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 |
| 1 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | ANGIOEDEMA | M | 71 | 8 years 20 MG | 2/10/2014 | 1 | High blood pressure | I have gained 12 pounds in 1 month from taking Benicar, but my BP has lowered from 180 to 127. Also, it has given me a slight cough. So what is worse, high BP or weight gain, which causes high BP! Also, Benicar HCT is very expensive. This is the 4th BP med I've tried, all with unacceptable side effects! | M | 75 | 1 months 12.5 mg | 1/21/2014 | 5 | HBP | urination, decreased swelling and water retention | Took Lisinopril but that produced dry cough, painful calf muscles while sleeping. Benicar has none of those side effects, and helps me decrease water retention. | F | 51 | 11 months 20 1X day | 11/7/2013 | 2 | High Blood pressure | Gained about 40 lbs which is proving very difficult to lose. My hair has gradually become noticeably thinner. I was diagnosed hypertensive in my teens and have yet to find a med that will work for me after trying dozens (untreated, my bp was up to 250/150 a few years ago when I decided not to take anything for a couple of months). Benicar brings my bp down to around 200/100 on average. I recently began cutting my 20 mg in half, and my blood pressure is about the same. | F | 39 | 6 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/11/2013 | 1 | Blood pressure | Neck pain, swelling of lower legs and feet, major muscle weakness which came on all of a sudden - will call doctor about another med. Took Ramipral for a while which caused leg cramps. I can't even left my legs or arms without severe pain. Not a good feeling! | F | 52 | 10 days 20 mg 1X day | 7/7/2013 | 2 | High blood pressure | Yes- it's only been 2 days but I have such low blood sugar I am unable to function. Very scary. Will discontinue. | F | 67 | 2 days 20 mg | 4/16/2013 | 1 | Blood pressure | The pain in my arm is so severe. This is wearing me down. I don't know what to do. If I go to the ER it will cost a fortune. I need the pain to go away now. | F | 41 | 1 months 10 to 5 mg | 3/28/2013 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Doctor finally took me off the Benicar since I had been complaining about Shoulder, Back, Knee and ankle pain as well as weekness in my leg muscles and tingling, and a complete feeling of being tired and fatigued all the time. This had been going on for some time and could not figure out what was causing all the symptons, almost got to the point I could not get out of the house or even walk through a store without being in severe pain and short of breath. Finally stopped taking it for three days and most of my symptoms started to deminish. Doctor finally admitted that I was suffering from what he called Serum Ilness or alergic reaction to the medication. Tried taking Micardis 40mg which I had been on previously but same symptons returned after one dose of it. Will have to find another med. other than a ARB II receptor blocker! | Very sensitive to many drugs, also taking Norvasc and Coreg which do not seem to cause the same side affects other than being tired and loss of sex drive. Would not recommend this drug to anyone who starts to have the reactions I did and see their doctor. You have to be insistant when talking to your doctor and know a little information about drugs. I am glad I found this web site it has been almost a life saver for me! One more comment, had to stop taking Crestor about a year ago for the same side effects and tried other statins with the same results. Now I take COQ10 and Krill oil to help keep my cholesterol under control. | M | 64 | 2 years 40 MG 1X day | 3/10/2013 | 1 | Blood pressure | Dizziness,tiredness,loss of strength,angery,sad,foggybrain,can't concentrate .I have been taking this for two days ,and i feel worse now than ever | M | 37 | 2 days 20 | 2/22/2013 | 2 | high bloid pressure | I feel bad all the time..sleepy ..I feel like I am out of it sometimes.and vision. Is blurry .starting to have pain in legs..most of all my mouth feel like i have been sucking cotton balls..the tiredness has gotton worse by the day..I don't know I thought it was gonna help me not make me feel worse | F | 35 | 8 days 20mg | 1/16/2013 | 1 | hbp | Took 2:weeks loosing hair n gained 10lbs in 2 weeks I've stopped taking it niw | M | 40 | 2 weeks 40 | 12/12/2012 | 1 | md & hosp ordered this before I lef | I already had shortness of breath, but this drug made it so much worse! I also became anxious, had panic attacks! I was afraid to do anything by myself! Luckily my daughter who is an RN, figured this out for me and I stopped taking it! | F | 77 | 21 days 10 1X day | 12/7/2012 | 1 | high blood pressure | Within 3 mos having shortness of breath, swollen legs, face, hands, within 6 mos blurred vision and a pressure in the back of my head. I have had mri's, ct scans, blood work, all kinds of tests and many dollars spent only to realize the only place my doctor was not looking would be the side affects of this medication. I need to go back to the doctor and try another medication. I worry now my bladder,kidney infections over the last 6 mos are due to this medication. | F | 48 | 12 months 20mg 1X day | 11/6/2012 | 4 | essential hypertension | none | I take this in combination with 25 mg hydrochlorothizide for hypertension. After trying other ARBs, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers for several years, only this one seems to be an effective remedy to lower my pressures to acceptable levels. Be patient and talk with your doctor. Try them all until you find balance between efficacy and side effects. | M | 30 | 8 months 20 mg 1X day | 11/2/2012 | 1 | Blood pressure | Disconnected, brain fog, muscle cramps, very shaky | Couldn't stop feeling the need to shake my leg, extremely shaky | M | 30 | 2 days 20 mg 1X day | 10/24/2012 | 3 | Hypertension | - I am feeling drowsy or fatigued on a daily basis. - I struggle with weight gain. I’ve been able to maintain weight by drastically changing my diet. Also, I feel the weight issues are a result from being more lethargic. - I noticed that my calves/ankles are bit bloated. - I cough or have to clear my throat on a frequent basis, to the annoyance of my wife. | In my opinion, Benicar is still one of the best HBP meds on the market. I find that Benicar had fewer side effects than my previous script - Enalapril. My doctor also takes Benicar. I’ll take this medication until something better comes along. | M | 46 | 5 years 20 MG 1X day | 10/19/2012 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | works well, no side effects that I know of. | F | 60 | 5 years 20 mg 1X day | 10/18/2012 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Brain fog, ringing ears, strange muscle sensations and horrible, horrible muscle cramps in feet and legs. Strange sensations in my nose, felt like someone was pulling on the end of it. The leg cramps were the worse. That and feeling kind of mentally disconnected. | This stuff is poison. We're supposed to take it to protect our bodies from high blood pressure, but it seems like the cure is worse than the disease. Most high blood pressure is caused by poor diet and lack of exercise anyway. I'm taking this as a wake up call, and I will start taking care of my body the way I know I'm supposed to. | F | 46 | 4 days 40 mg 1X day | 10/15/2012 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Starting taking this drug and within weeks BP was under control. I had no idea that the nausea, diarrhea, muscle cramps, joint pains, anxiety, weight gain, vision, coughing, sleeplessness, lightheadedness are all side effects of this drug. I would stand up from a sitting position and would pass out in some of the most embarrassing places (yes even off the toilet). My doctor took me off this drug about a week ago because I just could not stand the coughing, congestion and the lightheadedness any more. My doctor thinks that perhaps my BP was dropping to low accounting for the lightheadedness but none of the other symptoms and that the drug would take about 3 or 4 weeks to get out of my system. Being off this drug makes me feel very tired, not that I had a lot on energy on it, and I feel very jittery and full of doom and gloom. I don't know what is worse, being on this drug or being off it. Perhaps this is a withdrawl symptom. I hate how I feel, I NEED HELP! | Once this drug is out of my system, I am never taking this again! | F | 52 | 5 years 20 MG 1X day | 9/13/2012 | 1 | Caused pains in my arms and legs. | M | 69 | 14 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/1/2012 |