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 | hypertension | loss of concentration, headaches and neck pain on right side, right eye constantly twitching, anxiety and depression because of side effects | lowered bp from 140/90 to 125/85 but caused bad side effects, not worth taking because of concentration problems, | M | 46 | 9 months 20 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 1 | elevated bp | Lethargic, shortness of breath, tired, no motivation to do anything,weak, no stamina. All started after taking Benicar for one week. | M | 54 | 18 days 20 1X day | 11/3/2011 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Dizziness when I first started taking it-2 weeks. After that, no side effects at all. | This medicine has been very helpful in controlling my High BP with no side effects after my body adjusted to it. No problems at all! | F | 52 | 3 years 20 1X day | 10/9/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | fatigue, depression, anxiety that lasts for about 2 hours after taking it. no desire to do anything and i am normally a very active person. no history of depression, but with this medication i want to jump out of my skin. i feel like it is poison. | lowers my blood pressure, but not worth the severe side effects. | F | 45 | 3 months 40 1X day | 10/8/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Tiredness, Uncontrollable cough with lots of mucous. Legs felt heavy. Very sick until I stopped taking it. | It did manage my blood pressure but side effects were awful. I plan to ask my Dr. to give me something else. What ?I do not know because they all have some type of side affect. | F | 55 | 40mg 1X day | 9/24/2011 | 5 | High blood pressure | None | Finding the right blood pressure medicine can be extremely frustrating. This one works for me with no noticeable side effects. I am a very active person and this doesn't slow me down at all. | M | 48 | 4 years 40mg 1X day | 8/17/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | This medicine alomst killed me. I was fine for 2 wks on 20 mg, then increased to 40 mg..had numbness of the face, neck, ear, scalp, arm, back and leg all on the right side. I felt detached, not living on planet earth. I also had vertigo and buzzing in my ears. Doctors thought I had a mini stroke or a blockage in my brain stem. Stopped taking Benicar but it took 6 weeks for symptoms to leave. Still have buzzing in the ears b/c blood pressure is not being treated. I am afraid to take another blood pressure med after what I went through. It has cost thousands of dollars to finally pin this on Benicar. This med almost put me into retirement from teaching after 32 years. If you start to have any symptoms at all stop this medicine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also had cat scans that came back normal. Only after stopping this medicine did I start to get better. | Poison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 58 | 45 days 40 mg 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 5 | High blood pressure | Had to work up slowly to 20 mg. Have tried 7 different bp medicine, I had serious side effect with all. Had a headache for over a week my second week of taking this med. Doing great now! | I split the 20 mg in half and take half in the morning and half at night to relieve any symptoms (very sensitive). I always take with food. I make sure I drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and walk 30 per day. I'm hoping I will continue to feel good on this med. It has lowered my blood pressure. Very, very happy so far. | F | 53 | 2 months 10 mg 2X day | 7/27/2011 | 3 | high bp | weight gain, cramping of legs and feet, tired all the time, feel like body wieghs about 1000 pounds, lack of interest | I am an ultra marathoner who does not want to get off the couch. I have never gained weight in 30 years and now I have gained 15 ppounds in the past 2 years, yet I have not changed anything in my life except taking this med, which makes me feel like crap and not wanting to do anything, | F | 51 | 2 years 20mg 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 3 | blood pressure | head ache, dizziness. ringing in the ears | I don't feel good. I always feel like I have a hang over. I am always tired and my vision seems off. It does keep my blood pressure down but I don't know if ti is worth it. | M | 52 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 7/12/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Severe Anxiety | Was taking Benicar 20MG for high BP. Controlled BP but gave me severe anxiety. | M | 27 | 7 months 20 1X day | 6/26/2011 | 3 | HBP | Weight gain...no change in diet..even with consistent exercise I have gained 30 lbs since I started and have not been able to lose it...I am soon switching to Losartan because of the cost of Benicar. | F | 46 | 2 years 20 MG 1X day | 6/18/2011 | 1 | B/P | Started out fine on drug. Over time I began to experience muscle weakness and pain in neck, shoulders, arms and hands. Recently, I started having pain in my legs. I'm 64 yrs. old and I am not over weight. I have no other medical problems. I thought I had some type of disease that made me feel this way. No MD could give me a diagnosis. Nor did they tell me that it could be the Benicar. I suffered for years, thinking death would be a relief. All of a sudden a few days ago, I again decided to look on the internet for an answer. That's when I found your site. I went off of the drug 4 days ago and am getting so much better already. The muscle cramping and pain is almost all gone. I can't believe that I have wasted all of these years with this agonizing problem. I will find another med if my B/P goes back up but I will never take Benicar again. | F | 64 | 7 years 20 mg 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | I was started on the med for 2 weeks when I started mood swings. Dr said try one more week & I did & was fine and took 1 more week before being out. Was off three weeks when started back again. The week I started I woke & loss all control of left leg. As days went by it got a little better use but could not bend, rotate, lay one that side. Needed help dressing and putting shoes on. I was told to go to the Dr again. I was like no. The second week back on I got diarrhea till I was bleeding. That still happening now into the third week back on but no bleeding. This past week (3rd wk on) I have had loss appetite, change in taste. Heart rate fluctuates between 111 and 137. Feel like passing out & having calf cramps. Husband has to shave my legs because I cant bend nor lean forward enough to do it myself. Hair loss increasing. I had thick hair. I have reflux but with my meds for it I still suffer till I vomit. Chest always feels like it is tight and sometimes gasp for air expessially if I am walking around the block with my family (have to stop 3 times before doing one block & I used to walk it up to three times before being tired). Saw Dr today & they did an x-ray but treated me like I was crazy saying they dont know where I see those are side effects I am having. Said keep taking it. Made me feel like I was crazy! I got on my phone & showed her since she said they did not see it as a side effect. She then said it is a side effect but we dont know why. | F | 33 | 2 months 20 mg 1X day | 5/22/2011 Patient History | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Bone pain, severe heart palpitations, chest pain, stomach pain, swelling of the hands, feet, and face, headaches, blurry vision, very low BP 80/50, no energy, no good deep sleep. It was a great medicine at first but 3.5 months in horrible symptoms started. | F | 30 | 4 months 40mg 1X day | 4/11/2011 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Elevated Liver Enzymes, Gout, hair loss, difficult time losing weight, fatigue, shortness of breath, and some depression. | Benicar has managed my blood pressure extremely well, however, over the years I have developed other health problems that do not run in my family, (see side effects), and I think are a result of Benicar. I have asked my doc to change my medication, but he seems to think it is one of the best blood pressure medications. I previously took Altace for 4 years, but was switched to Benicar because of the nagging cough associated with ace inhibitors. | M | 30 | 5 years 40 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 3 | hypertension | Hair loss. | My hair has been falling out like mad, I'm reluctant to wash it too often, and I only brush it once or twice a day. When I read hair loss was a side effect of benicar I stopped taking it (last week). I've felt terrible for 6 months or more, but never associated my symptoms to benicar until I read the comments from other users on this site. I have profound exhaustion. I wake up tired, and force myself to get through the day. My limbs feel weak and heavy. My muscles burn with the slighest exertion. My back and upper abdomen hurt continually. And I've put on 20 pounds in the past year. I feel short of breath and winded all the time. BP today was 118/77 , not bad considering I haven't taken any BP med. in over a week. | F | 53 | 1 years 20mg 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 4 | high blood pressusre1250 | hardly any negative effects - maybe a touch of dizziness now and then. Nothing serious | It has helped keep my high blood pressure problems under control | F | 74 | 6 years 1X day | 2/5/2011 | 4 | HBP | Weight gain I think | No Problems with this drug | M | 61 | 4 years 40 MG 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 2 | High BP | High blood pressure (after taking it), heart palpitations/fast pulse, loose/frequent stools, intense nausea, feeling like I wanted to crawl out of my skin, pacing, anxiety, itching. | It never really brought my blood pressure down. I'm pretty sensitive to prescription drugs - I try not to take them, but a neurologist had given me Gabapentin which I was also allergic to and which made my blood pressure drop like an anvil. When I didn't take a 2nd Gabapentin, my blood pressure shot up in the other direction to the point my head felt like it was going to explode and I was dizzy, hence the Benicar. Other than the fact it didn't work the first two days, it didn't cause much of a problem. As I got to day 5, however, all heck broke loose. Dr. Oz says Hibiscus tea is helpful for high blood pressure. If mine goes up again when I don't take another Benicar, I'm going to pursue that avenue (one cup 3x per day) and see if I can keep from having to take this nasty drug. | F | 51 | 5 days 20 MG 1X day | 1/19/2011 |