Diovan and Muscle Pain: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• July 22, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "Diovan HCT 160/12.5 - took for over 8 years. Blood pressure was controlled...however, did not realize that daily headaches, hair thinning, up and down blood sugar, weight gain, muscle aches, etc. were side effects. Stopped taking and all symptoms started to go away."

• Unh...
• December 31, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Been on Diovan for at least three years, suffering many side effects: muscle pain, sudden hair loss and thinning, as well as intermittent tingling on the back of my head. I have also had weight gain, problems with blood sugar, and loss of erections. I still have sexual desire but my erections aren't adequate. I have pain in my stomach which is increasing with time, sometimes kind of burning like an ulcer, and coldness in my feet. I have also started developing small lumps of fat under my skin and marks on my skin resembling age spots but are not. The pills are not having as good an effect on my blood pressure anymore. It went way up. I just don't know what medicine to switch to."

• Hot...
• January 31, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I was on Diovan five years ago for high blood pressure and had been taking it for about two years when I woke up one morning and felt so sick and weak that I could not walk. I happened to be in the hospital at the time, and they discovered that my potassium and blood pressure had dropped significantly. They stopped the Diovan, and two days later I was back to normal. However, my blood pressure is above the recommended levels, and the local doctor put me back on Diovan about six weeks ago, and this week I got the weakness back plus muscle aches, severe, so I stopped Diovan two days ago, and so far I still have all the bad side effects but hoping they will go away soon. A visit to the doctor is on the cards."

• Anonymous
• July 21, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "After taking it for 4 days, it made me sick to my stomach and caused great muscle pain in my left leg."