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 |
| 3 | High BP | Having shortness of breath | F | 40 | 1 months 25mg | 1/29/2015 | 3 | for bloodpressure | Mussle spasms in stomach thighs and legs and fingers. | I think you half to drink a lot of water during the day when taking this medicine in the morning because it is like a water pill also and you lose a lot water by going to the bathroom a lot to keep from mussle spasms. | F | 1 months 25 mg | 12/23/2014 | 5 | my blood pressure was above normal | loss of fluid | It's got to be another medicine that can help,although am thankful. | F | 55 | 1 days 10 | 12/11/2014 | 1 | hypertension | thundering pulse, irregular HR, joint pain | For 24 hr BP control this drug fails, indapamide and chlorothalidone are better. According to the ACCOMPLISH trial this drug with an ACE increases your risk of CV events, kidney dx. by LOTS. In another trial this drug taken for borderline hypertension ... increased heart attacks!! This drug may do the job for some and it has been on the market the longest but it is no longer the best. I wish doctors would pull their heads out of their butts and read some of the trials!!! I was administered it for nighttime elevations in BP, I also am on an ACE ....... BUT the trials are saying it is crap for 24 hr control and with an ACE, your death rate increases. I have mentioned these trials to the doctor but he just dismisses it. It pisses me off that these legalized drug pushers are not even up on the clinical trials .. they are pushing drugs with incomplete knowledge. | M | 58 | 1 months 12.5 1X day | 11/30/2014 | 1 | high blood pressure | I start taking this meds for about 8 yrs. Now I didn't know that it was making my eyes hurting and blurred vision. I thought my eyes was just getting bad. But now i believe that ths medicine has something to do with my eyes being blurry. | if i stop taking the meds will my eyes get better or is it to late, I'm going to see the doctor in January to let her know as soon as i can. | F | 51 | 8 days 1 | 11/29/2014 | 2 | High blood pressure | Horrible headaches. Pulse rate high!!! Very fatigue, could barely walk to the next room. Blurred vision. It did a great job at removing the fluids and bringing down blood pressure But dissatisfied with side effects | F | 39 | 3 days 25 | 11/26/2014 | 1 | High blood pressure | Chest pain,heart flurried,joint pain,headache,cramping jaw and face | I went from feeling find to feel like I was 80 years old in 11 months back and forth to the ER and they couldn't find the problem. | F | 48 | 11 months 12.5 1X day | 11/19/2014 | 1 | High BP | Exhaustion, blood sugar fluctuations, heartburn, arrhythmia, chest pains, headache, shortness of breath, dizziness | After paying almost $2,000 out of pocket for an ER visit, and a treadmill test, plus various other blood tests, I believe I will discontinue this so-called by my doctor "harmless" medicine. I am allergic to sulfa drugs, even though it's reported this medicine shouldn't give you side effects if you are, I wonder. | F | 45 | 6 months 12.5 mg 1X day | 10/30/2014 | 1 | prevent kidney stones/flu | 30 pounds gained since July. Severe foot pain. Tightness in chest and Gasp for air after working out and sometimes even during normal activity. Tired all the time. Heart rate higher. Potassium level down. I'm stopping this medicine. It makes me feel awful. I do not recommend. | F | 37 | 1 days | 10/15/2014 | 3 | Hypertension | Fainting was the only major side effect | My doctor started me on another antihypertensive first called lisinopril 20 MG./day. He said it wasn't working well enough so he added the hydrochlorothiazide to it. One time I came home after having a few beers and ate dinner. Felt just fine, relaxing on my bed reading. Went to the fridge to get a soda and blacked out from attack of LOW blood pressure. Woke up on the floor a few seconds later not knowing where I was. Doctors are notorious for trying to get peoples bp way down. Be sure to get your own bp monitor so you know where you stand on this issue and don't take un-needed medicine. | M | 50 | 3 months 25 MG. 1X day | 10/9/2014 | 1 | water retention | severe hair thinning and extremely tired all the time are my worst symptoms | F | 43 | 1 months 25 1X day | 10/8/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Thinning hair w/ hair loss, Insomnia, joint aches, especially knees & elbows, Heart fluttering, bowel problems, frequent bowel movements, dizziness, nausea, anxiety attacks, brown patches on my face (melasma), not sure if this is caused by this med or not? Reaction to the sun.. | have now been diagnosed w/hyperthyroidism within the last 6 months after taking this med for at least 15 yrs.. | F | 47 | 15 years 25mg 1X day | 9/24/2014 | 1 | Hypertension | Within the first 2 days started getting flu like symptoms. Then started coughing alot then vomiting. After taken for almost a week started getting stomach pains then back pains. Then just 3 days ago my left leg started hurting real bad.I am the type of person who walks really fast in the malls but on this medicine it really slows you down and it makes you feel really tired very fast. Im only 44 in good health besides my hypertension but it makes me feel 104 with every know sickness you can think of. My last dose was yesterday and I refused to take another one. I'm feeling a little better now. Recap of my symptoms:flu like symptoms. Leg pain. Trouble sleeping. Trouble walking. Stomach pains. Back pain.irritable cranky. Lost of appetite. This medicine will make you feel like you are on your death bed. | F | 44 | 2 weeks 25 MG | 9/22/2014 | 1 | edema and blood preasure | Just about every one of them but the cramping, dry skin, blurred vision and weight gain was the worst things but there are more effects. No one could tell me what was causing all of my problems so I research the net and found what it was. I told the pharmacy about it and he told me that if you are allergic to sulfa the chances are you will ne sensitive to this drug. The doctor and pharmacy both knew about the sulfa so appartently they dont look to close to your record to see if it is okay to take. The pharmacys always knows more about the drugs than the doctors so check with them on any RX you get. They will tell you. They have to keep up with all the drugs there are. | F | 59 | 5 months 25mg | 9/19/2014 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Low white blood cell count and Positive ANA | F | 61 | 7 years 25mg 1X day | 9/11/2014 | 2 | Swollen ankles and hypertension | Hair loss , excessive sweating, sun sensitivity, extremely painful thigh cramps at night, itching, loss of desire for sex, insomnia, i have begged Drs to find out why I had some of these symptoms and not one has said it might be this med. I have been to internist(2) Gynecologist, endocrinologist (2). It has controlled my swelling feet and hypertension but at a huge cost. 20 years and not one looked at this drug. Especially the excessive sweating and hair loss have been blamed on menopause for 20YEARS! How can this happen? | F | 66 | 10 years 12.5mg | 9/1/2014 | 5 | Acute renal failure | I am sweating so much, I'm embarrassed to go out. My hair and head used to get soaked now my whole body is sweating. Is this why? | F | 60 | 1 days 12.5 | 8/26/2014 | 4 | Extreme Hypertension | Muscle cramping in feet, legs and abdomen due to potasssium depletion. ACE-K as a potassium supplement helped. | Lowered my BP but diastolic still too high, so Dr. supplemented with Norvasc which works as a good combination. Eliminated my leg and ankle swelling. Works great for me, but I think it's my low dosage. Others seem to have higher dose prescriptions. | F | 48 | 10 years 25 mg 1X day | 7/23/2014 | 1 | Severe shoulder blade pain,Insomia, fatique, weakness, in bed for days unable to live my life. | The ER Dr. gave me this pill and my regular doctor continued it. After reading the reviews I will stop the pill tomorrow and hope that I will get better. I cannot stand the pain I am feeling and the days of weakness. | M | 79 | 23 days 25 mg 1X day | 7/23/2014 | 1 | To help bring BP down | Dizziness; shortness of breath; nausea; headache; flue like symptoms; fatigue | My doctor knows I have asthma and have an allergic reaction to penicillin and sulfa drugs and yet I was given this med anyway. | F | 57 | 7 days 25vmg 1X day | 7/17/2014 |