DIOVAN Reviews (VALSARTAN)Average Rating: 2.0 (776 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DIOVAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high blood pressure | Weight gain...rash..gout...tremours. .. | F | 52 | 10 years 360 mg | 9/5/2013 | 1 | hypertension | I notice I have gained weight even though I have been on a weight loss program and have heard of other people with this same problem. | Perhaps some of the problems with Diovan result in faulty studies by inside people who lied about its effectiveness and with conflicts of interest. "Following a long series of accusations, retractions, and the resignation of a prominent professor, it now is clear that data from a large Japanese study of valsartan (Diovan, Novartis) was fabricated. Recently, officials at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine said that “had patient records been used in their entirety,” the Kyoto Heart Study “would have had a different conclusion,” reported AFB. In 2009 the Kyoto Heart Study investigators, including the chief investigator, Hiroaki Matsubara, reported that treatment with valsartan resulted in significant cardiovascular benefits independent of the drug’s blood-pressure lowering effect. Now officials at the university say the drug had no such effect. Norihisa Tamura, Japan’s health minister, said data had been “fabricated and falsified.” (Cardiobrief) | F | 75 | 60 days 320/`12 1X day | 9/3/2013 | 1 | from cardiologist | Dufficulty breath,chest sharp pain,chest burn,chest heavy,joint pain,dizzy and vertigo,palpitation,tremor,nausea,insomia ,headeach,eyes pain..... | M | 35 | 1 days 80mg | 6/3/2013 | 4 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | NIL | NIL | M | 75 | 2 years 160 1X day | 6/2/2013 | 1 | Hypertension | Horrible drug, severe muscle pain, dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, depression,panic attacks, shoulder and neck pain, tinnitus, swollen feet, sinus headaches, intolerance to the sun and heat. Low blood pressure, brain fog, numbness in feet and hands at times. Listen everyone this drug is an ARB and has a black box warning. It can cause serious problems to your health. Worse than those that I experienced, believe it or not.. Read the Wall Street Journal front page article dated May 31, 2013. It talks about ARB's and specifically mentions Diovan and the need for the FDA to remove these drugs from sale to patients. Supposedly the FDA is dragging it's heels. Please get a copy of this article, I will never take any drug in this class again. I can only hope no permanent damage was done to myself or anyone else. Consider writing the FDA . I know I am going to. Oh, ,If your doctor won't give you another class of hypertension drugs, switch doctors. This drug will control blood pressure but at what price? | F | 57 | 5 years 80mg. | 6/1/2013 | 1 | For High Blood pressure and to redu | Swollen legs and feet, burning sensation up and down inside of legs. | Since I began taking Diovan 2 months ago my legs are so swollen by mid-day that it hurts to bend at the knees and I keep getting a burning pain sensation along the whole inside of my legs from ankle up to and including my thigh when I am walking or standing. | F | 65 | 2 months 80 mg 1X day | 5/25/2013 | 1 | Other blood pressure medicine was n | After 3 days of taking, as a medication change, had a severe blood pressure drop resulting in a ride to the hospital for every test known, all other systems ok, be careful of this drug, I was lucky as a stroke was not induced but was told this drug could have initiated. Now trying to get this drug out ASAP , IMO ask about other options, this has been an awful experience. | M | 49 | 3 days 160 | 5/23/2013 | 4 | Switched from Toprol XL | The only side effect I have noticed is I am out cold one hour after taking Diovan. So, I take it at bedtime. | I switched to Diovan, because I had been taking Toprol XL for over ten years. Toprol was not working for me. All of the side effects I am reading people post about Diovan were happening to me on Toprol. So far, the only side effect from Diovan is extreme exhaustion about one hour after taking the pill. So, I take the pill at bedtime. With Toprol XL, I was physically wiped out all day long. With Diovan, I sleep off the exhaustion and then actually have more energy throughout the day than I ever did while on Toprol XL. I believe some people do better with beta blockers (Toprol XL) and some people do better with ACE inhibitors (Diovan). Apparently, I am an ACE inhibitor person. So far, so good on this BP med. MUCH better than on Toprol XL. | F | 42 | 7 days 1/2 of 120 1X day | 4/21/2013 | 1 | High Blood pressure,aortic aneurysm | Never felt sensations before taking this drug such as: Total loss of libido, apathy, depression, tingling of back and shoulder blade area, memory loss, drug is no longer working, when taken it does the paradoxical opposite effect, it actually raises the blood pressure even in the maximum dose taken | Horrible side effects from Diovan. ( it was regular Diovan, not the iovan HCT with a water pill ) AT first for the first two years it did control my blood pressure, however I had never before felt experienced side effects: Never felt sensations before taking this drug such as: Total loss of libido, apathy, depression, tingling of back and shoulder blade area, memory loss, drug is no longer working, when taken it does the paradoxical opposite effect, it actually raises the blood pressure even in the maximum dose taken. After taking 320 mg to the nurses avice when BP was up to 170 /98 espite the mornign 160 mg, I had to take another 160 mg ( as nurse said ) and my BP went up even furhter to 167/111 from the total dose. Tingling in chest, throbbig neck carotid artery, medication stoppe working and even on the max dose now I feel I could have a stroke at any hour. Also approximately the time I started takign this medicine an adreanl tumor started forming, that grows 1 mm on my left adrenal now. Based on the rate of the tumor, backdating in time assuming that the tumor always grew 1mm month, then it starte growing when I started taking Diovan. If you have any paradoxical effect from this medicine after being on it for a while I woul suggest to test adrenals to see if med had a side effects on the adrenals. Adrenals regulare the blood pressure.... | F | 43 | 3.5 years 160 mg 2X day | 4/18/2013 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | All side affects are to the extreme. Dry mouth, joint pain, trouble focusing, blurred vision, fatigue, dry cough to the point of not being able to breath. Neck pain on right side. Not able to walk straight seemingly very weak on the whole right side of the body. | I cannot believe Dr.s and Drug companies are pushing this dangerous drug. Where is the FDA on this? I took Accupril for ten years and started having bad side affects and the Dr. put me on this Diovan. One bad drug to another. I discontinued any BP meds. Ive been off the Diovan for a week and am still experiencing many of the side affects. Although, I am feeling better. Does anyone know how long it takes to get this out of your system? I DO NOT recommend this medication to anyone. It is really scary. I foresee a class action suit in the future. So drug companies if your reading this, quit manufacturing crap like this and poisoning people. | F | 54 | 2 months 320 MG 1X day | 4/14/2013 | 1 | bp | Hairloss and tingling in forhead also E.D | M | 45 | 6 months 160 | 4/12/2013 | 2 | High blood Pressure | Dizziness, confusion, light headed ness, shortness of breath, muscle pain, and numbness or tingling in my hands. | Went to the ER today, they said I had symptoms of a heart attack, my blood pressure was very high, 178/110. I was released, they said I had vertigo and follow up with my primary, but to continue taking my meds, but I am to frightened after today's experience not sure what to do | F | 46 | 5 days 40 MG 2X day | 3/26/2013 | 1 | High blood pressure | Nausea,numbness in toes,hands and fingers hurt,light headed,fatigue,lower sex drive,sinus problem,I could go on but my fingers hurt. | F | 53 | 7 days 160 mg | 3/19/2013 | 1 | hypertension | Unsafe Drug For Me | Thank goodness for this website.I thought I was the only person with adverse reactions to this drug.My Doctors tell me it's all in my head.Diovan makes my bp numbers normal.Buy the side effects are horrible.Numbness in toes,sexual problems,constant muscle pain,etc.Other people have success on this drug. Many others don't.I just can't endure these negative effects anymore.And these side effects came on gradually. | M | 70 | 9 years 160 1X day | 1/26/2013 | 5 | High blood pessure | None | I have had excellent results with Diovan. No side effects that I can tell, and I've been using it for at least 8 years. It works great. | F | 64 | 8 years 160 mg 1X day | 1/22/2013 | 1 | High blood pressure | Extreme light headedness, fatigue | This is a terrible drug! I went off it 3 days ago because I can't think anymore (too light headed). STILL dizzy. Very scared | F | 62 | 3 months 80 mg 1X day | 1/19/2013 | 1 | Hypertension | The worst drug I've ever taken | Diovan controlled my blood pressure better than any other of the 15 meds I've taken.But the medical side effects are life changing.I had one medical issue when I started Diovan,blood pressure.Now,I have 8 more.Underthyroid,blood sugar,peripheral neuropathy,gout,tendinitis,sinus ,muscle dysfunction,amd impotence.Not a good trade,exchanging one med problem and inheriting 8 more that I never had before Diovan.I truly wish every Novartis company exec/cheminst who invented Diovan were forced to take it for 5 years. | M | 68 | 6 years 160 1X day | 1/7/2013 | 1 | HBP | Hair falling out, severe back, joint pain, headaches.Problems standing too long.Severe neck and shoulder pain.High pulse and very fast heart palpitations even made me pass out twice. | When I first started to take Diovan it seemed to pretty good with kepping my BP low then shortly after I had very bad headaces everyday.I then started with the pain in my neck and the longer I was on Diovan the worst my side effects got.My hair was falling out just a little at first,but, the longer I have been on it,the worst it has got.Thank you all for your comments! I just read these post 4 days ago,then stopped taking it right away.My pulse is back to normal,my BP is staying about 130/78.I have also already noticed an improvement in my back,neck and shoulders. | F | 50 | 3 years 320 1X day | 1/3/2013 | 5 | high blood pressure | Some vision. Higher the dose, greater the blurred vision | F | 58 | 6 years 80mg | 1/1/2013 | 1 | Hypertension | Erectile Dysfunction | Started Diovan 160 5 years ago.No problems first year.Then had intermittent erectile dysfunction problems for several weeks.Now after 5 years I'm totally impotent.Stopped Diovan for five days,replaced with Benazepriel 20.No sex problems.Wife was amazed.But Benazepriel 20 didn't control blood pressure like Diovan did.When you read about Diovan and other ARB drugs you're told they improve sex problems.In my case,that's absolute BS. | M | 67 | 5 years 160 1X day | 12/20/2012 |