Losartin Potassium

Hi   I have been on Benicar for about 6 years and its been great, absolutely NO side effects which is wonderful because Lisinopril put me thru hell as did Amlodipine.  My insurance is no longer covering Benicar and I cannot afford 200 bucks a month for it. After my experience with the other two, I am terrified to try a new drug, but I see that Losartan is the same "type" of drug as Benicar.  Has anyone successfully switched from Benicar to Losartan? I see some people complaining about the "cough" and that was my problem with Lisinopril...don't want that again lol

Hi Stacy

When i read your post, your circumstances almost mirrored my own ones apart from the fact i take Candesartan and not Losartan. I started long distance running when i was 30 years old and soon able to run a sub three hour marathon. In 2000 i was diagnosed with high blood pressure and started taking Candesartan. Within a few months i lost all interest in running and went from fit to fat and lucky if i could run a 5 hour marathon let alone being placed 996th as i was in the 1982 London Marathon . I still go running but a shadow of my fomer self, i'm constantly tired, easily injured in my lower leg muscles, Lethargic and grumpy. I put up with this because i was worried about dying if i didn’t take the medication. The reason i am contacting you is i met an old gentleman of 92 who had similar history as we do with side effects only he refused to take the medication and binned them immediatly. He told me about a machine called "RespeRate which reduces blood pressure naturally by a daily regime of deep breathing. Needless to say i immediately found one on Amazon for £116 and purchased it. I'm not a doctor but want to give up any sort of medication because i don't trust big Pharma. When they say side effects they are actually talking about effects and the so called side effects are life changing, they were to me anyway. Back to RespeRate - I have been using it for just over two weeks and when i started my B/P stats were (SYS 155 - DIA 103 - PU 72) I'm down to 5 breaths a minute on Resperate. Now after 2 weeks my stats are (SYS 119 - DIA 85 - PU 72. I'm going to continue using ReseRate in tandem with my tablets but after six weeks i'm going to stop taking them and see what happens. The leaflet with the RespeRate details recommend 6 weeks use to see beneficial long term reductions in BP. They don't tell you to stop medication and I'm not advocating you follow my journey or give up taking medication  i just wanted to share my discovery of ReseRate with you, and no, i don't work for the company who make them. I'm really excited at my current progress and hope to be able to get back into competitive veteran running in the very near future. I also supplement my diet with high strength Beetroot tablets which are great for lowering blood pressure.  My personal choice is not to consult my doctor about my new regime as most of the doctors at my local surgery are very young and very inexperienced in life and totally in the pockets of the controlling corrupt pharmaceutical companies. I hope my message helps you and that you can resolve your current problems.

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All of a sudden,my blood pressure became very high and my doctor strongly recommended that I consider 

I started Losartan about one month ago and it immediately reduced my blood pressure to safe levels. The only side effects I have noticed has been some muscle pain in my pectorals and a dry cough when I am seated or laying down. I started on Lipitor today for high cholesterol. 

I want these drugs to work because I want to maintain my quality of life. As long as the side effects aren't too debilitating I think mild side effects are worth it,

I forgot to bring mt 100mg to work, can I take 2x 50 mg pills, spaced apart by 12 hrs?

Also, 

Losartin Potassium has given me a stuffy nose and nightmares,

The nightmares are visually vivid dreams that I usually remember when I wake up.

Can I get the pills without Titanium Dioxide?

 

Was on Losartan 50mg for six months, slept a lot in the day, burning eyes, depression, sinus pain, and blood pressure went too low I was literallly dragging myself around.  Now doc is trying Candersartan, and 3 days in getting the same feeling.....

Hi Stacey, 3 years ago I was a unusualy fit 75 year old and jogged every day for 3 miles but a casual BP check indicated slight HBP I was refered to my GP, she said I was a boarder case and prescribed Amlodapin, side effects were too severe, so changed to Lisinopril, side effects were identical. She then put me onto 25mg Losatan, after a month BP came down slightly some slight side effects but nothing I coulden't handle.  BP ranged between 190/100 in the morning to 112/ 64 evening.  Dr decided my problem was unusual because my BP fluctuated too widely.  She decided to increase the dose to 50mg.  I've been on them for 3 weeks and I now feel as if my biological clock has advanced 5 years in that short space of time.  Loss of stability, extream fatigue, depression and disturbed sleep.  I've made an appointment for 14th April  to go back to my GP and ask if I can come off the medication and take my chances.  I want to get my life back.  I'm now 78 years old and still walk the 3 miles each day. BMI :20.

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Hi Stacy,

Losartan Potassium has ruined my life. I was a healthy, normal 46 year old woman until I took this. My doc put me on it 3 months ago as we had trouble lowering my blood pressure with other meds. It did a good job of that but 3 weeks ago, I developed muscle twitching in my left thigh and a few hours later I could literally no longer walk and was in the most excruciating pain of my life.. Five physio sessions later with no improvement, I determined it is a side effect of the Losartan, which I have been off for the past week. I am slowly improving, to the point where I can hobble unaided to the bathroon. The hot water bottle has been my best friend, along with ice packs to help reduce the inflammation in my lower back and down my left leg. But it has been a long hard 3 weeks, off work with no sick days to cover, and the most pain I have ever felt in my life....extreme, excruciating, intolerable. I am hoping with the rest, heat and ice I will soon be able to walk enough to return to work.

I am currently taking Vit D 3(4000 UI/day) and CoQ10 (300 mg per day) to rebuild muscle strength, plus CoQ10 allegedly lowers blood pressure, so we will see.

I have read about others in the same boat as me from taking Losartan. Some of them end up in wheel chairs or have surgery hoping for relief. Incidentally, I found out my former neighbor also took Losartan and  had the same experience--he couldn't walk for a long time.

This is serious, debilitating and happening a LOT.

There are many other drugs out there for HBP. In my opinion, any drug with a side effect that ruins your life, keeps you from earning a living and may put you in a wheel chair should not be on the market.

Don't think it can't happen to you.

I thought a severe side effect could never happen to me.

It did.

Hi I am a 47 year old female who was just diagnosed in the past month that I had high blood pressure never had it in my life. I follow a good diet exercise regularly and all my doctor can say is that it's hereditary my father is 74 good shape but he struggles with high blood pressure doctor doesn't even know why. Anyway I took 25 milligrams of losartan about 3 weeks ago finished it went back to the doctor and my blood pressure went up so the doctor gave me losartan 100 milligrams would a 12.5 diuretic mixed. Tomorrow Wednesday I have a doctor's appointment to see you whether or not the medicine is working I follow a strict diet exercise regularly and I have no idea where this high blood pressure came from

Hi I've been on Losartan Potassium for almost two weeks, the things I've felt has been my blood pressure has gone down, from 151 over 96 to 133 over 84 - but I have dizzy spells, needing to pee a lot and having mad dreams also feeling tired all the time.   Will this pass ?  I don't know.   But if it Carey's on I will Have to chat with my G.P 

I have been on losartan for a short while- I was in a previous one (which I can't remember the name of) & had anxiety out if the blue. I looked at the side effects & it did say anxiety, so I asked to be changed. Now this medication has suddenly caused dreadful panic attacks so causing anxiety. This has come out if the blue too. I feel exhausted. I wake up to 3 times a night with panic attacks. My face has started to twitch which is adding to my anxiety. My leg is also affected but I do have nerve damage from a slipped disk years ago. I've become scared that I have something badly wrong with me. It seems all this started since starting on this BP med for high blood pressure- it seems to be too much of a coincidence to me. I stopped taking losartan for 4 days & told my doctor that I didn't want to be on them because oft he anxiety. She told me it wasn't the meds & prescribed beta blockers. Again I've got in a state after being back on losartan again so I'm stopping them again. I feel really affected & vunerable now. I feel desperate to get my life back on track. Has anyone else felt the same?