Losartin Potassium

Ive been on many and have had complications from Lung Rattles almost like pneumonia on Coreg to left ear tinnitus (constant for life) from a water pill drying my ear out??  ... now on Losartan.. have gained 15 pounds (ok.. maybe holiday eats.. but.. satiety might be affected?) have an itchy left foot, and feel sort of dizzy at times.. plus the couch is very appealing.. where I usually am all over the place.  At any rate, the stress that comes from the outside is constant.. we do get a choice of how to deal with it.. A healthy sense of self preservation might seem like apathy, but, we can't all respond to every stimulus.  To be, hypertension is linked to emotions... i guess by heart rate and perhaps vasoconstriction?  At least my hands and feet are warm.. I guess i have good perfusion :^).    Now that holidays are about over, its time to get walking and so on back on track.  The human body is pretty astounding. Hope it can cope with the 100 mg Losartan that my Dr thinks is so vital.  The Dx of "essential hypertension" to me is a real cop-out.. Should there be license to stop looking into why hypertension is a problem?   there should be a check box on the insurance form that indicates further research is needed, rather than just noting.. "you are not important enough to look any further".

Hi John, I haven't used the email account associated with this for years (changed it to my current one now). I no longer take Losartan - stopped it last year (after about 8 years of taking it). I stopped taking it because I was getting severe aches in my joints - shoulders, hips, knees, my shins - everything. I also found that I always seemed to have quite acidic urine with it. I started getting terrible pain at night in my legs too. All blood tests came back ok (so they told me). I told the Dr I wanted to change the meds and they gave me Irbesartan. I have taken it on and off, but I was still getting lots of aches and pains and was getting very depressed on it. I have had to stop taking it and although I am not checking my BP at the moment (I know it isn't good as I was told twice I was heading for a stroke in the past due to the changes in my blood vessels in my eyes), but the quality of life was making me depressed. Anyway, since I have stopped taking any of them (2 months now), I no longer have a feeling of acidic urine and I all the joint pain has gone - when I couldn't sleep with the pain in my legs and shoulders before. I rest my case as what caused it all. No doubt about it. Dr's just try and brush it under the table and tell you it isn't the meds. Pile of c**p. Trying to do other things to control my BP. I give up with BP meds at the moment. I am only 47 and was always so super fit and healthy (going to the gym 5 times a week) - now I feel like an old woman - when your joints go it is very worrying, so I won't be taking any meds just yet. I think they would have detroyed my joints eventually. 

Hi Almac, yes I have no doubt mine is stress related (always used to be super fit going to the gym and only ate extremely healthy food) - since I wrote on here stress has been accepted as a cause of high BP - hmm, took them this long. Sorry for the late reply - haven't used this email account in years.

my previous message meant to say stress has been confirmed as causing anything from BP to cancer.

Hi Idiot, how are you feeling now?

Hi Rosie - I have experienced the same symptoms. Are you stil taking it?

I am taking on 25mg of Losartan and just checked in with Dr last week.  After taking it for 3 months, my BP was 124/70.  I think as long as you take a low dose the side effects are minimal.  I was told to take 25mg in the beginning until I got used to it and then start taking 50mgs.  I never bumped up the dosage because I knew I would experience the horrible side effects.  Luckily 25mg worked for me and my doctor was truly surprised that it worked so well.  I tried to tell him that I have a very low tolerance for all drugs, now he has seen it.

Hello, I was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure and was put on Linsinopril but ended up with the "Linsinopril cough" so had to go off of that med. I am now taking 50mg of Losartan. I have been experiencing symptoms of a low grade sinus infection. A lot of drainage, sinus pressure and a small cough. Im not quite sure if it is coincidental that it is the med or just some seasonal allergies? Called my doc and I am going to give it a few more weeks. Anyone else experiencing any of these symptoms?

Thank you

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Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

Cough, upper airway infection, congestion in the nose, sinusitis, sinus disorder