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 |
| 1 | Hypertension | Dizziness, Nausea, Cardiac arrhythmia, chest pain, imbalanced hot and cold spots around my body, shivers, palpitations, panic attacks, Hamroids, GI bleeding. Problems worsen in hot conditions causing throbbing, extremely fast heart rate, feeling boomy and sluring words, feeling less mentally able | Its not a very good drug, but I'm taking it until i can fix up my diet completely, and Ill attempt to get off it while going on xanx to prevent panic attacks which may cause a spike in my bp that may stick around for a while. Been to the ER a few times with palpitations and panic attacks, heart exploded at 160 beats per minute and bp stayed on 180/110, started shivering and felt like I was going to die. Heat conditions don't help while your on Micardis at all! The hot days are absolute nightmares as it trys to keep your blood pressure down, causing your heart to beat off the scale. I think i can stabilize my BP at 140/90 without taking any drugs but now that Ive taken micardis its very hard to get off it. My entire body feels completely out of balance if i go off micardis, and i can barely move! cramps in my legs, tingling in my fingers... etc... In cold days it seems to perform better, it controls my bp when im resting and sitting down. When I move it becomes really awkward. I proffered my initial bp and symptoms to ever taking micardis. I had a bp of 130/90 resting and 157/75 walking. Sometimes it would spike to 150/90 or 160/100, and i felt crappy but at least i was balanced and maybe had a chance to get off any medications and treat this naturally.. Doctors made a bad decision and now im stuck with this condition until i can get my way out... somehow?????? | M | 25 | 3 months 20MG daily 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 5 | HBP | No noticeable side effects | I took ,Cozaar, Hyzaar, Diovan,and Avalide with to many side effects.2x passed out.Now I try Micardis HTC 50 mg,and feel no side effects.I take it in the morning and tonight I take now 100mg Pycnogenol , what I believe is better than Aspirin,but not cheap.I also have to take Magnesium because leg cramp sometimes. Water at least 2 Liter is a must ,or you will pass out with this HTC Pills.My numb toe is also gone , what a suprise after a week. | M | 66 | 7 days | 1/25/2010 | 3 | hypertension | diarrhea | doesn't go down easily - bitter taste if stuck | F | 80 | 14 months | 1/14/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dizziness, Heart palpatations, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Light Headiness, Hair thinning, Anxious all the time. | I took Micardis for 2 years without any side effects then started to get alot of terrible side effects. I was dizzy and light headed alot, had panic attacks (never had before), anxiety, heart palpatations followed by another panic attack. My hair has thinned out (had very thick hair before). Terrible drug and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Doctor took me off it immediately and I am monitoring my BP daily for 3 months to see if I have to go onto something else. Averaging 120/70. | F | 42 | 3 years | 1/7/2010 | 4 | HYPERTENSION | GREAT DRUG REALLY CONTROLS MY BP UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES FEEL ABDOMINAL BLOATING AND SWELLING.sOME BAD HEADACHES BUT i BELIEVE IT IS A EXCELLENT BP MEDICATION ON THE MARKET!!i JUST WISH I WOULD HAVE LOST WEIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO LOSE WEIGHT ON THESE DARN BP PILLS!! | F | 37 | 2 years | 1/6/2010 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Strange dreams, frequent waking at night, muscle aches and weakness in arms and legs, especially in the morning(meds taken @ bedtime),dry mouth,general weariness during the day. Loose stool constantly. | Micardis has lowered my BP from 145/90 to about 130/75 average and am taking the 80 mg dose. Am not happy with the side effects and would like to find an alternative method to lower my BP without drugs. Would not recomend this medication be taken for long periods of time. I think it would cause damage if taken for more than say 6 months. It is effective though in lowering BP but at too much of a cost to your general health. | M | 60 | 90 days | 12/20/2009 | 3 | Hypertension | Chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, drowsiness, fast heart rate, generally feeling very unwell, Palpitations, jumps in heart beats and imbalanced blood pressure! | Sadly I have to take it until i get my hypertension under control, and find out what exactly is wrong with me!... but I'm going to try to get off this drug and just live a very healthy lifestyle! Ive started on salads, low fat foods! hopefully over time ill get off this drug! Micardis lowers my blood pressure allot! I took half of a micardis 40 (so 20) a day and it brought it to 110/60! I felt like I was in a bad trance! I may even ask for Micardis 10 or below! Very potent stuff! But certainly doesn't cure anything! The doctors are taking their sweet ass time to figure out WTF is wrong with me, while im here with a holter monitor! This condition more or less messed up my life completely! | M | 25 | 1 months | 12/16/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | This is one awful awful drug! Side effects included face flushing/checks burning, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, muscle weakness. A general feeling of total unwellness. Can I repeat it enought times, this drug is awful on the human body!! | Absolutely NOTHING GOOD to say about this horrible drug. | F | 61 | 5 months | 11/29/2009 | 3 | High Blood Preassure | 80 mg Micardis a day for about 2 months now. (I started with Atacand but the side effects of this drug were greater than with Micardis.) Blood preassure Ok. Numbnes in my fingers, specialy irritating at night when trying to sleep. | The best comment i read on these pages were that all (blood preassure)drugs have their side effects. It is all about finding the drug that suites you best. And if you are suffering from side effects you certainly should keep on trying different drugs so that you can find the one that suites you the best. Also the drug manufacturers tend to "tone down" the side affects as "rare - only one in hundred" and so on. This i do not beleive is the case, and these pages indicate that side effects are more common than the manufacturers admit. (Forgive my english it is not my native language :-) | M | 47 | 60 days | 11/13/2009 | 2 | Really High Blood Pressure | I have had sleep disturbances, which consist of intense dreams, some sexual and others disturbing. My legs are really restless all night long and I am thrashing around. It does not seem to lower my BP very much and I have really high blood pressure, sometimes 200/135 and rarely lower than 180/115. | My doctor had to fight my insurance company to get this drug to me and I am not sure it was worth his effort. I also have been on Clonidine (Catapress) for over 20 years. Being diabetic and recently in an auto accident, I take other drugs such as insulin and Celebrex. I also take one percocet pill a day. Still, I have a bad backache. Not sure if it is from the Micardis or from the accident which injured my upper and lower back, right shoulder and both knees. All in all, I do not find Micardis to be worth the risk and the cost. I think another drug might work better, so I have scheduled a visit with my doctor to discuss a switch to something else. | F | 59 | 2 months | 9/24/2009 | 5 | HBP | No side effects of consequence. [Slightly looser BM, a very small price for good BP.] | BP was about 150/100 before this medication. I come from a family with serious hypertension issues. Reduced BP to 110/68. The insurance carrier fought me- refused to give it to me. I did try several other medications (recommended by the insurance carrier) which then gave me severe vertigo - I was so dizzy I could not see straight. I had to immediately stop and the cardiologist fought the insurance carrier on my behalf. The best description I can give is that one feels like they had a single sip of wine, and it gives you the boost you need for the day. (and no, I don't drink wine during the day unless I am sitting in a cafe in Paris...this side of the Atlantic, my daytime beverages are coffee and water.) | F | 55 | 1 years | 9/21/2009 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | General fatigue/depression; Multiple episodes of lower back pain/sprains, Peripheral edema in lower legs/ankles, Two instances of heat exhaustion episodes (with shortness of breath during those -- 2+ degree of increase in core body temp. within an hour of modest activity in 90 degree weather; activities which I have been accustomed to doing for years in those weather conditions with no adverse effects); All experiences I have listed so far were not present before I took this medication. Increased severity of vertigo, increased episodes (including duration and intensity) of sinus congestion in winter, hair loss/change in hair texture have also been experienced. | Initial BP control was good (40mg Micardis daily is the Rx) -- went from very high numbers to 115-120/75-80 for a long while. Recently am seeing fluctuations that indicate I may be losing consistent control; am currently seeing a pattern emerge more like 140-165/85-95. The back problems did not begin until I was on the drug for at least 8 months (they continue to this day); the peripheral edema began after about a year on the drug and has increased in severity gradually since that time; the back episodes and heat exhaustion episodes are debilitating to my active lifestyle. I have not ruled out that some of these symptoms may be related to hormonal changes associated with perimenopause in women my age: such as the hair loss/texture, edema, fatigue, and lower back issues. It is quite unclear to me to what degree the drug is or is not contributing to these problems, though I had none of them prior to taking this medication -- Micardis is the only prescription drug I am on and there has been no significant change in my nutritional supplements via the holistic practitioners in my life since taking this drug. The effects I have listed have hampered the quality of my life enough to where I am now considering finding a way to go off of the drug somehow (but maintain control of my BP) to find out whether these conditions will improve or cease. I will be pursuing this after a consultation with my doctor. | F | 48 | 3.8 years | 9/19/2009 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Fatigue, soreness in calves, shortness of breath, somewhat in a "fog" at times. | Definitely reduced by hbp. Also taking 5 mg of Norvasc and 25 mg water pill (which without Micardis did not reduce the hbp). Overall a good med. I can live with the side effects if they do not worsen. | F | 44 | 1 months | 9/13/2009 | 3 | High BP no symptoms | Initially very happy then after several months experienced terrible pain in feet, calves and ankles and swelling in ankles. Very uncomfortable. Retaining fluid and feeling tired. | Have taken myself off this drug because when I complained to the DR about fluid and swelling, she doubled my dose. I didn't have this problem before. | F | 47 | 4 months | 8/27/2009 | 1 | For High Blood Pressure | Micardis caused me to be in a comatose stage. I had to be incubated for two days and spent five days in the hospital. I had just came back from doing exercise. I felt hungry so I drank a little bit of milk. All of the sudden I felt I couldn't breathe. My throat was itching and started coughing. My eyes turned red and my eyelids and face got swollen. My throat and nostrils closed. I was incubated for two days not knowing what was going on; spend five days in the hospital. | I strongly advice to everybody to be tested first for any allergic reaction to this horrible medication that almost caused my life. Now I'm taking Norvasc 5mg. | F | 50 | 2 months | 8/25/2009 | 3 | Hypertension | After taking Micardis for almost a year I find I am always anxious and somewhat depressed. I have trouble sleeping. | Micardis has lowered my bp from 146 to 110 and lower. I really praised this medicine until just recently because I am having problems mostly with anxiety. I meditate and try to calm myself, and although I feel somewhat better, I realize that I have almost no control over the stress I feel. I have trouble falling asleep,and when I do and wake up, the anxiety is at its worse. At first I attributed the anxiety to personal problems, but I have never had anxiety to the extent it feels as if I had a weight on my chest area. My problems are not catastrophic, they are more concerns of mine. I am looking to change medication for these reasons and hope there is a change in how I feel. | F | 67 | 12 months | 8/11/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | I only took micardis for two days. Had I taken it for another day I am sure I would have died. I was still recovering two weeks later. My doctor was shocked. Anxiety, depression, NO appetite, sweating profusely, dry mouth, extremely bad nightmares, very poor sleep, fatigue | According to my pharmacist such a reaction to micardis is rare. | M | 65 | 2 days | 7/28/2009 | 5 | Hypertension | MILD leg cramps, light headedness throughout the night, difficulty waking up. All of these are very mild and are vastly outweighed by the benefits. Insurance co. denied it, so we tried Avapro and Diovan, and I felt lousy on both of those. Micardis really works for me!!! | actually IMPROVED my sleep, bowel regularity, and sexual ability; overall, I have felt better, more relaxed and calm and peaceful, and more able to do things on the Micardis than without it. I have tried over 10 b.p. meds, and Micardis with Norvasc is the only combo that really works for me AND makes me feel good (plus incredibly low b.p.!). With no meds, my b.p. is 150's/90. Norvasc alone, it's 140's/85-88. Not much improvement. With Micardis AND norvasc, and only 20mg of Micardis at that, it's 110/65-70. PLUS I feel so much better with the Micardis. | F | 52 | 1 months | 7/16/2009 | 1 | HYPERTENSION | headache, cramps in legs, dyspepsia, hair loss, water retention | Did bring down the pressure | F | 74 | 60 days | 7/8/2009 | 4 | HBP | Heart pulse is low (55 to 65, average 58). I was on Micardis 80mg then my doc cut it down to 40mg, though not sure that Micardis was the reason of the low heart pulse. | My blood pressure fell down from 160s/80s to 130/65. I haven't had any serious side effects. | M | 24 | 4 months | 6/17/2009 |