ATACAND Reviews (CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL)Average Rating: 3.1 (180 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ATACAND with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATACAND | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Blood pressure | Terrible. Was on 16 mg and coped ok on that. dr doubled dose to 32mg. Bloated stomach, sore stomach, fuzzy in head, dry mouth, feel like. Am being poisoned. Dr finally relented and back on Atacand 16...only two days but do eel a bit better. Still sore stomach | F | 65 | 28 days 32 1X day | 9/9/2017 | 2 | Vestibular migraine | The day after my first dose of atacand I felt a bit 'fuzzy' in the head but every day after it got worse until, on day 4, I couldn't get out of bed - my head felt 'full', I was so dizzy as soon as I stood up that I thought I would pass out, all I wanted to do was close my eyes and sleep, my feet were cold all the time, my pulse rate dropped down to low 50's and I was tingling in feet, hands and face. I can't keep going with these sort of debilitating symptoms as I work full time. | I have had chronic medical conditions since childhood and live with a lot of symptoms that affect my quality of life but the symptoms from atacand (which my neurologist said is usually very well tolerated) were completely debilitating. | F | 43 | 4 days 4mg 1X day | 4/25/2017 | 3 | Systolic BP increase | Severe muscle pain as from month 3,"electric current " feeling in the legs,pain achilles tendon,sometimes heart palpitations, | M | 66 | 150 days 16 1X day | 3/27/2017 | 2 | Blood pressure | Bleeding gums, constant sinus pain, stuffy nose, fatigue, bad muscle pains, fatigue, racing heart, anxiety, you name it. | F | 45 | 2 months 16mg | 3/13/2017 | 5 | mild blood pressure | dizziness sometimes, but now itching all over. Its awful. | F | 63 | 4 years 32 | 2/11/2017 | 1 | Hypertension | Have been on 3 others before this one been the same on all of them at the end of my tether now stopped taking these 4 days ago but still feel aughful I have read it can take up to 2 weeks for side affects go is that rite please can someone advise | F | 65 | 10 days 2mg | 11/5/2016 | 4 | Mild hypertension | None | M | 55 | 2 weeks 8mg | 9/11/2016 | 1 | hypertension | Bowel inflammation, nausea, weakness, fatigue, loss of appetite | Feels like I am being poisoned. Cannot function in daily activities. Loss of quality of life. | F | 70 | 90 days 4 mg 2X day | 7/31/2016 | 2 | High BP | Am type 2 diabetic who lost 20 lbs with 10 to go. Got bad headaches and cloudy head and dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, couldn't get out of bed to exercise or anything. As soon as I stand up I feel vulnerable and afraid I will fall. Never been on meds and 2 others made me sick. Thinking about telling doc I want to go from 4 mg to 2 mg. BP has come down but no quality of life. | Other side effects subsided but not headaches or dizziness. | F | 50 | 5 days | 7/2/2016 | 4 | HBP had had a stroke years ago | I take 1/ pill morning .1/2 pill in eveving.seems to stabilize better. SOME SINUS STUFFINESS.A LITTLE DIZZY AT FIRST .HAS DISAPPEARED.I actually feel a lot better and a lot clearer. | I took atacand as my first BP med.30 years ago. Had to stop as insurance would not cover it.I wish i.could now but generic is covered so it's candasartan instead.I Think it's a good med. | F | 79 | 7 days 32/25 htcz | 6/3/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | Heaviness of chest, tiredness , restlessness dizziness , shortage of sleep Some times BP increase where as taking it | I am not feel healthier after I started this medicine | M | 44 | 1 years 16/12.5 | 6/3/2016 | 2 | Prevention migranes | Swelling feet and ankles, sinus pain, also headaches | F | 62 | 1 days 8mg | 5/25/2016 | 3 | Mild hypertension | At first I was on 4mg and didn't experience anything and my blood pressure was getting lower. My doctor decided to increase dosage to 8mg. One day I experienced severe heart palpations after not eating for a while and having a big meal and developed constant vertigo and dizzyness/lightheadedness that still hasn't gone away. In March 2016 I started getting palpations after eating nearly every meal and it felt like my blood pressure was dropping after meals. I decided to quit cold turkey but experienced withdrawal symptoms so I decided to go down to 4mg for a while. I have now quit Atacand completely for a week though still experiencing withdrawal symptoms and heart palpations after meals. Hoping these symptoms will go away after a while... The side effects were absolutely ruining my every day life. Will have to look into another drug and I am changing my lifestyle. | M | 28 | 1 years 1X day | 5/2/2016 | 3 | Fatigue muscle soreness in legs | F | 68 | 10 days 8 mg | 4/7/2016 | 4 | High blood pressure | M | 56 | 8 years 32 MG 1X day | 2/22/2016 | 4 | chronic migraine pain | Just starting today 16mg hope it does not cause weight gain or hair loss or yellow toes like I read or worse headache | F | 64 | 1 days 26mg | 10/31/2015 | 2 | Chronic Migraine Prevention | I started on a 2mg dose and worked up to 8mg. I have been determined to keep going as I am running out of other medications to try, however the side effects have been awful. The nausea and dizziness hasn't improved and doing any form of light exercises results in me nearly falling over. My headaches have not reduced their frequency and for some reason my arms fall asleep constantly. | F | 20 | 9 weeks 8mg | 10/28/2015 | 1 | Migraine prevention | Worsening of migraines, severe anxiety | I started at 4 mg and worked up to 16 mg over a period of 6 weeks. Up to 12 mg there was no impact on my migraine frequency. As soon as I started 16 mg, however, my migraines became daily, which has never occurred before--I usually got about 6 per month. It took me 4 days to realize the candesartan was triggering the migraines, but even after I stopped (cold turkey), the migraines continued on a daily basis for 6 more days, stopping only when I started Amitriptyline 10 mg. As well, when I went off the candesartan, I experienced severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and loss of appetite. It took about a week to recover from these symptoms. For me, this drug was poison. To make matters worse, my neurologist completely dismissed that the candesartan could have been triggering the migraines. Reading other reviews on this website about side effects helped me realize I wasn't crazy. | F | 44 | 6 weeks 16 mg 1X day | 9/23/2015 | 2 | hypertension | Severe pounding headache and blurred vision ! | BP came down somewhat but side effects are noticeable ! | M | 58 | 3 weeks 12 | 3/20/2015 | 4 | blood pressure | M | 53 | 1 days | 2/19/2015 |