Losartan - burning skin

Sounds like quite an unusual side effect from the drug, although there have been some reports of burning or tingling sensations to the manufacturers. Sounds like a neuropathic type pain. I would suggest getting checked out by a GP to see whether it's a rare effect of the drug or something else. Are you diabetic ? In the meantime you can log this with the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) via their yellow card website:

https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/

cough which didn't bother me too much but since I have a lung

condition chest conultant suggested that I change it. I have been

on Losartan for 4 wks. and initially cough subsided but now I'm

back to coughig. (It has nothing to do with my chest problems).

I also developed a burning tingling sensation in my arms and

legs, just like sunburn. What should I do?

annoying sensation for just over 2 years, & have spent a lot of my own money trying

to find a solution, but to no avail. It feels like a sunburn, with the odd pins/needles

sensation. All bloodwork came back fine & MRI of lumbar & cervical spine didn't really show much except for some disc bulges & there is suspician that some nerves are close to being impinged..but it's just a guess. At the second-last visit, the Neurologist said she 'thinks' it's my sensory nerves, then at the last visit, she practically said she didn't know what's going on, so I shall have my GP seek a second opinion. My feet can become very warm, to the point of being hot, & they turn dark red all along the bottoms. My toes are very hot too, & my shins nip as though they've been irritated by the sun. I do not have diabetes, nor do I have any allergies that would be aggravated. 

Oddly enough, I do get relief from using Solarcaine, but to be honest, I use it only if the burning is annoying me. Some days the burning is very mild, while more in tense on other days. Never does it keep me awake. I've consulted with the Pharmacist, & I'm advised that none of my meds are known to cause burning.

I do wonder however, if there's anything in the fillers that may be doing this.

After 2 years, I'm at wits end...& want an answer, so I can fully understand what's running through your mind. 

I,too, am suffering from a burning sensation in my shins. It is probably with me all day but more noticeable when I'm in bed.I, frequently, lie with my legs outside the duvet. It is not warm to the touch and does not appear red at present. My blood pressure readings seem to be within normally acceptable limits for my age (70). I did consider coming off these pills, as I wasn't sure they were nesessary, but recent medical studies did suggest that they were of benefit.

I, too, experience a burning sensation on my shins, particularly noticeable when in bed. I regularly sleep with my legs outside the duvet. My legs do not feel hot to the touch and there is no rash. I have considered stopping my tablets, Losartan Potassium and Simvastatin, as I'm not fully convinced that I need to take anyway. However, I have continued to take  both, as recent medical advice is that older persons ( I'm 70) should be on statins..and these two drugs seem to be taken together. Have you continued to have these issues with Losartan?

Hello all, I have noticed this as well and I believe that he Losartan is the culprit. I wish I could confirm it. I get he feeling in my face but also my legs and feet at times. I'm noticing it a lot more as I just got moved up to 100 mg. Craziness! 

I've been on losartan-potassium for about a month now, and about 3 weeks in i started feeling some burning as well, worried to death it's heart related but after seeing some of these replies i'm not really worried as much. I feel it often on my chest, and it spreads. It does indeed feel like a skin sunburn, or as if my skin is extra sensitive to hot spots. I currently feel it on my chest, and on my forearms. I notice when my arm is folded (holding something up for an extended time) i feel the heat/burning where my skin touches itself in the pit of my elbows. I sometimes feel it on my back as well. I was started on 50mg, and after experiencing a huge amount of the side-effects, I weaned myself down to 25mg, still feeling the side effects, i'm just going off it and going back to the cough inducing lisinopril, as that was my only side effect. With losartan, i've had anxiety, shivering, mild chest pains (pinching/burning), occasional strings of PVC palpitations, difficulty breathing, lightheadedness, rare dizzyness, continued cough, feeling more congested, deep muscle back soreness, occasional leg cramps, and occasional heartburn. too much of it is too close to heart symptoms, but my ecg was 100% normal.

Hi would Riboflavin B2help , stop burning sensation by calming nerve endings .

As off Feb 2020 Losartan mitigates (lessens) the effect of Covid 19 coronavirus if you are infected . according to weki .

Hi there, I too am on Losartan 50mg dose

and my arms keep getting this burning/itchy sensation

Has anyone solved the problem yet?

Has anyone changed to another medication?

This is the only medication I am on for my BP

Side effects usually wear off over time.