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 | Sun sensitivity--mild sunburn turned into severe blisters. Other blisters on knees, elbows. Canker like sores mainly on lips...sun exposure? Impotence...inability to maintain erection. Saw my Dr. today and he said all symptoms could be caused by allergic reaction to hydrochlorothiazide. Stopped taking medicine first of June. Dr. said skin reaction may take couple of months to go away. | M | 60 | 5 years 25 mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Severe leg / foot cramps at night. Elevated blood sugar. Frequent urination. | Works great controlling my blood pressure along with AVAPRO. | M | 61 | 3 years 25mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 2 | High blood pressure | Dizziness | I took this once every other day for two months. It worked but my pancreatic enzymes went high. This time I am very dizzy. | F | 65 | 3 days 12.5 1X day | 5/22/2010 | 3 | Swollen feet and legs | Constipation, heart flutters, chest pain, hair loss | Was taking 12.5mg for years had to bump it up to 25mg during summer time because my legs and feet would swell more. Started noticing my hair breaking off, when I took a shower the drain would have a hand full of hair in it, skin so dry no lotion helped. And all I drink is water. Called my doctor this has to stop!! | F | 48 | 10 years 12.5mg 1X day | 4/29/2010 | 3 | high blood pressure | light headed, lethargic, slight hardness of stools | did 4 days at 12.5mg then went to 25mg.... Going back to 12.5 mg to see if side effects go away Blood pressure dropped from 154/87 to 147/87 after 4 days and then to around 143/87 after another 13 days | M | 69 | 19 days 25mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 1 | blood pressure | dry skin dandruff gout | not enough water in my system for an operation raised all my other blood levels for chloresterol and diabetes | M | 61 | 2 years 25 MG 1X day | 4/22/2010 | 2 | Was put on 50mg. Toprol and 25mg. HCTZ for High Blood pressure. The Toprol was also to help with migraines I was experiencing. The drugs kept my BP regulated but fear that the long term use may have caused my Hyperparathyroidism I was recently diagnosed with. I was having muscle aches, tiredness, stabbing pains in various parts of my body, short term memory loss, confusion, depressed, headaches, and nausea. I am not balding but lose a lot of hair and my hair breaks easily. These symptoms came and went and I was blaming them on perimenopause since the symptoms would be similar. Bloodtests discovered I had Hypercalcemia and Hyperparathyroidism. I am on Synthroid for Hypothyroidism already. One of the causes of Hyperparathyroidism is being on a diuretic like HCTZ. Hmmm--makes one wonder... | I was taken off the HCTZ and now I am just on the Toprol. BP is fine which makes me wonder---why was I taking both if one would do the trick? They immediately took me off HCTZ when I was diagnosed and I feel much better but still have symptoms. Seen Endocrinologist and surgery will be in my future. | F | 46 | 6 years 25mg 1X day | 4/2/2010 | 3 | high blood pressure | It helped my blood pressure but ruined my pancreas. | As I have chronic pancreatitis, it got worse since I start taking these pills so I quit. | F | 37 | 2 months 25 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Hair loss. | Hair started falling out after a few days. After 2 and a half months noticed considerable thinning. Very dry skin and itching skin rash on back and legs. Did not help BP. | F | 55 | 3 months 12.5 mg 1X day | 3/27/2010 | 3 | water retention | Fluttering heart, Heart felt like it was spasming, dry mouth. | F | 51 | 3 days 25mg 1X day | 2/27/2010 | 1 | High blood pressure | The very 1st day I noticed neck & shoulder pains but thought I had slept wrong or pulled a muscle. 2nd day sharp pains in my upper left arm. 3rd day @ night my neck started hurting out of the blue & my heart beat was very rapid, I was very scared.4th & FINAL day in the morning my heart was racing @ 180 beats per minute.I didn't realize it was the meds making my heart race until after I took it. My neck & shoulders are hurting again.:( | I have been against taking any & all meds in the past but decided to listen to my Dr.- HUGE MISTAKE!!!! I know this med is causing all these problems & I'm sorry I went against my own beliefs. I've only taken 4 pills for 4 days & had more problems & pains than ever before.It's amazing that the FDA & everyone else involved in the prescription drug industry are allowed to poison us with no consequences whatsoever! I will lose weight on my own & improve my diet & NEVER take this or other meds again!!!!!! | F | 43 | 4 days 25 mg 1X day | 2/26/2010 | 2 | High blood pressure | Not really aware of any particular side effects; have had some thinning hair, a fast pulse and skipped heart beats off and on for years, so didn't attribute these to HCTZ. But what I did notice was that for the last half year these pills have NOT lowered my blood pressure, in fact it was getting slightly higher. Finally I researched "Can Hydrochlorothiazide actually be RAISING my BP for some reason or other?" The evidence was rather inconclusive. Nonetheless, 12 days ago on my own advice, I took myself off Hydrochlorothiazide. I monitor my BP 3 or 4 times a day. Low and behold my BP within 3 days was about back to normal. (Also cut back some on salt intake.) Quite coincidentally just BEFORE I stopped the medication, I had lab work done at my doctor's office. All the blood results were normal except for a potassium deficiency. Doctor recommended potassium prescription. No, no, thank you. According to my research HCTZ can cause the potassium level to drop below normal which in | F | 76 | 2 years 25 mg 1X day | 2/22/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | Major hairloss-my hair is balding in the middle. I can easily grab some strings and my hair comes right out with little to no effort. I am a female. I can't afford to lose anymore hairloss because I may need a wig next! Emergency. Please help. My hair started falling and coming out overnight! | M | 44 | 3 months 25mg 1X day | 2/17/2010 | 2 | i have hair loss body aches problems with bowels ,stomach problems lota of flatuence, dr. gave me more pills, have dry cough, headache sometimes when sleeping.never thought it was all from my pills until i read this forum .i aways thought it was old age. hair loss is worst for me hope to get off my pills. | F | 65 | 8 years | 1/28/2010 | 3 | High blood pressure | I have rated this a 3 because it has maintained my blood pressure at or below 120/70. Was initially prescribed because when taking only 10mg lisinopril my blood pressure would spike over 150/90 for a number of days, then go back to normal for several months or more -- then I would again have high blood pressure results again for a period of days. I just recently noticed that my hair is getting thiner and thiner on the top and center back of my head. Does anyone out there with this problem know if you recover from the hair loss or is it perment? | It did do what it was supposed to do -- but at high cost. My hair, which has always been thick is now getting thiner and thiner on the top of my head. | F | 67 | 8 months | 12/30/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I had bp readings of 140/80 for several weeks. My doctor put me on 25mg of HCTZ and it dropped it to 122/80. I took it for almost a year. Until just recently I noticed intense and random joint pain. Anxiousness and a loss of libido. The kicker was I recently noticed that my hair was thinning out on the top and sides of my head. I am a woman and cannot have hair loss as a side effect. I decided to stop taking the med and have noticed that after 3 weeks my hair is slowly but surely returning. I am now on a strict workout regimen and my weight is dropping like crazy so my bp is dropping naturally. I do not recommend this bp med. I have heard that the medicine Benicar is a good alternative? I have not tried that though... | F | 40 | 12 months | 11/16/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Have been taking it for 2 years (a supplement to Prinivil) and it stabilized my blood pressure to near perfect levels. However, I have developed gout - a serious side effect in some users...I'm one of the lucky ones. While seeing the doctor for the gout she wrote me a new prescription for the hydrochlorothiazide. I informed the doctor that I would no longer be taking the drug. | Works well for my high blood pressure problem but not worth the side effect. | M | 60 | 2 years | 10/25/2009 | 2 | Hypertension | Within 24 hours of taking 12.5 mg dose I developed chest wall pain, abdominal cramps, and back pain. I am constantly thirsty and BP has not come down significantly (it was 150/90 initially, now is 146/80). My doctor states the symptoms I am having are not from this drug but based on what I have read here and asked others, I believe it is, especially as the onset of symptoms coincides with my taking the drug. | Would like to get switched to another drug but my doctor wants to wait 90 days and re-assess then. | M | 36 | 8 days | 10/11/2009 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Fluttering/irregular heartbeat, light headedness. | Been on Norvasc 5 mg. and BP was climbing to an average of 145/95. Couldn't take 10 mg Norvasc - horrible side effects. Tried Lisinopril 10 mg, worked like a charm for 6-7 weeks 120/80 BP and then ended up in the ER with wild racing heartbeat. Dr. said stop and try 12.5 HCZT, didn't do much for BP then increased to 25 mg - more fluttering heartbeat, dropped me back to 12.5 but still fluttering heart and my Potassium and other labs are fine. She is now considering adding Cozaar. I am not the same after taking these meds. I really want off of them. Sleep Apnea is no help either for my BP. I am continuing to lose weight. | M | 54 | 55 days | 8/23/2009 | 2 | High blood pressure | Impotence | I exercise regularly and I'm about normal weight. I became impotent on the 7th day of taking 12.5 milligrams daily of this drug. I have now gone off it and I'm hoping the changes I've made to my diet will start to work, as I cannot afford expensive meds. I cannot live with impotence at 50 years of age. | M | 50 | 8 days | 8/18/2009 |