I've been taking Diovan for over 5 years. For the last year and a half I've been having a cough with postnasal drip and chest congestion. Every morning I cough up some mucous. I've check out all other possible sources with all kinds of lung tests and no cause can be identified. So I thought that maybe the Diovan might be causing this.
Can Diovan Hct cause cough and chest cogestion with excess mucous?
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- 26 Aug 2010 by akarger
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- diovan, diovan hct, cough
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suzanne6612 Sep 2010
Diovan has been reported to induce cough and shortness of breath, not a post-nasal drip though. These side effects are rare - less than 1%
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/diovan-side-effects.html
Have a chat with your doctor - what about allergy??
27 Jul 2011
I have also been on Diovan for 2 years now. I don't have a cough but I do have some mucus buildup in the back of my throat. The onset of this was sudden. It started over this past winter. I thought that it would disappear before the summer but it has not. I have been off the med for a week now and it seems to help. Diovan has a higher incident of cough than other ARBs. I would recommend trying others, such as Benicar or Atacand.
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