I had the usual run around with all the classes. Betas made me fell 90 years old. Lotrel rotted, gave me the coughs plus norvasc had a lot of side effects and accupril the same. HCT tons of side effects. I'm on diltiazem 360mg and benicar 20mg.No real side effects- I run a 1/2 marathon and average 18-25 mile a week running. I still wonder about the diltiazem- I don't feel any side effect but I'm not real real confident on the long term effects of channel blockers. Dilitiazem is supposedly a mild channel blocker and I swear by ARBs(especially diovan and benicar). Diltiazem will lower your pulse (mine is resting 54-59BPM). So this is a great combo for me.