Severe joint pain caused by Candesartan for high blood pressure
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I have had my medication for high blood pressure changed to Candesartan as my last tablet wasn't having the desired effect. My hip joints especially are causing me agony at night. Has anyone else suffered bad joint pain while taking Candesartan and if so did it clear up when you stopped it?
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mollymac
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derek76 mollymac
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Like you it was much worse in bed but a different pain when sitting or walking.
He initially thought it might be bursitus and gave me cortisone injections. They did nothing for it.
I eventually stopped taking a statin and the muscle pain stopped after a few weeks but the joint pain continued. I was still taking warfarin, losartan and a PPI so I blamed it on the warfarin. The cosultant agreed that was probably the culprit but said that any drug can cause joint pain.
Like Mollymac sitting can start the pain. I can be out walking OK but as soon as I sit on the bus it usually starts up. Some bus seats are worse than others but trains are usually OK
mike569 mollymac
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derek76 mike569
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He agreed that warfarin could be the cause of my joint pain. When I recently saw a nephrologist he said that he had never heard of warfaring causing joint pain. It's a strange world.
I have been taking losartan since 2001. At first (50mg) it made me very light headed when standing up but that eventually wore off, At times I was put on better drugs but they put me into Zombie mode and I went back to losartan now 100mg. I had an underskin itch that went away when not taking losartan that is now back. My GP recently said that an effect of losartan on the liver causes that.
rayvic17 mollymac
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Muscle pain is a side effect. And as you get older, your body cannot metabolize it as well and you can tolerate only lower doses. Take care........
fiona81423 mollymac
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hello
i have been on candesartsn for 3 months and developed severe bursitis of the greater trochanters and sacroiliac joints.
it was disabling.
since stopping candesartan and taking celebrex my pain has gone.
better everyday despite cutting back celebrex to 100 mg in morning.