AVAPRO Reviews (IRBESARTAN)Average Rating: 2.3 (261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AVAPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AVAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Hypertension | Dry cough. Occasional short lived nausea in morning just after I take the pill. Sometimes associated with dry retching. Then stops. No more nausea or dry retching until next time. Possible reduction in sexual drive, but hard to tell whether it would come with increased age anyway. Not sure yet. | Have now taken to cutting 150 tablet in half. BP still down. Less side effects. May even cut the half in half. I am now trying alternative approach to BP - acupuncture. There is no hypertension in traditional chinese medicine, because they couldn't test BP. They developed treatments for the symptoms of high BP only. So I am on a bit of a try it and see journey, but it is non intrusive and I am interested to see if I can reduce the hypertension in some other way... along with exercise | M | 62 | 3 years 150 1X day | 11/14/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | No problems in the beginning. Then oedema (face and legs), skin rash and lesions, dry and itchy ear canals. | F | 62 | 4 years 300mg 1X day | 10/20/2011 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Dry mouth and muscle cramps, anxiety | Dr. started me on 150 mg of Avapro because I was having side effects with another drug. First day, very tired, almost lightleaded, severe muscle cramps. But I notice that my breathing was so much better that I did not need Advair (copd). Cut pill in half the next morning and felt tired, but no muscle cramps. Next day I cut in in quarters and that seemed to work very well. I don't understand why my breathing is greatly improved to where I don't need my advair, but I'm not complaining. Will slowly build to proper dose and keep watch on my blood pressure. I'm sensitive to many drugs, so it's not easy to find one that works for me. Personally, I think that doctors go with the ordinary dosage and alot of times it's too much. They don't seem to take into account how someone reacts to medications. | 57 | 4 days 150mg 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | I used to love reading books but now I get a headache and feel dizzy after about 20 minutes of reading. I got new glasses a few months ago and it has not helped. I also get headaches from watching TV. I also seem to be far more suseptible to fatigue and muscle weakness. I came to this site to decide whether or not to continue taking this drug. I am going to monitor my situation closely and if necessary I will stop taking this drug to see if my above problems disappear. | M | 73 | 1 years 150 1X day | 5/14/2011 | 2 | HBP | Was previously onn Micardis 40mg, but was experiencing fatigue, so dr changed to Avapro 75mg. After 3 days of taking this med, I had severe chest tightness, nausea, dizziness and feeling very weak, went back to dr, checked my bp, with this med, it is to strong has severely decreased my bp so now i have low bp. Have taken any meds for 5 days now and me bp is still on the lower side of normal. | F | 26 | 3 days 75 1X day | 5/5/2011 | 5 | High blood pressure | None | Works well. Blood pressure down. | M | 59 | 4 years 150 mg. 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 2 | Prehypertension | Extremely cold feet, muscle stiffness after sitting, tight throat especially at high elevations (e.g. Mexico City). | Avapro definitely lowered my blood presuure, but the side effects were diverse and insidious. On balance, I would certainly not advise the use of this drug for other individuals whose blood presure is only slightly above the normal range. Opt first for life style change! | M | 63 | 2 years 150 1X day | 2/5/2011 | 4 | hypertension | Only taking for four days - no side effects to report. | The second morning my B/P came down dramatically. Still monitoring my B/P daily. | M | 53 | 4 days 150mg 1X day | 12/30/2010 | 4 | Hypertension | Morning pain in foot. Played golf and it was gone by the end of the first hole. | M | 60 | 5 days 150mg 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 2 | High blood pressure | Extremely bad diarrhea and bleeding. | M | 58 | 12 days 75 mg 1X day | 12/9/2010 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Severe Tiredness, pain in foot, fatigue during day, persistent cough | Started on 150 moved to 300 went back to 150 when suffered stomach pain. Was off it for about a week on Overseas holiday no tiredness during day in fact was able to sight see and stay up late most nights. Started back on 150 but may give it away as day time fatigue has returned. | M | 50 | 2 months 150 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 1 | High Blood pressure | I was on avapro 150mg, for 4 years, with little or no side effects, and somewhat effect control of blood pressure, when my mother was dying, the stress went up, so did my blood pressure, my doctor increased it to 300 mg, I started to have sore neck, and pain in between my shoulder blades, which I thought was stress related to dying mom, I went to chrio, physio, tried laser, accuputure, everything, even natural path...one day I stop taking my avapro slowly...blood pressure went up but pain went away...3 yrs from hell, pain from avapro in upper back and neck area...unreal...now I am trying to find snother med...that don't react with me...so far no luck...they all have bad side effects, every 2 weeks I change WHOA!!!!!! still jno luck...but it's nice not to have neck pain and back pain...I was taking soooo many pain pills to cope....while on avapro | I was on avapro 150mg, for 4 years, with little or no side effects, and somewhat effect control of blood pressure, when my mother was dying, the stress went up, so did my blood pressure, my doctor increased it to 300 mg, I started to have sore neck, and pain in between my shoulder blades, which I thought was stress related to dying mom, I went to chrio, physio, tried laser, accuputure, everything, even natural path...one day I stop taking my avapro slowly...blood pressure went up but pain went away...3 yrs from hell, pain from avapro in upper back and neck area...unreal...now I am trying to find snother med...that don't react with me...so far no luck...they all have bad side effects, every 2 weeks I change WHOA!!!!!! still jno luck...but it's nice not to have neck pain and back pain...I was taking soooo many pain pills to cope....while on avapro | M | 54 | 7 years 300 1X day | 11/15/2010 | 1 | high pressure | after reading this site I was so happy because I thought I was going nuts. I had cramps so bad I developed plantar fascilitis I was becoming lame. I went off it after reading this site. But my bp went very high after 4 days.I can't lose weight and so tired even with 10 hours sleep. Don't know if I want any more chemical added to my body... | F | 64 | 2 years 300mg 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 4 | HBP | Fatigue, but by being active regardless, it often lifts | Tried many medications, Avapro works well for me. I feel it really delivers what it promises... | M | 47 | 4 months 150 1X day | 10/27/2010 | 5 | high blood pressure | None | No problems from beginning, and my blood pressure is now controlled. | F | 67 | 3 years 1X day | 10/23/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Extreme indigestion after second pill. | Went from Diovan to Avapro due to indigestion issues, now await another medicine solution. Going through chemotherapy and need to stay within this family of drugs. It is a process of elimination and me being the guinea pig. | F | 62 | 2 days 150 MG 1X day | 10/5/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | After sitting for very brief periods, would incur stiffness in the legs from the knees down, making walking very difficult. Would dread riding in the car any longer than 15 minutes due to sitting position. Upon arising in the morning, would experience the same stiffness. Also experienced fatigue and general lack of energy. Have been off the drug for approximately l l/2 months and have dramatically improved! This drug affected my life negatively for the passed three years. Users beware... and be aware of the possible side effects of all the drugs you are taking. Special thanks for this site... it made me aware that Avapro could be the cause of my problem. And it was! | F | 69 | 3 years 150 mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 5 | high blood pressure | This is the first and only medication I have taken for high blood pressure and I am am very satisfied for the most part. I do have to clear my throat every now and again and I sometimes wonder why my toes are cold a lot of the time. | I sometimes wonder if all blood pressure medications directly affect sexual desire and performance, or is it just that I am getting older? | M | 55 | 2 years 150 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | B/P dropped frm 145/88 to 93/56, then took a sharp spike of 245/111. Went to ER and discovered was having anaphylactic symptoms. | Just a single dose of this medication sent me to the hospital where I was given aspirin, Nitroglycerin, and Heprin to thin my blood because of heart fibrillations that could cause blood clots (so the ER doctors told me.) I continued chest pain throughout the night and into the next day,when a heart cath was done. Was told I have a healthy heart and that the Avapro had caused anaphylactic symptoms. 3 days have passed,and my heart continues to race at time. Am, however, feeling much better. Will NEVER take another Avapro! | F | 53 | 1 days 150 mgs. 1X day | 8/29/2010 | 3 | hypertension | chronic pain and swelling in my hands and feet, thought i have tendonites . the pain makes it hard to sleep tingleing does not go away, help | M | 56 | 15 months 150mg 1X day | 8/27/2010 |