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    Condition: High Blood Pressure
    4/5/2020 7:25:15 PM

    Reviewer: Mscarter09, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 1

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 1

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    Iâ??ve been on this pill for 4 days and havenâ??t noticed a significant change in bp. Take a 25 mg tablet a day and have been having constant headaches, dizziness, pressure on chest and lost of appetite! What should I do?

    Condition: High Blood Pressure
    1/11/2020 2:41:59 PM

    Reviewer: jeh, 75 or over on Treatment for less than 1 month

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 2

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 2

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 2

    Comment:
    I have been on this drug 2 days. I has knocked my blood pressure down to 90/80. Can't get out of my chair. Dizzy and no energy and heart rate about 83 which is not normal for me (72-78 normally). This drug is not going to work. Tried Clononide before and was about the same. I take this drug along with Olemasartan BP 40 mg. I don't tolerate BP medicine well. None of it works for me, ... Show Full Comment

    Condition: High Blood Pressure
    12/31/2019 6:10:54 PM

    Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    54 year old female with difficult to treat hypertension. 25mg HCTZ added to 80mg Micardis and 5mg Norvasc. My BP was never better ! 115/60! About 8 months in I started having extreme thirst and debilitating muscle soreness in my back and neck, my muscles in my legs were so weak I thought they would give out. I attributed the libido absence to menopause. DC’d the drug, went up on the Norvasc and I ... Show Full Comment

    Condition: High Blood Pressure
    9/10/2019 6:41:58 AM

    Reviewer: Lumpy, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 3

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 3

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    I had existing seborrhic keratosis start growing thicker, and three squamous skin cancers that needed surgery, and smaller spots that needed burning. Stopped taking this drug and the skin problems stopped. Studies show it causes skin sensitisation linked to skin cancer.

    Condition: High Blood Pressure
    7/31/2019 11:18:24 PM

    Reviewer: 35-44 Female (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 3

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 2

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    Worked great for six months then out of the blue I started to get very sick. I was dizzy all the time and felt like I was having a stroke. I started to experience severe facial tingling and felt spaced out. It took three ER trips before I realized it was this medicine. I went off and the issues disappeared. Thinking it was a fluke I tried the medicine again and the symptoms returned on the second ... Show Full Comment

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