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 | Hypertension | Taking Lisinopril w/HCTZ. Told by my cardiologist that older patients can experience excessive fatigue and other problems with HCTZ. She took me off the HCTZ on Monday and I felt much better by Wednesday. I'm also sleeping better and shoulder pain is diminishing. | F | 62 | 3 years | 8/4/2009 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Significant fatigue especially in arms and shoulders, hair loss, increased resting heart rate over 100 bpm, disrupted sleep, dizziness, easily dehydrated during exercise. | I was taking Indapamide to reduce calcium loss, it caused me to lose too much potassium, I then had to take large amounts of prescription potassium which greatly irritated my reflux. I switched to Hydrochlorothiazide to see if I could get off the Rx potassium. First, the resting heart rate increased where I could not relax, especially while sleeping, then terrible fatigue set in just about the time the HAIR LOSS started, very upsetting since I have very fine hair to begin with, handfuls of hair every other day when I washed my hair, the potassium loss was much better but not worth ANY of these side effects. I have switched back to Indapamide and changed my diet to include high potassium foods and natural supplements. It has taken a little over 6 weeks for the hair loss to finally stop, the fatigue has taken about as long to gradually decrease, the heart rate went back to normal after a few days. This has to be the worst medication I have ever taken, even at the lowest dose I had never felt so awful in my life. | F | 45 | 1 months | 7/24/2009 | 2 | Kidney Stones | Tired most of the time. Dizzy whenever I stand up suddenly. Dimished sex drive. Hair loss. | Since most urologists, and nephrologists are just concerned with surgery/money, I was put on this medication, and never had a test to know if this medication is working. | M | 55 | 9 months | 7/22/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | enlarged, tender breasts | was taking hctz in a combo pill with lisinopril. my physician did a whole battery of hormone tests when my problem became apparent and they came back normal. he switched me from the combo to straight lisinopril and the problem vanished (although it took over 3 months to return to normal. | M | 55 | 6 months | 6/16/2009 | 2 | High BP | dizziness, major muscle/joint pain, sadness, shortness of breath, frequent urination, diarrhea, mental confusion | After feeling bad for about a week, I realized I'd been on the new med. for about a week. I went onto the internet and ...BAM...the reason for my overall ill feeling is this medicine. Everyone was describing MY feelings of pain and discomfort. I've been scared for a few days thinking something was really going wrong with my body. Thank goodness I found this website. I'm stopping the meds. effective NOW! | F | 42 | 10 days | 6/16/2009 | 2 | Hydrochlorothiazide | After two days, I had tingling in my legs and feet and I was extremely dizzy. Four days later I ended up in the emergency room dehydrated. I was taken off this medication and moved to a ace inhibitor | I am 44 year old very healthy eater, exercise daily and normal weight. My bp was fine 6 months ago but a yearly check up to the dr and I was 140/90. No workup was done by my primary so after this past episode I am going to see a cardiologist to make sure nothing else is causing high bp. Heart disease and high bp does run in my family but i feel like some tests should be done since I am still young. | F | 44 | 4 days | 6/15/2009 | 3 | kidney stones | Warm weather sun sensitivity:persistent rash anywhere the skin is exposed. | F | 50 | 18 months | 6/10/2009 | 1 | high blood pressure | High blood sugar - went from 103 to 141 and now I'm told I have diabetes. Low potassium (3.1) Didn't have either of these problems prior to taking this med. Other side effects are back pain, shoulder pain, a lot of pain and soreness and weakness in muscles, dry mouth, light colored stool sometimes with fecal incontinence, difficulty catching breath after even slight activity and breathing trouble when lying down, fatigue, vision reduced. Also gained 30 lbs but that is probably due to reduced activity because of constant muscle and back pain, weakness, fatigue. When I discovered all these are side effects for this drug, it then dawned on me that the onset matched the timing of starting this drug. Low potassium can be very dangerous, not to mention being told you are now diabetic, and being virtually disabled by contant pain. I am also allergic to sulfa, or at least I was told I was years ago, and people allergic to sulfa are not recommended to take this. Anyway, I am going to get | I only hope and pray that some of these devastating side effects will be reversed by stopping taking it. I've read once you become diabetic it's irreversible, and I'll keep hoping I get that blood sugar down. | F | 63 | 20 months | 5/28/2009 | 1 | hypertension | dizzyness, swimmy feeling, headaches, peeing alot, thirsty, cramps. I had stopped taking it and my bp went back up. doctor put me right back on it even though i said they gave me side affects like these. the doctor did not believe me. now i feel worse. | F | 35 | 3 days | 5/20/2009 | 2 | hypertension | Easily get heat exhaustion (I live in Texas), frequent urination and loose bowel movements which sometimes cause accidents because the urge to go is sudden and I'm also getting some disgusting fecal leakage. No endurance for running or jogging---my breath does not bounce back as it used to do. Also, I already have skin cancer and this increases sensitivity to the sun! I think it causes more problems than it solves. My blood pressure tends to be lower, but it still spikes throughout the day. I'm taking 25 mg per day. I don't like it!!! | Does anybody else have problems with urine and fecal frequency, urgency, looseness, and intermittent incontinence? | F | 61 | 2 years | 5/6/2009 | 3 | Hypertention | Frequent urination, muscle cramps in my shoulder,headaces, nasuea, extreamly tired. | M | 31 | 7 days | 4/7/2009 | 5 | menstrual migraines | dizzy if I stand up too quickly | They say diuretics don't work for menstrual migraines, but it worked for me. I was getting migraines every day for the first two weeks of every cycle. My life was shutting down. I haven't had a single migraine since I started taking this drug five months ago. | F | 42 | 5 months | 3/15/2009 | 3 | hypertension | Low sodium, insomnia due to thirst and getting up for bathroom several times a night, sudden faint feeling on several occasions, nearly constant headache, motion sickness even when driving my own car. | Hey with all those side effects can't believe I rated it a 3! That's because it did bring my BP down to 120/80. But I felt worse than on either med I'd tried before. Would just as soon have dropped dead -- and I might have. The doctor had me take a blood test that showed my sodium level was dangerously low. Low sodium can kill you! I felt like a new person when she had me stop taking it. Get a blood test -- hypertension can kill you slowly, low sodium can kill a healthy person in a few hours. It's happened to several marathon runners! | F | 67 | 2 months | 3/9/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Severe cramping in legs and feet | Quit taking it | F | 54 | 5 days | 3/5/2009 | 2 | blood pressure | So far I feel a tightness in my chest, needing to go to the bathroom a lot. I only take 12.5 mg. I just don't feel well on it. I need to go off and see if I feel better. I have been on for almost 2 weeks. | My doctor doesn't believe this drug is causing chest tightness or unwell feeling. My bp doesn't seem better but it's only been 2 weeks. My pulse seems higher too. | F | 44 | 2 weeks | 3/3/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | Dizziness, constant chest and abdominal muscle cramps, flushing feeling, tiredness, I will be woken up from a dead sleep by a feeling of my heart racing, almost like and attack of atrial fibrilation. I feel worse that I did before starting the medication. I take it along with quinapril, asprin and nexium. My acid reflux in 100 times worse than before. I am getting off the medicine. | M | 37 | 30 days | 2/7/2009 | 1 | mild hypertension | very bad peeling rash on forehead and around nose. looks bad. treated constanstly with ketoconazole cream but never goes away. dull constant pain left flank whenever i move.very slow and insidious loss of libido and finally erection. bad medication not good for active man. after 5 days off med symptoms dissappeared.boy what a relief,thank god. | any time you take a new medication ,listen carefully to your body for side effects if you notice any changes switch med and if your doctor refuses or dont believe you find a new doctor. | M | 49 | 2 years | 2/3/2009 | 3 | Mildly elevated blood pressure | Was effective in keeping BP in 120/80 range but after 2 years had a fasting glucose of 129. After reading about the HCTZ/High blood sugar connection on the internet I switched to Cozaar and in 6 weeks my fasting glucose was 105. Coincidence? | While we need to work with our physicians, we also need to listen to our bodies and utilize other information sources. My doctor questioned the connection between HCTZ & high blood sugar (though there is plenty of reliable information available on the Internet) and still seems reluctant to admit that it may have been the culprit. | M | 2.5 years | 1/21/2009 | 1 | High blood pressure | terrible hair loss, but gradual, no handfulls falling out, just a sudden realization that I was almost bald on the top of my head! ..and I'm a woman! I can't find out if my hair will grow back if I stop the medication? | F | 55 | 4 months | 1/14/2009 | 1 | yes | dizzy, pusle racing, seem dis-oriented, headaches and dirreah all day long. | F | 51 | 2 days | 11/25/2008 |