AVALIDE Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IRBESARTAN)Average Rating: 2.7 (117 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AVALIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AVALIDE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | HBP | dizziness sometimes, urinating frequently at least 2x at night,hip and leg pain, feeling dehydrated. | lowered BP around 130/80 | F | 47 | 6 months | 9/10/2008 | 1 | High blood pressure | Increased aches and pains all over, leg cramps, chest discomfort, anxiety, feeling hyper, tension throughout my body, unable to tolerate stimulants like coffee and cigarettes, sometimes racing or pounding heart, trouble falling asleep, a sensation of sleep apnea (forgetting to breathe as I was falling asleep) | I've been feeling terrible since a few weeks after I started this medicine. I am not sure if the medicine is causing the side effects. I am going to have a sleep apnea test done. | F | 42 | 2 months | 9/10/2008 | 1 | BLOOD PRESSURE | DIZZY, HEADACHES, WEAKNESS, VERY LETHARGIC, PAINS IN THE HIPS, | IT HAS BROUGHT MY BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN BUT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE HINDERING MY EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES - I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE | F | 4 weeks | 9/7/2008 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Just light headed a few times, then ok. 8 months later a dehydration event started palpations briefly and I have had shaking, weakness, mostly in upper body, nausea,gas, belching, feeling of doom, restlessness, chills, sweats, can't get to sleep some nights. Drs didn't mention the side effects of the med, said take it easy and just stay hydrated. | I found this site and breifly talked with others and read the fine print and I have stopped this med immediately. Just wondering how long before side effects wear off if ever? | M | 33 | 8 months | 7/3/2008 | 4 | High Blood Pressure & Diabetes | Fatigue and I have to pee a lot for a few hours after taking it. Blurry vision sometimes. Fuzzy headed feeling too. | I have been taking Avalide for about 2 years. A couple of months ago when I moved, I talked a new doctor into letting me go off it for a week, but only if I checked my BP every day. OMG! After a couple of days, I had so much energy I couldn't believe it! But, my blood pressure did go up quite a bit. So, I was put back on it because of that and also said I need it to protect my heart because I also have type 2 Diabetes. | F | 42 | 2 years | 6/10/2008 | 5 | HBP | Slight dizziness after periods of inactivity. | Most side effects that I've had in the past were largly due to the other products that I was on. I've was on Avapro then moved to Avalide 6 months ago. It works great and my BP is now 123/82 (down from 165/95). I love the once a day too! | M | 40 | 6 months | 5/30/2008 | 2 | CAD? HOCM/LVH? | I was given samples of this med 1 month ago. I think I know why I was given samples now after reading the comments here. I hate taking drugs so I cut these in half and took one in the AM and one in the PN just in case I had side effects. Well, the chest tightness is something else. So, is the feeling of doom and the upper muscle weakness and some shortness of breath. I recently had a heart cath so I kbnow this is not my heart doing this. My upper abdomen hurts also and franly, I feel terrible on this med. I would rather chance not being on anything than suffer these type effects. Good Bye-Avalide... | F | 63 | 5 weeks | 5/24/2008 | 3 | High blood pressure | I have been having pain in my hip and feeling tired. | I have taken Avalide for 7 1/2 years and 3 months ago my dose was increased to Avalide 300/12.5. I have noticed pain in my hip which is progressively getting worse. I am going to my doctor next Thursday and will talk with her about possibly taking something else. | F | 50 | 7 years | 5/21/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | I am very very tired in the afternoons. I need a nap. I never used to take naps. Avalide has changed that. I have been taking it along with norvasc, but there has'nt been any real change in my BP. Only slightly. My doctor suggested that I increase my dose from 150/12.5 to 300/25. I'm afraid that if I do that I wont be able to see. Since I have been taking Avalide, I have had extreme blured vision. | I suggest that if there are other options, go with that. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 4/24/2008 | 1 | blood pressure | severe back, leg, and joint pain, shakiness in all muscles, fatigue, depression and frequent urination. ED also. I would like to know if anyone else has the "shakes" from this medication? | although I kept asking my doctor about these symptoms, I was never told it was because of Avalide. I was sent to a Neurologist for shaking muscles, who found nothing. | M | 47 | 3 years | 4/24/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | Rash on face and neck the first week. Dizziness, irritability, slight chest tightness, tingling in fingers and toes. | M | 54 | 14 days | 4/13/2008 | 4 | HBP | no side effects so far | BP had been around 145/90 or a little higher and now is 118/80. | F | 57 | 10 days | 3/21/2008 | 4 | Hypertension | Frequent urination after the first few hours you take it. It's a diuretic, after all. May have brought down my heart rate for some reason. | I'm on the lowest dose I think, but it has brought my BP from 155/95 to 135/85. It's pretty much borderline, but I'm fine with that. Any lower and I won't be feeling well. I've had hypertension since I was 13. I think my body has gotten used to it. | M | 30 | 1 years | 3/5/2008 | 1 | Blood Pressure | At first it caused extreme dizziness. Still does cause dizziness about two hours after taking it. Muscle pain started the second month after taking it. Muscle pain is getting worse making it very hard to walk. Feels as if the muscles are so tight its cutting off my circulation. | F | 60 | 4 months | 2/29/2008 | 2 | Hypertension | I started to take this in Nov of 2007 and didn't notice side effects until the last month which include:Frequent urination, fatique,depression,palpatations,abdominal pain,weight loss,leg cramps,concentration effected. I stopped taking Avalide over 72 hrs ago and I am feeling some better already. I can still taste the bitterness in my mouth. I have an appointment with my Dr. to start on another BP med. | F | 58 | 2 months | 1/14/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | I can hardly walk or sleep for leg or ankle pain {severe]my hips also hurt and i am very listless.The pain gets so bad I feel like I have some horrible disease.It lowered my BP at first,but it is gradually rising I have taken it out of despiration for almost a year but I am becomming a cripple,and my physical life is becoming useless,as pain neve stops.I wioll change as soon as possible.I very depressed. | I would not reccomend it to any one,I have given it a full trial it is great at first,but then come the side effects.cardiologist has me on several things.If you have trouble your regular doctors start giving you drugs to help which have enough side effects to kill you MD.S do not look at all your medicines so you get on adrug merrygoround. | F | 84 | 1 days | 12/30/2007 | 3 | Extreme Lightheadedness to the point of fainting, shortness in breath, headache, cramping and tiredness at first. After 2 months, numbness in hands. | It has been extremely effective. I've gone from 140/99 to 105/71. I've also made lifestyle changes in my diet and may discontinue use because I like having feeling in my HANDS! | M | 34 | 70 days | 12/17/2007 | 3 | high blood pressure | Very frequent urination. Unable to hold bladder sometimes. | F | 53 | 2 years | 11/20/2007 | 3 | high blood pressure | feeling faint/light headed/nausia most of the time | took blood pressure down a great deal but can not live with side effects | M | 67 | 12 days | 11/9/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | My usual acid reflux causes me to taste the pill for a while, but once that is done...I get ready to urinate a lot. I get up a minimum of 2x per night, but it has radically brought my 175/92 bp down to 119/79. With all of this urination, I am a bit concerned with the loss of good electrolytes and such, but so far... no problems. I will continue to take it for a while to see if dizzyness upon standing quickly disappears and also mild stomach upset the following day. I really like the no-headache feeling that I wake up with! | Consider trying it. I really can't say that this drug has been bad for my health. All medicines have some side effects. So far, the benefits outweigh the side effects. | F | 44 | 2 weeks | 11/1/2007 |