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 | Control High Blood Pressure | Persistent joint pain; loss of erection | I experienced significant joint pain that I falsely attributed to strained ligaments from strenuous labor in remodeling my house. Also experienced loss in erection (never before). I stopped Diovan for the latter reason and the joint pain went away as well. The benefit is not worth the side effects | M | 56 | 180 days | 9/19/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I have been taking Diovan 80mg/HCT 12.5 mg per day. I took it in the morning and was falling asleep at work. I started taking it at night-now it is like a sleeper-I will be out in 30 minutes. I have been getting severe traveling pains in all extermities since I started this med. I read the side effects one day the first year and found the amount of potassium intake needs to be kept low. I stopped eating bananas,any soda,yogurt & all dairy products-so much for helping to avoid bone density issues. It seems all dairy products have high amounts. I am getting more severe symptoms with each year-wandering arthritic pain in all extremities-sometimes so severe it is unbearable. This year especially bad in my right hand and foot. I have always had the swelling,dizziness,blurred vision and I have been blaming it all on getting older. I am not overweight and try to eat healthy. My blood pressure went down on this med;but,still is not perfect. Now thanks to this website I know that it is not | F | 53 | 3 years | 9/17/2007 | 3 | high bp | Serious diarrhea and I never considered it could be due to the Diovan hct. It has lowered my bp, but at such expense. My weight gain has also been real and hard to control. What do I do now? I have been taking Diovan for a long time, and had the problem all along. | F | 69 | 4 days | 9/12/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure | I started diovan around the 4th of July. I was also transferred to a high stress job around the same time. I was exhausted all the time, my feet, legs and knees ached at night which I attributed to the job. My stomach hurt and burned and the diarrhea so bad I wouldn't eat anything until I got home from work. I have some preexisting back pain which flared up 100%. I also had "female pain" which gyno found no cause for, blurred vision which I blamed on makeup melting in the heat. My right wrist began to hurt almost immediatley upon taking the medicine but I blamed that on all the moving of boxes I did for my job. The pain became so bad I was given a bone scan and had an MRI.The both came back clear. I was given a pain killer and another med to help with the spasms I was having in my hand. Last weekend my left wrist and thumb began to hurt like the other one. I knew I hadn't done anything. I decided on a lark to look up the side effects of this medication on line and found t | F | 52 | 60 days | 9/10/2007 | 3 | borderline hbp | i have experienced what everyone else has said on this website. i am at a point that like some others ,i am about ready to stop taking diovan on my own and take my chances.my sex life has dropped off and the anxiety i experience before and while driving is really taking a toll on me and my family as well. i have changed my diet and have been on diovan for 3 months now. yes it did lower my bp but not enough for my doc to be happy. he doesn't have to experience these side effects we do. looking for alternative way to treat hbp.anyone else have severe anxiety and panic attacks while taking diovan hct? | i wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't check out all the side effects and everything. there has to be a better solution out there somewhere. | F | 41 | 3 months | 8/23/2007 | 5 | hypertension | small amount of dehydration in extremely hot weather | F | 63 | 5 years | 8/22/2007 | 5 | high blood pressure | F | 2 days | 8/21/2007 | 3 | HBP | I have been taking the medicine for over three years now. I have been experiencing pain and aches all over my body more severly in the toes, and the knees. Recently, my toes and knees are getting rashes at the end of the day. The tests have not yielded anything. Last week, I stumbled on this site looking for explanations amongst many. It has stabilized my BP, but still at higher than recommended level. If the discontinuation of the medicines improves my condition which remains to be experienced, but it is more than worth a try. | M | 56 | 3 years | 8/16/2007 | 1 | HTN | tacycardia, chest pain | I'm wondering if anyone has had severe tacycardia, palpitations causing chest pain with this drug. I was on it for abaout 8 days and this sent me to the emergency room. I am an avid tennis player and have never, ever had anything like this. Within 2 hrs. of taking this medication the palpitations and pain would start. I was then switched to Toprol XL 100mg and Benecar 30 mg ( another ARB)which did absolutely nothing to lower my BP. Didn't lower it one tiny bit. The Diovan did lower it, but those side effects were absolutely dangerous for me. | F | 55 | 2 weeks | 8/11/2007 | 2 | Hypertension | Hot flashes, weight gain despite exercise, loss of libido. | Blood pressure still fluctuates. | F | 51 | 1.5 years | 8/4/2007 | 1 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | I have been miserable in pain for the last year with major sciatica. Had surgery on my L5 in Feb. That didnt fix it.The pain was caused by something else. never suspected the diovan would cause it. Thanks to this website, i quit two days ago and the 24/7 pain in my leg has gone away. I also began to have pain in my left shoulder(felt like it was jammed), charley horse cramps, zero sex drive, finger and wrist joint pain, dry scalp. This almost ruined my life. My bp is back up, so as Hughey says, " I wanna new drug" | M | 35 | 1 years | 7/31/2007 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Diovan HCT 320 lowers my BP in the 130s/80s range most of the time. Without meds, my BP skyrockets. I am overweight and I admit I don't exercise enough, that may contribute to the elevated BP. I have been taking Diovan HCT for several months and am now experiencing neck and shoulder problems along with pain in my left hand joints. Currently, am being treated for carpal tunnel/tendonitis in my left hand. My knees are also occasionally stiff. | F | 60 | 7 months | 7/20/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Side effects are somewhat bothersome but none are permanent or continuous. Sunlight enhances the side effects. Dizziness especially on getting up or down, headache, teeth clenching, chest area red rashes and marks, red dots on lower legs(thought they were flea bites but didnt itch!)blurred vision on occasion, loose bowel movements, mild anxiety. | Forced to take this medicine when insurance stopped covering avelide. Did lower my bp from 150-90 to around 125/77. Taking medium dose with a small diuretic.(up from a small dose of avelide) Will continue this pill unless side effects get worse. Almost all pills are side effects. After seeing two of my friends die from high bp and one in the hospital, I will try and tolerate the side effects. | M | 58 | 3 months | 7/17/2007 | 1 | HBP | Work out 5 days a week last 20 years,went from 243lbs to 290lbs in 2 years.Had to cut workouts back, can't do much yard work without getting very tired. Got depressed. Could not understand my weight gain.Doctor did blood tests with no answers to my weight gain. | I will not take Diovan anymore. | M | 47 | 2 years | 7/10/2007 | 2 | High BP (again) | I started taking Diovan about 9 years ago. At the time my doctor prescribed it because the medicine I had been on (Lotensin) was causing me to hack and cough (which was keeping me up all night long). I started out at 80mg & then 3 years ago my bp began creeping up. I was then prescribed a 80mg dosage with 12.5 diurectic. I am now taking one 160mg/12.5 & one 80mg/12.5 pill each day. Since I have been on Diovan I have experienced significant, yet unexplained weight gain (approximately 150 lbs), drastic hair loss, insomnia, itchy skin and more recently, brittle teeth (2 of which have broken off). Over the years I have been blamed by the doctors for not taking control of my weight. Yet with swimming 4-5 days a week, walking & using an elliptical machine, and changing my diet (and eliminating processed/bleached food) I could only get down to 220lbs. | F | 29 | 4 years | 7/8/2007 | 1 | High blood pressure | You wonder why you start feeling as if you've been thrown down several flights of stairs, why your libido has waned, and why you have all kinds of other strange aches and pains in your back and inside your mouth. Then you realize it all started with the medication. That would be Diovan. | I would not recommend this drug unless you have tried everything else, including diet and exercise. I would first explore diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes to get bp down. But it's just easier for the doc to prescribe a pill and get you out of his office, right? BTW go see Sicko. You won't believe what you see. | M | 45 | 1 years | 7/7/2007 | 1 | HBP | I was just started on Diovan HCT about one week ago. I am so tired, have fallen asleep at my desk at work. Could not walk either. Called the Doc, he said give it a chance. I tried it at night, could not get up in the a.m. I stopped taking it. I can't deal with this kind of stuff, have an active job, and must be alert at all times. I will not take this drug again. Did not lower my BP that much either. | F | 61 | 7 days | 6/29/2007 | 1 | to combine w/t hct $$$$$$$$$$$ | severe arthuritc sysptoms expecially to shoulders/neck. Extream fatique, swelling, dizzyness. Also presently have anosmia (loss of smell) which occured with a sinus problem!!!! Please contact me if anyone using this drug has loss of smell/taste believed to be caused by diovan. | Drs answers to above. Well you have arthuritis. You tire easily because you need to lose weight. (after being awake for 2 hours???) swelling, common in older folk. Dizzyness is generally from a drop in bp!! Hummmmmmm, ok doc, so what do we do? she says we will keep an eye on it!! been 4 years now and I am about to drop this drug and doctor. I believe my sinus problems may have been caused by this drug and I was spending much time in the country so I dismissed the side effect. Past Jan 07 after a sinus problem, I lost my smell/taste and have been afflicted since then. Please put in subject matter LOSS OF SMELL CONTACT | M | 60 | 4 years | 6/27/2007 | 2 | HBP | Years on 80mg headaches, palpitations, joint pain, decreased libido. Past year thumping in left ear. The past 6 weeks on 160mg all of preceding plus extremem fatigue & difficulty waking, memory loss, quick weight gain around the middle where I never had a weight problem before, extreme joint pain especially hands and feet, sometimes toes and shoulder. Hair suddenly very dry, profuse sweating (not one to sweat before & it not a hot flash), restless leg syndrome, and general restlessness that wakes me at night). | It makes me feel like I'm 75. Doctors only want to treat symptoms with more meds (except libido for which the Dr only said "That strange usually only men report that." and never addressed it). Has anybody found a better solution. | F | 59 | 6 years | 6/17/2007 | 2 | To start with, I have been taking Diovan HCT 80/12.5mg for 2 weeks and this is the first BP medication that has lowered my BP to accetable levels: 118/80. However toward the end of the first week, I noticed that I was having excessive joint pains especially in the knees and hips. I had knumbness in my fingers. Simple tasks like washing car tires became quite painful when I had to stand up from a crotching position. I can't get up from a short drive in the car without some joint discomfort. I also have lower back and flank pains, which worry me because I think the pain is coming from my kidneys. I have also been having great discomfort and pains in my ascending colon, accompanied with never ending flatulence and diarrhea. I feel nauseous and weak whenever I exert myself, especially in the sun. Simply said I am concerned about all these side effects. I wonder if the benefit of lowereing my BP with Diovan HCT from 145/83 down to 118/80 is worth all this discomfort. | M | 51 | 2 weeks | 6/16/2007 |