannot read print and street sings as before. I started to take 40 mg of the meds to see how this works. after 3 weeks,No changes in my vision as yet. Sometimes i feel nauseous just trying to focus on reading. I plan to see my physical doctor soon to discuss this unfavourable side effect. | F | 55 | 3 months 80 1X day | 2/21/2010 | 3 | high b.p. | joint pain | not until reading the comments in this site did I make the connection to my severe joint pain, mostly in my shoulders and fore arms. I hate being on any sort of permanent medication and now I'll do more research to get my B.P. down some other way. Recently quite smoking cold turkey for 8 weeks now and that has lowered my speeding heart rate from 90-100/min. to 70/min. Absolutely hate the thought of going vegan....! Any other natural remedies would be appreciated. | M | 48 | 3 years 1X day | 2/20/2010 | 2 | high blood pressure | I had tinnitus before and now is worst. | Meds. are not the best to treat medical conditions. I'm using natural supplements now and working with a Naturopath. I'm still on Divoan, but I need to switch to a different medicine, unfortunately. | M | 35 | 5 months 160 mg 1X day | 2/15/2010 |