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Diovan For High Blood Pressure
Diovan is one of the most popular drugs used to treat high blood pressure, but can you handle the side effects?
There are many different types of medication that are often prescribed for persons dealing with a blood pressure condition, one of the most common being Diovan. This drug is by far one of the most popular high blood pressure medications in the world today and was in fact prescribed more than 25 million times last year in the United States alone. Diovan works to help lower and manage blood pressure by blocking the effects of angiotensin II that lead to the narrowing of the blood vessels and which thereby cause the heart to work harder and make one’s blood pressure elevate.
There are a few things that anyone considering starting on Diovan should discuss with their doctor first. This includes the person telling the doctor if they have kidney disease, liver disease, congestive heart failure, asthma or allergies, gout, lupus, diabetes, or an allergy to sulfa drugs. All of these can cause serious problems if combined with this drug. Also before a person starts on this medication they will need to discuss a bit more information with their doctor, including the following:
- The amount of salt or salt substitutes in their diet
- Whether potassium supplements are taken
- Possible kidney or liver disorders, whether current or in the past
A few of the precautions that one will need to keep in mind here include:
- Ensuring that they derive the full benefits of the drug and take it with a full glass of water
- Store the medication at room temperature and keep it in a cool and dry place
- Make sure that if a dose is missed it is taken as soon as possible but to never take a double dose of the medication because this can result in an overdose
- To get their blood pressure checked regularly to make sure there is not a need for any dosage adjustments or even a change in medication altogether
As with most other prescription medications there are certain side effects that often accompany this drug, the most common being a fast or pounding heartbeat, less or more urination than usual, dry mouth, increased thirst, drowsiness, restless feeling, confusion, vomiting, muscle pain or weakness, fainting, and sometimes even seizure or jaundice.
Anyone who has been diagnosed with high blood pressure should speak to their doctor immediately about Diovan as well as the other medications that are used to help treat high blood pressure. They will be able to make a proper assessment and decide which is going to work best for a particular patient. But if you can’t handle the side effects, there are always a safer way, the natural way.
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Teresa said:
I was on Diovan for 7 years with only fatigue as a side effect. Last year, I developed a cough and my physician took me off Diovan and after
trying 3 different blood pressure medications, I asked to be put back on Diovan. Within 2 weeks of restarting, I developed a fast, irregular and pounding heartbeat. After a cardiology consult, numerous lab work, an echo and stress test, no one could tell me why my heart was pounding. The pounding gradually (over 6-7 months) lessened but has never gone away. I finally read that a pounding heartbeat was a side effect of Diovan on the internet. I decreased my strength from 80 mg daily to 60 mg and the pounding is considerabily less. I plan to talk to my doctor within the next couple of weeks about possible changing to a different medication.
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