HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Reviews (HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE)Average Rating: 1.8 (353 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HYDROCHLOROTHIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high blood pressure | Light headed tired all the time muscle aches just felt really bad all the time exhausted. Stopped taking this two days ago blood pressure is good and feeling better but not back to where I was before I started this medicine. Also felt like I was having heart palpation all the time. | M | 45 | 3 years 25mg | 6/5/2014 | 5 | EdemA | I take this medication and do just fine with it and it takes away all the swelling. No side effects... | F | 28 | 1 years | 5/22/2014 | 1 | edema | Had excessive swelling of the feet and ankles for 3 days. BP was 157/98 so dr started me on this. In 5hrs I started having tingling in feet and then 12 hrs later dizzy, light headed, anxiety attacks, weak and slept all day. I can't live like that. I home school two children and if I can't function then they fall behind.I read these reviews and so thankful I did. People have said hair loss is a side effect... I already have that because of thyroid. Don't need to lose the little I have left. DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICINE! | F | 34 | 1 days 20mg | 4/27/2014 | 1 | HBP | Tiredness, muscle weakness, thinning hair. Generally feeling like crap! Talked to my Dr last year about tiredness....told me to take Vit. D! (Level was a little low). That didn't help. Finally after about a year of feeling like crap, I looked online and all my symptoms that I was having are side effects of this drug. I don't know why my Dr never even brought it up. I have stopped taking this crap and I feel so much better!!! Blood pressure with no medication today was 126/86. I am going to work on lowering my blood pressure by eating right and exercise. I do not recommend this drug at all! | F | 54 | 1.5 years 12.5 1X day | 3/20/2014 | 1 | prevent kidney stone formation | Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, a variant of lichen planopilaris. This is an autoimmune condition. I lost all of my eyebrow hair and started losing hair all around my hairline. The scarring of the hair follicles causes permanent hair loss. | If I had known this medicine could induce Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, an autoimmune condition causing permanent hair loss, I would never have used this medicine. | F | 58 | 12 months 25 mg 1X day | 2/11/2014 | 1 | hbp | Dizziness, headache, weight gain, constipation, dry skin, blurred vision, muscle cramps, tired all the time. This drug is dangerous! !!!! Lo wee sex drive depressed.! Been off know about 3 weeks still not quite back to normal but feeling a whole lot better. | F | 40 | 2 days 25 | 2/3/2014 | 3 | Hbp | None | F | 67 | 1 years 12.5 1X day | 1/26/2014 | 1 | High BP | Loss of hair,cant sleep and my legs are always hurting. No energy like before I started taking the med.decided today to get off the pill.I will never take this pill again.Funny how all these Dr's.are saying its not the pill.Also gained 40 lbs. | F | 62 | 2 years 25 mg | 1/25/2014 | 2 | borderline HTN | Works great,can't handle the insomia. I'm talking getting 4 hrs of sleep and that's it. Began two days after starting this medication. | F | 48 | 7 days 25 mgs | 1/17/2014 | 3 | high blood pressure | i believe it works my pressure drops and no side effects i have no idea why people are complaining.. | two thumbs up. | M | 36 | 2 years 25 mg 1X day | 1/4/2014 | 5 | high blood pressure | Severe muscle cramps in feet, legs, back, and caves, mostly while sleeping | F | 54 | 6 years 25mg | 12/11/2013 | 1 | high blood pressure | Extreemly tired, all joints hurt, loss of sleep, hungry all the time, chapped lips, feet sweats a lot. | M | 52 | 1 years 12.5 | 12/9/2013 | 1 | Blood pressure | I have a bald spot on my hand thanks to this stupid medication. I feel like suing my stupid doctor ovet this because he never told me anything about this drug and refused to give me another type of diuretic. This drug is dangerous simple as that. | M | 29 | 5 months 25mg | 11/26/2013 | 1 | Hypertension | Within 2 weeks of taking this RX I was feeling real ill- tired, sleepy, stomach pains, nausea. Then tingling of arms started , the worst being cramping of arms from shoulder to fingers. My palms were really burning! Often I was out of breath and needed to catch my breath even over the phone. Headaches started and became worse over time, I couldnt stand sunlight over my eyes any more. I have since stopped taking the med and most of the effects are gone, but now I wake up in the night with painful hands and wrists and my fingers are so numb I cant bend them.. They tingle all day and I pray this will be over too. | F | 54 | 1 months 25 | 11/17/2013 | 1 | BP | Chest wall pressure / EXCESSIVE sweating / Twitching / Leg pain / Fatigue / Weakness / A little dizziness / Tiredness | This drug has made me feel really ill. I just stopped taking it and hope I will start to feel better soon. Do not take this drug. | M | 39 | 1 months 12.5 1X day | 10/19/2013 | 1 | Water Retention | 2 years ago, I was given this med as a combo with Lisinopril, another deadly med, and had to come off them, myself! As stated here, prior to taking this med, I was NOT a sickly person. At 42, I felt 92!!!! A couple of "wellness" doctor visits and a quick BORDERLINE high blood pressure diagnosis landed me on these lethal drugs! Went back to doc this past July for a rattle and wheeze in my chest I just couldn't seem to shake. I specifically asked was it due to s respiratory infection and got a quick no, but was told it was flour related and was prescribed HCTZ this time, as a standalone drug. BIG MISTAKE!!! I was so eager to get rid of that wheezing that kept me up at night, until I didn't do the proper research I normally do before taking any drug, OTCs as well. This time around, I got socked with a whollop of aggressive symptoms: hair shedding, if my hair wasn't so coarse and thick it would be noticeable. Terrible muscle cramps, hands, feet, sternum area, explosive bouts of nausea, increased defecation and chalky in color and texture at times upon sight of it. Stomach and abdominal discomfort do bad until I stayed doubled over a lot! Shortness of breaths, hard to breath at times as if I was going into cardiac arrest! Numbness and tingling in toes. ALL of this and some I've probably forgotten, just for water retention!!!???? No thanks! I am I believe 6 days now officially off this toxic poison and can only pray it has not done irreversable damage to my | F | 42 | 4 months 10mg | 10/14/2013 | 1 | high blood pressure | Leg cramps and joint pain so severe I can't sleep. I eat bananas etc. Still bad. I already take Diovan for bp but doc wanted it lower. It is 3 am and I can't sleep because of the leg/muscle pain. I am done with this medication. I will lose 20lbs and see how that helps the bp. | F | 56 | 3 months 25 mg | 10/13/2013 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Intense hair loss, loss of appetite, dizziness, decrease in sex drive. | This medication initially worked awesome in controlling my blood pressure. It was significantly lower in less than three weeks of taking it. I also lost about 12 pounds due to no longer retaining water and lack of appetite, however my hair loss while on this medication has been SEVERE. I used to have incredibly thick hair and I'd imagine I've lost 1/4 of it since March of 2013 from this medication alone. I visited a doctor last week due to concerns of hair loss and realized my BP was skyrocketing again! (We're taking 150's over nearly 100) and this was while being medicated! It no longer is effective for me and the hair loss is much more of a concern than the hypertension itself. | F | 23 | 6 months 25 1X day | 9/22/2013 | 1 | High blood pressure | My third day into taking this drug I couldn't sleep at night and am so sluggish I could barely stay awake at work. I already suffer from depression so this is a side effect I cannot deal with. I will quit using my ecigarette and try to lower my blood pressure that way. It's not worth feeling like this. | M | 43 | 3 days 12.5 Mg 1X day | 9/4/2013 | 1 | high blood pressure | When I was on this drug I had heart palpations, dry mouth, light headed, felt tired all the time, lost lots of hair, anxiety, mood swings, after I stopped taking this I developed nerve issues tingling hands feet face and vertigo palpatations went away most of these side effects didnt start until 3 months after i started taking Do not use this drug. | F | 30 | 7 months 12.5 mg | 7/2/2013 |