BENICAR Reviews (OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL)Average Rating: 2.2 (332 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BENICAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BENICAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | HBP | No side effects unless it's the reason I haven't had any sex drive since around the time I started taking it. I noticed that there were quite a few reports of this problem with some other angiotensin II receptor blockers. Anyone else? | Until now, I've been really happy with Benicar because I love salty foods. | M | 62 | 3 days | 4/4/2007 | 4 | high blood pressure | none | M | 57 | 5 years | 4/3/2007 | 2 | hypertension | My first hypertension drug: small doses did not affect my blood pressure; the higher dose has led to tachycardia... | M | 55 | 30 days | 4/1/2007 | 2 | hypertension | Within two days of taking it, the lining of my mouth began to hurt, and by the sixth day my gums were extremely swollen. These symptoms subsided slowly after I discontinued the drug. | F | 60 | 6 days | 3/27/2007 | 3 | elevated bp | I'm trying to find out if the 5 mg benicar I've been taking is causing the excessive saliva in my mouth which, when I unconscientiously constantly clear my mouth by sucking the saliva out, has given me a most painful, burning,irritated mouth for over a year now. | Has anyone else had this same experience ? | F | 60 | 1 years | 3/12/2007 | 3 | hbp | Worked very well with lowering bp. Caused extreme sensitivity to sunlight. Got sunburned so badly that multiple basil cell carcinoma spots cropped up on my neck and had to be removed. My forearms have bright pink spots on them from sun damage. | Unless you are very dark skinned, use sunscreen and avoid the sun. | M | 40 | 8 months | 2/9/2007 | 1 | my 89 yr old mother took it for HBP | Total numbness in both hands, muscle weakness in arms, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath. Loss of balance. General malaise. She was the picture of health until she started on this and she has deteriorated rapidly. I just now have realized that these symptoms are probably due to the Benicar. Being elderly and hypersensitive to medications probably not the best combination for a Benicar user. | F | 89 | 4 months | 2/6/2007 | 2 | High blood pressure | I was tired all the time and just could not get enough sleep. My arms and legs felt like they had heavy weights holding them down. I also had trouble concentrating. | I blamed sinus meds until I stopped taking everything but Benicar and was still tired. I stopped taking Benicar and felt great one week later. Six months later my doctor is now nagging me to try Norvasc. I just read this site's information on that one. :::sigh::: | M | 46 | 1.5 years | 2/5/2007 | 5 | High BP | None | This medicine is the best hypertension/ High Blood Pressure out there. It works like nothing else. | M | 29 | 1 years | 1/10/2007 | 2 | high blood pressure | Extreme fatigue; weakness in arms; pounding heart under mild exertion (climbing stairs); loss of appetite | I took benicar for about 4 weeks and was extremely fatigued and couldn't stand up very long. My dr. insisted that the symptoms were viral and not from this med. I asked to get off of the med. Two months later, my bp was reading very high so I decided to start benicar again to test my dr.'s theory. After two days, I had the extreme fatigue again and could barely walk a few yards before I had to lay down again. While climbing stairs, my upper arms ached and became limp(felt like I wasn't getting any blood to my arms). The effects persisted even three days after last dose, slowly improving. My dr. said that these effects must be unique to me. Hope this helps someone else. I can't take this med. | F | 42 | 4 weeks | 1/3/2007 | 4 | high blood pressure | I have been on it over a year and was also taking another bp med, and was able to get rid of the other and only taking this now. My bp is normal and has been in a little less than a year on this med. | F | 54 | 2 years | 12/31/2006 | 3 | HBP | Fatigue,muscle pain on the legs. Some joint pain and weakness when climbing stairs. | This drug controlled my hypertension and prevented frequent headaches and migraine. The pain on the back of my neck and shoulders was also helped by this drug. There were no other undesirable side effects. I thought I found my "wonder drug" until subsequent blood tests revealed that it was causing muscle damage. I now switched to a different class of drug (CCB's) and the muscle aches still linger but has definitely improved. I no longer awake in the morning, feeling sore--as though I ran all night! | F | 2 months | 8/19/2006 |