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 | Burning and tingling in my extremities and my ribs and a lot of head pressure | I would not recommend this drugs at all to anybody it's got horrific side effects | F | 5 years 25 mg | 11/4/2017 | 2 | Diastolic hypertension | I started taking it a few days ago. My head has constantly been hurting, no appetite and I've developed hand tremors. | F | 33 | 2 days 12.5 | 10/26/2017 | 1 | High blood pressure | Day 1 bad headache, day 2 bad headache, nausea, stomach cramps, chills, no fever. | Day 2 diarrhea, stomach cramps nausea, bad headache. I went home sick from work. I called my doctor's office and the nurse said that the doctor wanted me to continue with the medication and that I probably have a virus. After reading many of these posts I will not continue this medication. | F | 48 | 2 days | 9/28/2017 | 1 | Water retention | Terrible pain in my jaw, I would never take this medication again or recommend it to anyone. I should have Goggle for more info than I had gotten from the pharmacy. | I would like to know if the pain will go away now that I have stopped taking this drug. | F | 75 | 14 days 12.5 mg | 9/14/2017 | 1 | I've been on hydrochlorithiazide before. The worst experience in my life. Totally burning feelings in my skin. Couldn't sleep or get comfortable. I still have burning sensations and I've been off of the medication for 3 weeks now. I wouldn't recommend taking this medication to anyone! | F | 48 | 2 days 50 mg | 9/10/2017 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Nausea, Dizziness. Elevated bp. Profuse sweating. | Day one I felt fine- day two I woke up dizzy and nauseous. I contacted my Cardiologist and was told to stop taking. Three days since first dose and I still feel sick. I had a massive headache last night and also felt like I had been bar hopping the night before- I just want it out of my system | F | 43 | 2 days 25 mg | 7/22/2017 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Immediately noticed day time fatigue and insomnia at night. Also got anxiety and the highest pulse readings I have ever had-105 and this was just 2 days on this. | Every blood pressure medication I have taken has caused fatigue. And this is another one. I need to have energy for work and the last 2 days I had no energy for anything. I am going off this immediately and will exercise and diet to get the bp down | M | 64 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 7/18/2017 | 1 | with bp pill for fluid retention | profuse hot flashes with sweating to the point the bedding becomes wet, not damp.....a feeling like I cannot breath, muscle weakness and muscle cramps, nothing good about this drug. | I believe this is one of the most dangerous drugs on the market. | M | 72 | 21 days 25 mg 1X day | 6/16/2017 | 1 | blood pressure | Took previously and experienced lower back pain,nausea,headache and fatigue even though I drank more water than usual....taking lower dose now and still same symptoms...feel better without it | Will inform my doctor tomorrow not taking anymore..even causem me to urinate more but less output.. | F | 65 | 3 weeks 25 | 6/15/2017 | 1 | High blood pressure | Melasma, skin terribly sensitive to sunlight and hair loss. | M | 6 years 25 | 6/10/2017 | 1 | blood pressure/edema | Taking lisinopril/hctz for blood pressure/ edema. Cardiac arrest due to dangerously low magnesium levels. Potassium also a bit low. Was in a drug induced coma for 4 days. Bloodwork never checked while on this medication. Also on diabetic medication. Dizziness, leg pain, nausea, headaches, falling. Was told it was just vertigo. Still suffer leg pain a year and a half after incident. Doctors say nothing wrong but some days its hard to walk. Knee pain horrible. | Worst drug ever. Would never recommend to anyone. if taken demand monitoring of magnesium and potassium levels. | F | 59 | 2 years 25mg | 5/10/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure,edema | uric acid kidney stones, pain in joints. doctor doubled to two a day because of legs swelling and uric acid kidney stones were coming down everyday. Went back to one a day and kidney stone production slowed back to 3 a year. Had to buy a walker to walk even though there is nothing wrong with my knees. Doctor says it's not the medicine. | My life has been a horror story because of this medicine. I am taking it with amlodipine. The kidney stones kept getting stuck and I would be in incredible pain. I had to have a lithotripsy to remove it. I am trying diet to remove the uric acid from my body. | F | 69 | 10 years 12.5 1X day | 5/7/2017 | 5 | high bp | No side effects whatsoever. blood pressure remains fairly normal. | F | 58 | 2 years 20 | 5/1/2017 | 1 | Hypertension | Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, racing heart, weakness, unbelievable sweating, increased anxiety. | This by far has to be the worst medication ever!!! | F | 36 | 4 days 12.5 mg 1X day | 4/28/2017 | 4 | water retention | I take a Mylan 425 generic 40/25 pill every morning | I read hctz depletes one's levels of D3. I drink at least a quart of water daily, 3 cups of coffee, & I take 12.5mg Metropolol, 150 mg Oxcarbazepine morning and evening. | M | 65 | 10 years 25 mg | 4/13/2017 | 1 | To lower bp | My feet, arms & legs began to ache out of nowhere. Did tests & xrays nothing was ever found. I would get anxiety quite often. One day I decided to skip it & see how I felt. After missing a few doses I felt better. I took myself off. Feel 100% better. | F | 42 | 5 years 25mg | 4/12/2017 | 1 | swelling/steroid induced high bp | No more than an hour after taking, experienced rapid heartbeat, feeling short of breath, feeling shaky, after about 12 hours I still feel the same but now with headache, flushed face & arms, no appetite, bloated abdomen, throat/lips very dry & scratchy | I'm convinced this medicine came straight from the devil himself. I will NEVER take this drug again!! | F | 38 | 1 days 12.5 | 4/7/2017 | 1 | Heart palpitations, dizzy, felt like vertigo. Could hardly walk felt like passing out. | Went off the medication, felt better within days, doctor agreed, blood pressure is fine. | M | 57 | 5 years 12.5 | 4/1/2017 | 1 | High blood pressure | Constant dizziness, headache or head pressure, ear pressure, ringing in ears. Occasional facial tingling or numbness, whole body stiffness or muscle cramps, irregular heartbeat. | I was beginning to think I had some weird, unknown illness since my doctor and all the specialists he sent me to couldn't figure out what was going on. The mystery was solved last week when I caught the flu and couldn't get out to fill my prescription. Four days Hydrochlorothiazide-free and all the crap that I've been dealing with for months disappeared with the flu. Imagine that! Hopefully the next pill I'm given for high blood pressure doesn't do the same thing to me. | F | 40 | 3 months 12.5 1X day | 3/29/2017 | 1 | Blood pressure | Arm pain should pain both breast pain and arm burn and hand pain on my left side | I'm not taking it no more as of tomorrow | F | 48 | 1 days 25mg | 3/20/2017 |