DIOVAN HCT Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; VALSARTAN)Average Rating: 2.4 (425 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DIOVAN HCT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIOVAN HCT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high blood pressure | stiffness in joints, decreased white blood cell counts, headache, restlessness, weakness (felt faint), very tired | At first it helped lower blood pressure. I was 150/101 range. It lowered it to 120/88 but now blood pressure is spiking and I can't take the side effects anymore. | F | 59 | 3 years | 1/5/2008 | 1 | High blood pressure | Headache, rashes in forehead and hair bottom. One eyelid very swollen and painful. Wake upp many times at night and must take painkillers. | It lowered the blood pressure very quick, but it's not worth this with all bad side effects. I never had medicin before and could therefore maybe be more sensible than others. Now I stopped without talking to dr. and will see if bad side effects will stop. | M | 60 | 20 days | 1/3/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, thinning of hair, fatigue, blurred vision, fingertips tingling. | F | 58 | 9 months | 12/30/2007 | 2 | to lower blood pressure | headache,swelling and pain in all joints including pain in left arm and hand and chest and lower back with extreme shooting pain extending through left leg , pain in big toes,swelling and pain in sinus above left eye,constant extreme bouts of diarrhea 1-2 hours apart,muscles knotting up so tight they felt like rocks or tumors!!!also literally conking out from exhaustion within two hours of taking this pill!!!walking became extremely painful and breathing became shallow after 5-10 minutes on treadmill at slow speed of 2.8 DAILY LIFE WAS JUST PAINFUL AND WANTED TO DO NOTHING BUT SLEEEEEEEP!!!!! | I noticed one day when I forgot to take this that I felt fine.I then found this website and researched the manufacturers guidelines which said that diovan hct is NOT FOR INITIAL TREATMENT so I then called my friend who is a pharmacist and when I described what I was feeling he immediately said that I probably was being drained by the hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) so I called my primary doctor and switched to diovan without HCT and all symptoms have now gone away and my muscles have returned to normal.my suggestion to everyone is to talk to your pharmacist instead of the prescribing doctor because drs tend to ignore complaints of side effects by saying stupid things such as no other patients have complained!!!It is evident that they dont have the knowledge of the potential side effects of the very pills they are subscribing!!!I do hope that my information can help others on this website HAPPY NEW YEAR! | M | 54 | 13 months | 12/27/2007 | 1 | wight gain, tired, withdrawn from many conversations, zone out, hair loss, and the list goes on to just about everything mentioned from others | M | 35 | 5 times | 12/26/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Slight anxiety when first started with a few heart palpatitons, but after a couple months, this subsided. | I am on 160/25 and it works really well for me. My blood pressure is around 129/72 and with Avalide it would stay around 150/85. It lowers my pulse also which is an added benefit. You just have to remember to drink to keep hydrated. It does sometime bother me to be in the hot sunshine as you seem to dehydrate easier. I am very satisifed with Diovan HCT. | 53 | 1 years | 12/16/2007 | 1 | High blood pressure | Side effects: thinning hair, I was losing a handfull of hair everytime I washed it, and more, blurred vision, eye sensitivity, constant need to unrinate, weight gain (20lbs0 in the middle section... Just awful. I am glad I visited this site. Went to France for a trip in november. Saw a doctor, acupuncturist and homeopath. I stopped Diovan and Lipitor, I do acupuncture and I am taking a lot of oligo-elements as well as Red Yeast rice. I also bought RESPeRate, breathing machine. It is better, IT WILL GET BETTER, the natural way. Enough of enriching chemical labs who are poisoning you and creating side effects so you have to take more medecine to stop those. THis is insane. I refuse to be caught in that system any longer. Now, I have lost weight immediately (4lbs in one week), my hair is not falling and my ankles are not swollen every night. Do not listen to what they say: the big labs just are after your money! | F | 53 | 2 days | 12/15/2007 | 4 | Polysystic Kidneys | Nothing negative. Blood pressure is down and I have 100% of my kidney function. | F | 62 | 2 years | 12/7/2007 | 2 | HBP | Fatigue, Numbness in fingers, creepy/crawly sensations in feet all the time. High heart rate. Unexplained ear aches, though not sure if that's connected. Brain fog, severe concentration problems, memory loss. | I experienced gouty arthritis twice, once in each toe but not simultaneously. Not exactly sure if its meds related but the tests for Gout were negative. The fatigue and concentration problems really bother me since it affects my work. | M | 42 | 8 months | 12/7/2007 | 2 | to lower blood pressure | constant dizziness, headaches, stumbling, numbness in feet and hands. Balance problems sometimes, pains in back that the doctor says are not caused by anything they can find. It is on my left side. I am calling them and ask that they be changed | I don't think it is a good drug | F | 60 | 14 days | 12/3/2007 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Tried Avalide & it did nothing for me. Am taking 160/25 mg Diovan hct; it took a couple weeks to start working, but haven't had any significant side effects. It alsolowered heart rate and mellowed me out; not as stressed. I am very satisified with the results. | F | 53 | 1 years | 11/28/2007 | 2 | stage 2 hypertension | I feel very nauseous, fatigued and lazy. I have been taking Diovan HCT for 2 weeks. When I feel my worse my blood pressure is at its lowest. My heart rate stays consistent all day even before taking the med. | Ocassionally I get head aches around 1:30pm daily. | M | 46 | 16 days | 11/28/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure | I have gain weight, loss of hair, and very tired all the time. I have had blood pressure to go very high all of sudden. I get dizzy spells. I also have a rash all over my face and head. | I plan to get my doctor to put me on something else. | F | 60 | 2 years | 11/26/2007 | 1 | HBP | A total disater in one month. My doctor understood and changed my meds today and I already feel beter. | M | 61 | | 11/20/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, all in the middle, of 30 lbs since taking this drug Cramps in the groin area constantly and sciatic type of pain running down the leg Thinning Hair, dry scalp with patches of dandruff, bleeding and swollen gums, I could have dealt with all of these I guess, because diovan hct lowered my blood pressure to 120/70 for the first time in 30 years....but I began after a few months to have aches and pains all over my body, at first because I am in my 70"s I thought it was Arthritis but later the legs and the back and the hips were in such pain always that I couldn't even sit in a chair or lie down in bed, eye twitching constantly left eye and always a dull headache.....Dr. didn't seem to think it was the Diovan,also diahrea often and sometimes constipation, never had these before. At this writing I stopped the Diovan 2 days ago, and already much of my aches and pains are disappearing, I also changed Dr. the new Dr. said absolutely even my constant dry cough a | I am furious beyond words at the Manufacturer of this medication, it weems from your web site less than 5% of the patients can tolerate this poison.....but while killing you it does lower your blood pressure...... Was rushed to the hospital 2 years ago because the coughing was so bad I couldn't stop for weeks, Drs there treated me for Pneumonia, but it wasn't , it was Diovan...can't tell you what that cost. | F | 75 | 3 years | 11/13/2007 | 1 | b.p waves palps | blurry vision sensative to bright lights,eye lids heavy and slow to react when waking up.nose running,sore inside nose,ears ringing at times,heavy massive cramps,bloating belly! waight gain overnight ! trapped gas problems that set off massive aches and cramps threwout the upper back and chest and stomach area! excessive heartburn! dry mouth at times, hair loss and thinning hair in spots! itching everywhere, tingling hands and feet numbness in feet and hands when resting! brings on palpiations sometimes headaches heavy at times from this med. memory loss! | This is a bombastic drug to take! diovan was recalled 1 time already,why is it back? Yeah it lowers b.p down ok! but wow! it packs a punch! in side effects and problems it makes! You cant work a normal job on this stuff! you cant drive or even think straight while on this crap! How can Doctors give this stuff out to anyone! as they make them all like walking dead zombies who cant do much anymore! mix diovan with another drug and you might as well throw in the towel and take a dirt nap! one thing I wish Doctors would listen to us when we talk. and act to help us and not put us in harms way! on these bombastic drugs! its $$$$ bottom line, and they dont care anymore ! | M | 50 | 2 years | 11/9/2007 | 3 | HBP | Quite frankly, I'm not sure if I'm having a side effect or not? I'm here on a fact finding mission. | Had a scary dizzy spell less than an hour after taking Diovan HCT for the first time. I wasn't the least bit concerned about this drug, so it's not as though I willed myself into the dizzy feeling. The dizzy spell passed after 15 minutes and I immediately began an internet search to review the side effects. I'm not encouraged by the majority of the reviews, however I will continue taking HCT until I can form an opinion of my own. | M | 36 | 1 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | high bp | hyperhidrosis - extreme | sweating was bad with diovan and even worse when we added the toprol...which i have now stopped. still on diovan and hate it. cloudy-headed and sweating. headaches. hate it | M | 54 | 2 months | 10/11/2007 | 1 | b.p | Diovan is not a good drug! anyone taking diovan with toprol xl ? Iv been on this stuff for about 3years total time. iv had so meny side effects and things happen to me! iv been blaming the toprol xl could it be the diovan ?doing the harm to me ? | one thing I cant stand with these two idiot drugs together! right around 2 to 5 pm daily- I get a cloudy head and go into pannic attacks, one after another! b.p goes up!and I get a pounding headache and sweating not cold but normal dripping forhead sweat! these spells last for a few seconds to 30mins to 2hours sometimes they can go off anytime unexpected on me! and they just started happening last week, when I was switched to generic toprol xl it really screwed my life up!I got back on the normal non generic toprol xl again - however damage was done! its slowly stopping and fadeing away daily.. but when it happens boy! I want to jump out of my skin! cant stand it!! Doctors wont help me and think im nuts! like its nothing at all one told me I Imagine it all.. ? | M | 54 | 3 years | 9/23/2007 | 2 | Hypertension | Extreme Chest Pains during activity after about 5 hours of taking the med. Irregular heartbeats.Did lower pressure but how long before I get rid of the side effects.willing to wait but I am a little on ease because of the chest pains. | Who else is having these problems? | M | 55 | 3 days | 9/20/2007 |