User Reviews for hydrochlorothiazide oral

I was taking this med for about 4 years. At first I started having anxiety attacks. Still have them now but not as bad. For the last couple of years I've had tingling in my arms, feet

It worked well to lower my blood pressure, and I actually lost 15 pounds. However, It has many side effects. I have lost my hair. I am SOOOO tired all the time. Walk around in a fog. My feet and hands hurts horrible. For some reason my right elbow hurts really bad and I can barely bend it. My eyes are red all the time and my eye sight has gotten worse. Doctor never said anything about taking extra potassium. Have a constant headache. I stopped taking it and hope that the symptoms will go away. I had none of these symptoms before taking this drug. Also, I am allergic to penicillin and you are not supposed to take this if you are allergic. So my doctor needless to say did not do his job of filling me in on the side effects and reactions to this medication. Not a good drug. My mother was also on it and she was a mess until we took her off of it and now she is back to normal. It makes you fell like a zombie!Read More Read Less

Entering into the 4th week on this drug, I developed allergic reaction resulting in rash and mouth sores.

I took this drug for 4 1/2 years and along with other drugs, it worked well. Then I got my first gout flare up and 4 more within 3 months. I was taken off of it along with spironolactone and started on amlodipine due to the gout flare up. Not as effective but I'm giving it time. I started with a rhuemotologist due to the gout and he immediately said that the hydrochlorothiazide was the root cause of the gout. I now have to add allopurinol and colcrys to my medications to combat the gout. I'm not happy at all that I wasn't told about this side effect. The nephrologist who prescribed it for my bp didn't even want to take me off this drug when I got my first few flare ups. My internist was the one who did.Read More Read Less

Started on 25 MG, not working bump 50 MG, still not working then added Benazepril. Bp ok at home not great when at docs. Started having blood glucose issues, restlessness, tremors, and tachycardia. Doc refuses to take me off that med even though I show her evidence for all these symptoms . I'm also allergic to penicillin. Probably should not even be on this drug. So I made decision to go off it on my own everything but trimmers is gone. Explain that. Sometimes I hate doctors.

I started this drug at 25mg. First day is ok, but my bp still a little over 140/80. On the second day, my bp came down to about 120/80, but I started to have severe vertigo, extreme hot flashes, shortness of breath, fatigue and irregular heart beat. I cut the dosage to half, vertigo became dizziness, but the rest of the symptoms were still there. Called my doctor and got switched to lisinopril. Hope this drug is better.

The Dr. added this drug to the Losartan I am taking. Seems to be bringing my bp numbers down a bit more.

Thank you all you users of this HBP med. I have been wondering what was going on with my body once I took it. Reading your reviews I found several incidents that mocked mine experiences. I have a big fight with my PCP coming up! I am allergic to penisilin (I don't know how to spell it You get the jist) and wondering why my face would swell and I would get shortness of breath suddenly and cramping toes, feet and hands!! Thank you so much for bringing this information to light. Now I have ammunition to fight with! Praise God, praise you all for your courage to speak out! I am not a test dummy or lab rat to be practiced on! I don't mind sharing a diagnosis with a student but these FDA approved sanctions...Got to go! YOU TRY THEM!! Thanks again. MET.Read More Read Less

Started taking this BP pill with another BP pill. First day of taking it made me flush, gave me a headache and raised my blood pressure. Second day I took this BP pill three hours later put me in the ER with TACHYCARDIA.I was so scared of stroking out or going into cardic arrest.It was 12.5 mg.

I took this drug in the past without incident. Multiple years later I was prescribed this drug within 20 minutes I became very ill. I was treated in ER. I had heart kidney and lung damage. At that time doctors did not think this drug caused this. I had High lactic acid level ekg showed MI. I was told I had sepsis. After recovering I again took this drug. The same thing happened. Both times I was in ICU and very ill. I was told this was an anaphylactic reaction. Docs had never seen this before. There is no documentation of this type of reaction. I take different meds now for my hypertensionRead More Read Less

I was on it approximately 8 years. I began having bloating, stomach pain and diarrhea. I had several GI tests which were all negative. I kept researching this drug and found out I shouldn't have been taking it because I am allergic to penicillin. I kept going to my PCP and finally I asked him to take me off it. He didn't want to but I insisted. All my symptoms began going away within 24 hours. I am really disappointed in my doctor and have suffered immensely from this drug.

Began Hydrochlorothiazide with Verapamil for BP treatment at age 39. Then Lisinopril was added at age 43 for my treatment. I have been very satisfied with the results and correction of my BP over the years with very minimal side effects. The only major side effect I have had is occasional light headedness when standing to quickly. Regular lab work has always been within range. Thank You!

Started with lisinopril and HCTZ separately. Developed heat flash/redness. Switched to combo pill. Lately BP risen. Told to double intake. Started to cramp. Told to increase K. Not sure if I want to take 25mg again. Will try more OJ first for K supplement.

Was first put on 12.5 mg and a month later increased me to 25 mg which made my bp shoot up high, 165/118, along with a lot of muscle spasms, sweating, leg and feet cramps, tension headache from lower temple, across face, bridge of nose to the other lower temple, joint pain, extreme dry mouth and bad constipation. Ended up in the ER with bp of 165/118 and small amounts of blood came out of my nose. Enough to scare the crap out of me. This is my 4th hbp medicine and have been allergic to all 4 - every bp family of medicines. Am going to find an alternative medicine route to try.Read More Read Less

Reading all the negative reviews had me worried before I started taking this (25m), but after a month I have to say its worked out great for me! Not only battling with high blood pressure at a young age (per dr), being anemic

I was on this for 6 months I started at 25mg and went up to 75mg thinking that my blood pressure would come down, it did but my potassium went down as well as my magnesium and sodium and I went from being healthy to chest pains and a cough I cant get rid of and my kidneys went all out of wack, with the medication which now I am on nothing right now but potassium pills and still have this damn cough that wont go away, doctor is still monitoring me but I think that with all the side effects it just wrecked my lungs. Read More Read Less

Significantly helped lower my blood pressure along with my Lysinopril in a few days after starting this medication.

Only on it for less than a year, its wreaking havoc on my kidneys. New Dr stopped it immediately.

Have been taking Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg for about five years. I always take my Blood pressure to ensure myself that the medication is definitely required. The fluctuations in my blood pressure has presented grave concern for me, as well as my physician. I usually need the medication about three days out of a week. On a Monday, for instance, often have a BP of 102 over 77. I do not take the Diuretic for obvious reasons. The other medication prescribed is Furosemide 25mg, twice daily. One of my prime difficulties are severe swelling of my legs which radiates to the ankles and feet. When this occurs my BP is always high (140/90 to 170/92. Within an hour of taking the medication my BP is within normal limits. I take a Potassium supplement, 20meq, one tablet each day that I take the diuretics. Over a period of weeks I have developed three Urinary Tract Infections, treated with antibiotic each time controlled and cured the difficulty. A Urinalysis was performed at the Dr.'s office revealing Hematuria. Had a kidney/ Bladder Ultrasound about three weeks ago. Have not received my results as yet. The concern I have is whether the Diuretics prescribed several years ago could have caused some damage to the Kidneys or Bladder. However, Hypertension if left untreated could be the causative factor. Read More Read Less

I had been taking this med for almost 12 years along with atenolol. Over the past 2 years, I started having aching joints. Then more recently started having gout attacks. Note that gout can be exacerbated by diuretics. Doctor moved me to another drug, but blood pressure is way up.