Losartan and Anxiety: What Users Say (Page 4)

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 15, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "Started losartan 50 mg. Within a few hours, I had gray blurry vision. I couldn't focus and had trouble concentrating, did not want to drive. I stopped the drug, now I'm having migraines. The gray blur stayed for a couple of days off and on. Now I can't stand bright light, have diarrhea. Unbelievable, I've been in bed the last two days. I pooped on myself before getting to the bathroom. I think I have vision damage, going to the eye doctor because, yes, this drug can cause aggressive macular degeneration. I'm full of anxiety now, which I had before, and the doctor gave this to me knowing I have anxiety and my dad went blind with M.D. Not a good drug."

• BGa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 2, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "Felt so sick on this! Should be pulled by the FDA! Chronic exhaustion, heart racing, palpitations, couldn’t finish a task, anxiety to the point I felt I was coming out of my skin, extreme vertigo, ear congestion, sinus congestion! Isn’t this enough!"

• thr...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 14, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "Doesn't lower blood pressure. Drastically increases dizziness and anxiety, ended in a trip to the ER. At first, I thought it was due to something else, but eventually, it dawned on me that the drug is bad for me."

• Zoe...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 20, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "Was prescribed 50 mg losartan after my other HBP drug was discontinued. After 3 days, I noticed palpitations and a general feeling of unease. After a week, I taught my normal yoga class and noticed I was very breathless and anxious. Stuck with this for another 5 weeks, experiencing feelings of shortness of breath, tremors, terror and panic, doom and gloom. Glad I came on here to read similar reviews. GP has taken me off the drug."

• Bra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 27, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "I feel so much better now that I have read these comments. My doctor appears to not have a clue of what I was experiencing. These reviews voice the sentiments of my heart. I feel hope again. The doctor wanted to send me to counseling for something they did. I explained the anxiety that I had felt. Informed him of my medication. I was not sure which med was causing this, but now I know. It was hard work trying to get him to taper me off these meds. Thanks to all of you. I feel like I have received a dose of high blood pressure medicine. I am relieved."

• pan...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 23, 2025

For High Blood Pressure "I started having extreme anxiety at work. I couldn't fill my job duties. I would also feel extremely tired. I could not continue taking my blood pressure at home because the action of it made me recoil. I had to stop taking the med. Six months later, they are still there but decreased."

• Mar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 29, 2025

For High Blood Pressure "Losartan works great for my hypertension, but I feel tired, achy, and lethargic, yet anxious at the same time. A couple of months ago I lost my sense of taste. After an ENT exam showing no other cause, the doctor suggested Losartan may be the culprit. I've had reactions to other hypertensive drug classes and was hoping ARBs would work out for me. At 76, I sure wish I could control my hypertension without drugs."

• GAR...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 26, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I took the pill in the morning, low to standard pressure during the day--high at night. Sometimes chest pains, didn't sleep well due to anxiety--tired during the day."

• Ayd...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 27, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "Panic, BP spikes that scare me 190 over 105, always jittery, depressed, cold, and scared."

• Cd8...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 28, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "Has controlled blood pressure a little, been having lots of hair loss, back pain, ear problems, anxiety to panic attacks, stomach trouble. Doctors need to explain the side effects."

• Yvo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 30, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "I started taking losartan about two weeks ago because of the valsartan recall. I am so anxious and jittery with this medication. I hope it passes because I can’t go on like this."

• Yvo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 30, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "I started taking losartan about two weeks ago because of the valsartan recall. I am so anxious and jittery with this medication. I hope it passes because I can’t go on like this."