Losartan Potassium 50 Mg Tab Side Effects (Page 2)
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I am taking Losartan 50 mgs twice a day and I am getting terrible joint & muscle pain. Can it be from the meds? Orrrrrrr could it be from the simvistatin?

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I started taking losartan potassium 50 mg 2 months ago and have this non-stop agitated shaking feeling in my neck, arms and hands. Is this one of the side effects? I am so scared as my Dr said it is 'essential tremors'...but I did not have it before I took blood pressure medication.

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This situation with a "hopitalist" as not come to my city yet. Thanks for the info.

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I'm prescribed Losartan and the manufacturer I was initially taking got changed to Torrent. I started on July 6th and began breaking out with hives on September 15th.

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Can losartan 100mg cause deep facial wrinkles? I am 62 years old and since I've been taking this drug I have developed deep wrinkles on my cheeks. I also take bisoprolol 10mg.

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I accidentally took a 50mg losartan potassium twice (about 4 hours apart). I didn't think I had taken it, but I had. Should I be ok?

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My husband has been on losartan for 4 years and has been experiencing muscle deterioration. I met a patient who was taking losartan and ended up with a fatty liver, (the guy doesn't even drink!). The heart is a muscle and muscle deterioration is horrible, folks! I've seen my husband go from a strong naturopath and nutritionist who worked out regularly, to a man who is experiencing the muscle deterioration! We stopped all salt and the med immediately and started supplementation to recover of his muscles. Going to his doctors, they just wanted to put him on other meds with more damaging side effects. I don't trust them anymore. Losartan doesn't build muscle, it makes it deteriorate - and the heart is a muscle! I don't want to lose my husband and I will fight for his life! Please stop taking losartan!

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I also was on Losartan for several months. The pain in my left knee is so bad that I had X-ray and MRI done as I thought it was a torn meniscus. Tests showed nothing wrong. I stopped the Losartan last week and am getting some relief but knee is still painful. I wonder just how long it will take before knee will feel normal again, if ever. I must say though that I am sleeping better and the strange dreams/nightmares have stopped. I also seem to have more energy. To control my blood pressure without medication, I have started the DASH diet which includes food rich in potassium, magnesium, and calcium. I am also taking aged garlic extract supplement and just ordered hibiscus tea. I understand these two things naturally lower blood pressure. And of course watch your salt intake. Since stopping the Losartan my pressure is a little higher but not excessively so. As soon as my knee feels better, I will start exercising again.

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Anyone interested in a more natural alternative to HBP medications should look into "Carditone". It is an herbal blend available through many vitamin/supplement suppliers. Comments from many of those taking it claim it brought their BP under control. I have recently started taking it in addition to my Losartan 50. I am having Losartan side effects as described in this thread.

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Its definitely the Losartan. I took Losartan 50mg for several months until my BP was lower. I took myself off because I felt like it was creating the unbearable leg pain.

My BP has since went back up and I started the Losartan about 3 weeks ago. I can barely stand the amount of pain I'm in. My legs and hips hurt ALL THE TIME now. I'm calling the doctor tomorroe and stopping this medication.

Can anyone suggest natural alternatives that actually lower BP?

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I have been taking 1 1/2 of losartan 50mg. Pharmacy has switched Losartan VIRTUS to AUROBINDO....1) Are there any different / dangerous side effects for these two pills ? and 2) what is a safer alternative for reducing high blood pressure ?

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All tests were normal. I am now taking just 25mg Losartan and hardly any muscle pain at all now, stopped Bendroflumethiazide as well. BP last week was down to 154/73 which is the best result for me since REDUCING the drug Losartan and I do not feel fuzzy in the head now either. GP wants to add 8mg of Doxazocin (CAndasartan) but after reading about all the possible side effects do not wish to take this. I will keep checking my BP each week and see how I continue on just 25mg of Losartan and nil else.

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I was on Valsartan 100-25 HCT. Pharmacy switched brands to Aurobindo distributer/Aurobindo manufacturer. Started having fainting spells within 2 hrs of taking the new brand, once behind the wheel of a car. Went to doctor and switched to Losartan 50-12.5 HCT in morn and Losartan 50-no HCT night. Morning pill okay 'cause brand was distributer North Star out of TN who manufactured at Aurobindo (India). Night time 'caused fainting (not as bad as Valsartan was 'cause only 50 mgs) Aurobindo distributer/Aurobindo manufacturer. So, stopped taking night time pill. Thus Blood Pressure not under control. Doctor refused to switch back to Valsartan non-Aurobindo distributer. Learned on the internet that Obama made a trade deal with India in 2013 where Aurobindo could enter our country (New Jersey) as a distributer in early 2014. They always were a manufacturer for USA distributers who had to tow the line with the FDA. Now, because of trade deal, Aurobindo is to SELF MONITOR their quality, thus when the pill is Aurobindo distributer and Aurobindo manufacturer the QUALITY is crap and harmful and dangerous, but the FDA WILL NOT do anything to them as ordered by Obama.

So...look at the distributer AND the manufacturer! If the pill bottle says AURO that means Aurobindo distributer AND Aurobindo manufacturer AND that means it is harmful pills because they are allowed to push that into USA markets without consequences from the FDA. Aurobindo is now running to all the pharmacy wholesalers and undercutting good quality medicines distributed by USA pharmaceutical distributers. All the retail pharmacies like CVS, Walmart, Walgreens are switching brands 'cause THEY get a lower cost which THEY do not pass on to you, the customer. You can complain to the pharmacies, but they do not care what they push over the counter.

So, I put on my medical history....ALLERGIC to Aurobindo distributed products. That way...no one can give that to me and I can refuse to purchase it. If more people refused to purchase it...then they'd go out of business. Tell everyone you know to check their bottles and demand a quality pill from a USA distributor.

You need to say allergic because nowdays the only way you can go into a hospital is with a 'hospitalist' permission. A hospitalist is a specialist who oversees you while you are in the hospital. Your regular doctor is not allowed to care for you in the hospital. The hospitals' administration has taken away all the regular doctors' admitting privileges. You must have a strange and unknown hospitalist and the only way to get one is going through the emergency room and paying that high cost. In my area, the hospital is closing down their old building and constructing a new building with THREE ERS in it! Because ERs are the new money maker for them!

So, how do you avoid getting pumped full of Aurobindo crap? Just say that you are allergic...then they can't do it.

I absolutely know that Aurobindo distributer and Aurobindo manufacturer is harmful crap. My spouse had a pill to help relax and counter the steroid prednisone. The pharmacy switched him to Aurobindo/Aurobindo. My spouse was so-o-o-o relaxed and uninhibited that one day, my spouse pulled his pants down and did a number 2 job on someone's front lawn...midday! My spouse could have been arrested, for Pete's sake. So I checked and sure enough...the pill was now Aurobindo distributor and Aurobindo manufacturer. I marched that prescription over to another pharmacy and got a USA distributor called Blue Point. No problems since. No unusual behavior.

There is nothing that can be done except refuse purchasing of the product.

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I have had several different drugs to control my BP over 30 years. I was fine on 10mg Amlodipine for all that time until six months ago I developed a rare side effect, rosacea telangiectasia on my face which really upset me. Within 3 months of ceasing this drug it had disappeared. HOwever I started on Losartan 25mg building up to 100mg together with 2.5mg of Bendroflumethiazide and have had terrible calf pain in both legs mainly at rest. Today I had bloods taken to check renal and liver function and also glucose levels. Also having ECG today as BP continues to go unchecked. When I see my GP on Friday he is going to decide which drug I can take next and there is only one group left he told me. I have cut out the Bendro and also halved the Losartan until but continue with calf pain. Not happy!

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I was told to take one Tablet of Losartan at night one hour before bedtime,because it can make you drozzy.I was told its going to drop my blood Pressure.I just took one tablet about 10 minutes ago.

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Ive been taking losartan for a couple weeks r more n notice headaches n neck aches

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I am taking Losartan 100mg 12.5 and I am extremely tired. can you take Losartan at night?

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I'm experiencing leg cramps while taking Losartan 100mg. I'm very interested in finding information on natural ingredients to control my high blood pressure. Please....

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Hi Neela, I had stress induced cardiomyopathy in 2009. You doing ok?

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I was on Losartan for 10 months and developed severe disabling pain & weakness in my legs and when I asked my Dr. if it could be the losartan he said absolutely and took me off it . I would never recommend it. It's been a year and the pain is not gone. It's less and the loss of strength is not as bad but I'm a long way from feeling normal.

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Dave i will like to know the natural alternative for hypertension treatment. I just started taking losartan/hctz for hypertension and simvastatin for hyperlipidemia

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