MICARDIS Reviews (TELMISARTAN)Average Rating: 2.7 (221 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MICARDIS with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MICARDIS | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | high blood pressurre | the medication has helped my blood pressure 127/75 but the side effects - leg muscle aching during night and remains all day some days and some days is not noticeable | F | 57 | 20 days 80 1X day | 10/5/2011 | 2 | hbp | at first very lightheaded a lot, dizziness, last month or so, heart palpitations, fainting feeling, now am in a state of extreme anxiety and off the micardis , anxiety has not settled as yet. | if you are anxiety prone this would not be a good choice for you | M | 39 | 7 months 40mg 1X day | 8/2/2011 | 4 | HBP | Vivid, sometimes disturbing dreams, my sense of smell is "different". | Works great for my bp I take 20mg once a day with metoprolol 50mg 3 times per day. | M | 36 | 6 days 20 mg 1X day | 7/26/2011 | 1 | Hypertension | Initial upset stomach, followed by severe back pains and tightening of chest. Unable to sleep. Broke out into hives around about one quarter of my torso. General feeling of unease. | I can't believe they sell this stuff. | M | 56 | 6 days 80MG 1X day | 7/23/2011 | 4 | HBP | Ringing in ears 24 hrs a day, HAIR LOSS, weak legs, loose bowel and minor joint pain. | This medicine has been great for my blood pressure but the ringing in the ears and the hair loss are just too much. I have an appt in a couple weeks and I am gonna come off this medicine with or without my Cardiologist's help! | M | 35 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 7/21/2011 | 2 | High blood pressure | Can't sleep through the night due to severe ache in legs and calves. Restless legs and overall sleeplessness. Very tired in the morning, as one would expect after a rough night. | Going to give it another 2 weeks then call doctor to get me off it if still a problem | F | 55 | 22 days 80 mg 1X day | 6/29/2011 | 3 | High blood pressure | Persistent annoying dry cough. | After reading other comments I think I am doing well. Blood pressure reduced quite quickly. Other symptoms I have are probably from something else - namely old age!! | F | 61 | 12 months 40mg 1X day | 6/26/2011 | 4 | hypertension | There are some side effects, but not as bad as other possible meds for hypertension: ringing in ears( tinnitus?) becomes noticeable in quiet times, was more prevalent at the higher(80mg) dose than at my current 40 mg dosecombined with the diuretic. Also had a kind of muscle twitching I noticed at the higher dose. Now I have it combined with 12.5 mg HCT; I split the medications, taking miardis in the AM and the diuretic in the PM. Seems to be an effective combination. | Been 5 years on Micardis. Initially was on a diuretic HCT 12.5 mg alone for 1 year but started having had muscle cramping. Then combined it with Micardis and for awhile used Micardis at 40, 60 or 80 mg alone.Micardis seems to be one of the better alternatives, but am not sure how effective for hypertension it is alone; think it is most effective combining it with another class, such as a diuretic. Also, I found splitting the 2 medications into morning and evening works best. Also seems to counteract the possible muscle cramping with a diuretic alone, there may be a scientific reason for this dealing with potassium. | M | 52 | 5 years 40mg 1X day | 4/15/2011 | 3 | Maintain BP after Heart Attack | Frequent waking at night, muscle aches and occassional weakness/numbness in arms and legs, brief head rush shortly after taking meds...(meds taken @ dinner time)dry mouth, occassional loose stool, VERY vivid dreams. | Was prescribed Micardis 2mths after a heart attack (angio & 2 stents.) Blood pressure was already ave. 120/70 before the meds...has dropped a bit to 116/65 most days...as low a 103/60 after 1hr of moderate exercise. The lower dose seems to be effective in maintenance, but would have concerns with effects of higher dose over period of time | M | 36 | 2.5 months 40mg 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 4 | Hypertension | Fatigue, Shakiness, Palpations, occasional hot flush, depression | I have had HBP since I was 22, its only been the last 15 months that I have been on this drug for. I had quite severe symptoms before going on this drug, my BP was incresing everytime I checked it, the higher range being over 160 lower range being 110. I have found it to be addictive because if I miss a tablet, the next day i feel really crap and find it hard to do anything. Also my doctor recommended people who have this chronic illness (Hypertension) should wear a medic alert bracelet then if anything happens people will know you have a medical condition. Last of all, check ingredients in certain medicines as some ingredients interact with micardis (Im an EN and deal with medications) | F | 25 | 15 months 40MG 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 3 | HBP | Memory lapses, tiredness, nausea especially in the morning, mild back ache. | It was great in controlling my BP but the side effects are starting to really show up after about 2 months on the drug. Have a checkup in 4 weeks and am going to try something else, this drug is not for me. | F | 59 | 70 days 80mg 1X day | 1/17/2011 | 5 | HBP | I don't think I had any side effects at all, i was on the 80 MG and my BP was 116/70, and now i'm on the 40MG and my BP is about the same, I have hissing in my ears but that was there before Micardis. | M | 58 | 5 years 40MG 1X day | 1/1/2011 | 1 | Increased my blood pressure | MD switched me at my request from Diovan 160 to Micardis 40 because of fatigue and intermittent headaches.On Micardis my bp went up 20 points on the systolic and 24 points on the diastolic.Back to Diovan.I researched Micardis after this br rise occurres and guess what, one RARE side effect is higher blood pressure.Wonder how rare that really is. | M | 64 | 1 months 40 1X day | 12/3/2010 | 2 | High BP | Pounding, rapid heartbeat | Effectively lowered BP from 150-170/90-100 to 130/85 in short time. However, normal pulse of 80-85 became 97-114 with hard pounding all day and night. Am going to seek another option as high BP, heart disease and stroke run deep in my family. | F | 42 | 5 days 40mg 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 1 | high blood presure | i developt the rare side effect of ITP where i stop producing bloodplatlets | it did keep my blood presure undr control | F | 33 | 60 days 40 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | hypertension | hair loss and foot and ankle spasms at night. | Micardis did a wonderful job of reducing my b/p along with Cardizem 360 and Tekturna 150. I was having terrible night foot and ankle spasms and I stopped Micardis on my own. Went back to my doctor and he told me it was not from Micardis but from my Lipitor. I reminded him I had stopped it previously and the spasms stopped. He insisted I stop my Lipitor for 1 month and the spasms/cramps would stop. I stopped the Lipitor and went back on Micardis and the spasms returned. My doctor refuses to believe my discomfort, which awakens me several times a night, is from the Micardis. I am changing docotors and hoping that the new doctor will understand | F | 60 | 5 years 80 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 2 | HBP | M | 44 | 20mg 1X day | 10/24/2010 Patient History | 1 | HBP | Lethargy, dizziness, wild dreams, pounding heart, constant flushing, elevated blood pressure. | Anyone who says all these side effects are "bullshit", needs their unsympathetic ass kicked. | M | 48 | 6 days 80mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | HBP | EXTREME hissing in ears. For a long time, did not think it was in my ears. Thought it was something electrical or natural gas related in the house. Finally figured out it was in my head. My GP sent me to ENT, who cleaned my ears and gave me hearing tests and told me I'd have to live with loud hissing. Got home and found list on PDR of drugs that cause tinnitus...there was MICARDIS! Both GP and ENT didn't think it was from one of my meds. Stopped taking Micardis and two days later ALL HISSING GONE!!!! Lucky I had the internet! GP says he will change my BP meds. Do NOT recommend this drug! | Upsetting to me that both GP and ENT doctor both missed this. I feel they should have checked the PDR list instead of me having to find this out myself on the internet! | F | 61 | 1 years 40 mg 1X day | 10/8/2010 | 2 | HBP | Weight gain of about 10+ pounds. Cannot lose this weight. Mild muscle aches in upper body. Weight on chest feeling. Confusion. Severe depression at times. Severe lethargy all of the time. A feeling of physical fatigue in upper body often. | Intend to initiate discontinuation of this drug on Thu. starting with a trip to GP. While this drug may be fine for others, it is not fine with me. | M | 33 | 5 months 40 1X day | 10/4/2010 |