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 |
| 4 | high blood pressure | Hair Loss, not major balding but significant enough to notice thinning of hair. | Other than the hair thinning problem, side effects are practically nil. | M | 46 | 2 years 16mg 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 5 | hbp | none | M | 62 | 6 months 16 1X day | 2/3/2010 | 5 | Hypertension | Minimum side effects. Sometimes I experience chills, mouth ulcers, depression, tingling, numbness in my hands and fingers; I consider these minor side effects; with the exception of the slight depression. However, compared to briefly being prescribed Divoan and Hyzaar, THEY ARE HORRIBLE BPH meds! Diovon and Hyzaar made me feel very lethargic for almost 24 hours! The only reason I was asked to switch is because of the insurance company not wanting to cover for 2010 the co-pay. However, I fought with Medco and told them the horrible side effects that I was experiencing when prescribed Diovan and Hyzaar and it was overturned and I now am back on Atacand, 32 mg. Yes; it is very expensive compared to the other BPH meds but my life is worth it to take a medication that helps lower my BPH for quality of life. | Atacand is an excellent BPH medicine. I hope my body will take to this drug forever; do not want to ever swtich to another BPH drug because I have horrible side effects thus far with other BPH meds which may lower my quality of life. | F | 48 | 3 years 32 mg 1X day | 2/3/2010 | 5 | hypertension | No side effects. Is expensive compared to others but others caused side effects. Also helps control my migraines. | F | 43 | 7 years | 12/29/2009 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Feeling unwell, Head feeling tired and muffled up, itching on ride side of my Thigh | This Medication works in keeping my Bp level but over a long time I discovered that it was making me feel unwell. Tired feeling in my Head Muscle energy low and leaving me feel slower on my Feet. | M | 55 | 2 years | 12/26/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | mouth ulcers, flu like symptoms, neck ache, bronchitus, fevers, chills. | M | 59 | 30 days | 12/24/2009 | 2 | HBP | Does this medicine increase urination at night. I have the kind without a diuretic. It doesn't lower my pressure. Otherwise I would like to keep taking it as I feel fine taking it. But, I need for it to work! | F | 67 | 4 months | 12/15/2009 | 3 | Hypertension | Started to develop hives,edema, wheezing and problems urinating after taking 16mg Atacand and 25mg HCT for 1 year. Allergist tells me I am running out BP medications to try | Atacand kept my bp on the low side of high, which was as good as I've ever got. | M | 63 | 1 years | 12/13/2009 | 3 | Hypertension | Depression and fatigue | Started Atacand (4 mg)16 months ago for mild hypertension simply because all other meds caused fatigue. After a week, I noticed some fatigue but it was mild and I couldn't realistically attribute it to Adacand. The increase in fatigue and depression was so slow and subtle over a years time that it was like the proverbial "frog in a pot" that was cooked to death by slowly increasing the temperature. After a year the depression was so bad that I almost forgot I was taking Adacand; so, I decided to stop. The depression immediately left and I felt normal again. I guess I'm one of those 5 in 1000 patients that suffer depression from Atacand and it was bad. Beware! | M | 67 | 16 months | 12/9/2009 | 2 | HBP | None! | I experience zero side effects from this medicine so far, but I'm also not noticing ANY improvement in my blood pressure. I'm not sure how long to hang on before trying another drug. I was pretty excited after reading other reviews, but not working for me yet...16 mg | M | 31 | 1 months | 12/7/2009 | 5 | hypertension | None | Great drug, no side effect at all. | M | 45 | 1 years | 12/1/2009 | 3 | Hypertension and PKD | I've only been on it for few days so it's hard to know right now...I also started my cycle on the same day I started taking Atacand 8 mg so hard to say if the facial flushing I am experiencing is hormonal or the drug. Also noticing some slight breathing/chest issues. Was on Lisinopril 5 mg previously and it was a nightmare...the cough, chest problems (almost like chest infection or asthma), loss of libido and heartburn (while on meds for it!) I am just waiting it out right now to see if the things I am experiencing settle down or continue...was on hydrochlorothizide before also and it caused severe facial flushing and swelling of the ankles. I'm all for anything that does the job and leaves me feeling relatively human! | F | 41 | 4 days | 11/28/2009 | 5 | hbp | F | 59 | 12 years | 11/4/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | controlled the high bp but the depression it caused was not worth it | I had previously been on quinapril hct and had no side effects but it didnt control the bp as well. the atacand did control bp,almost too well. I was 160/100 on no meds but with 16mg of atacand, I was down to 95/70, which was great, but the depression made it impossible to do anything. I have been off of it for 5 days and am starting to feel some better. if Diovan makes you depressed, so will this. (Diovan made me depressed)I have tried so many bp meds and atacand WAS the most effective, but I just wasnt ready to be depressed everyday in order to have normal bp | F | 35 | 2 months | 10/8/2009 | 5 | HBP ( 160/100) | None ! | Finally the right drug to treat HBP. I've tried Norvasc and Ramipril before but side effects were unacceptable. Norvasc gave me swelling of the ankles and Ramipril severe cough, both of them gave me also muscles pain , sexual issue and lethargy. I'm on 32 mg. of Atacand since 2 months , my BP is now under control (130-75) and , most important thing , no side effects. | M | 42 | 2 months | 10/4/2009 | 5 | HBP | None. | I commented favorably about this drug about two years ago. I had been taking Diovan and was quite disappointed with its multitude of side effects. Atacand works well and I still experience no side effects @ 16mg (was on 8mg). Try it with confidence. | M | 2 years | 9/30/2009 | 2 | blood presure | sore back anxiety attacks | did bring my blood presure down but gave panic attacks | M | 48 | 2 weeks | 9/28/2009 | 5 | hypertension | None. I was on Lisinopril for a long time. I felt like I had a 5 year hangover, and put on 60 pounds. I switched to Atacand and it all cleared up. More energy, better mood, better libido. | M | 44 | 3 months | 9/21/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | Nausea, tiredness, anxiety,hot flashes, itchy palms and feet,chest heaviness, numbness and tingling in fingers sometimes up the left arm, went to the ER after 6 days of taking the pill because of the numbness in my left arm and left leg | I have never taken any medicines for high blood pressure and I have always felt fine. This is a shock to my system and I don't like the side effects that I am experiencing. My life was never adversly effected by my blood pressure but the medicine is definetly making me feel horrible. | F | 62 | 8 days | 7/18/2009 | 4 | High blood pressure | So far none and it is such a big change from Diovan which was a disaster for me! | I am sooo happy my blood pressure is finally down (average 120/65) when it was often reaching 160+/100. No side effect. Diovan made me gain weight, lose hair, being fatigued, insomiac, etc... | F | 55 | 4 months | 7/8/2009 |