- I'm not even sure what to title this :( 25th May 2004
... blood pressure medication for a long time. he takes cozaar , monopril and dylakor. The Dr has taken him off cozaar...
- Stubborn BP 2nd May 2004
... day) or
An Angiotensin II blocker (ARB) such as Cozaar , Diovan, Benicar...etc
or
A Calcium channel...
- Zip or Zuzu-Need Advice Again 16th April 2004
... working the system!
Currently I'm using it solely (no Cozaar ) to determine whether the Cozaar is causing my dry ... had to be the thiazide doing it but a week of ONLY Cozaar had me dry as ever....sometimes so bad I need to nearly...
- Question to Diovan Users 14th April 2004
... I'm not raving about Diovan (or Cozaar , which I take). They are severely limited in their...
- Is the Atenolol causing all this??? 13th April 2004
... drugs around. Personally I think a diuretic/ARB like Cozaar (or Diovan, Atacand, Micardis) and HCTZ or indeed...
- Hello, I am new to this board. I was put on DiovanHCT 13th April 2004
... lAura,
I get a substantial BP lowering from Cozaar , but it surprised me because, as viper said, it's ... not usually a pronounced lowering. (Maybe Cozaar does it and Diovan doesn't??)
Zuzu will know....
... heart rate has not been affected at all.
The ARBs ( Cozaar , Diovan, Benicar, etc) do not normally affect heart...
- side effects 12th April 2004
... everyone
my hubby had atenolol 50mg added to the 100mg cozaar he already takes, about a week ago. He says he feels...
- Oral Contraceptives and high blood pressure 3rd April 2004
... mg maxide pill for about 4 years. I tried Toprol, Cozaar , and diuretics and perhaps one other medicine before...
- fuzzy head 3rd April 2004
... hypertension for 2 years and recently started taking 100mg cozaar (was taking 50mg) twice daily, although there aren...
... annoying head at the lower dosage. 200 is really a LOT of Cozaar !...
... replying so quickly. I meant to say he is taking 50mg cozaar twice per day. He has already tried 25mg atenolol ... nephrologist insists he treats it, been taking the cozaar just over a week before the headache and funny head ... strange at first and that its only temporary with cozaar .
emma...
... scontinued the GLASSES!
Anyway,
Have hubby try 50 mg. Cozaar once a day and check for lightheadedness....
... atenolol and told him its not a good idea to reduce the cozaar and to let his body adjust to the meds. He still has...
- A Typical Day On Meds. 1st April 2004
... And have you ever tried the ARBs- Diovan, Benicar, Cozaar , Micardis, Atacand, Avapro et al? They have virtually...
- Insurance won't cover Micardis......but 1st April 2004
... experience zero side effects on whichever one you go with.
Cozaar is the oldest of the three. Tried and true. But I ... there was a head-to-head comparison of Avapro and Cozaar . Both effective, but Avapro had a very slight edge ... doses were needed to achieve desired BP than with Cozaar . I'm all the old adage "less is more". Less of ANY ... be more "renoprotective" (kidney protective) than Cozaar .
I myself am on Diovan...same class... (and like ... reluctant to fool around, even though realistically, Cozaar or Avapro will probably do me just fine. I may switch...
... Phantom,
Go with the insurance company. Cozaar or Avapro are very comparable drugs. Paying for a...
... ALL the brand name drugs we've discussed, but only Cozaar and Avapro are on their "preferred" formulary list ... If I chose to go with their "preferred" Avapro or Cozaar , they would give me a so-called "break" and charge...
- Low systolic/high diastolic? 19th March 2004
... receptor blockers (ARBS) such as Diovan, Benicar, Cozaar , Atacand etc. are virtually side effect free. I'm...
- Diovan with Norvasc- Help? 18th March 2004
... or a diuretic alone) is a good idea.
My current: Cozaar and HCTZ never gives me any trouble (as long as I...
- Docs BP Equip. Ever Calibrated? +Inderal ? 15th March 2004
... remain skeptical though because I've taken 100 mg Cozaar , 80 mg. Inderal, 100 mg. HCTZ, and 10 mg Norvasc for...
- Need advice on tapering off toprol 13th March 2004
... hilery,
You might try an ARB like Cozaar or Diovan (and tons more). They lower BP only very...
... hilery,
You might try an ARB like Cozaar or Diovan (and tons more). They lower BP only very...
... You might try an ARB like Cozaar or Diovan (and tons more). They lower BP only very...
... diosncratic, but I get a 10-20 BPM lowering by taking just Cozaar (losartin.)
I'm with the cardiologist; I wouldn ... giving more palatable:D:D:!)
I just re-started the Cozaar (Couldn't keep below 140 with nothing...DRAT -More ... weight loss needed)
Anyhoo:
Heart rate no cozaar :
3/12: 86, 86, 89
3/14: 82
Re-Re-Re-ReStarted cozaar...
... diosncratic, but I get a 10-20 BPM lowering by taking just Cozaar (losartin.)
I'm with the cardiologist; I wouldn ... quite a fair bit of market share (assuming you can get Cozaar at a lower/equivalent price to the beta blockers! ... within the "normal range".
I just re-started the Cozaar (Couldn't keep below 140 with nothing...DRAT -More ... weight loss needed)
Anyhoo:
Heart rate no cozaar :
3/12: 86, 86, 89
3/14: 82
Re-Re-Re-ReStarted cozaar ... with my cardiologist when I next visit about this Cozaar thingy (assuming I can get it where I live of course...
- children with high blood pressure 10th March 2004
... this, and its making me crazy. She is on 50 mg of Cozaar for the HBP, and also propranolol for migrains. But...
... MEDICATION...more likely the propranolol than the Cozaar since the latter has very few side effects. Betas ... for migraine but for better BP control? Would the Cozaar alone be enough for the HBP?
zuzu xxx...
... problem is that NOBODY ON THE PLANET has ever taken Cozaar or a beta blocker for 70 years. The long term effects...
... MEDICATION...more likely the propranolol than the Cozaar since the latter has very few side effects. Betas ... for migraine but for better BP control? Would the Cozaar alone be enough for the HBP?
zuzu xxx
Hi...
... problem is that NOBODY ON THE PLANET has ever taken Cozaar or a beta blocker for 70 years. The long term effects...
- Need question answered 7th March 2004
... blocker, in the same class as Benicar, Diovan, Atacand, Cozaar , Avapro etc. Of all the BP drugs available, this class...
... blocker, in the same class as Benicar, Diovan, Atacand, Cozaar , Avapro etc. Of all the BP drugs available, this class...
- Switching Within A Class. Success? 4th March 2004
... my limited personal experience (100 mg. and 50 mg. Cozaar ), 10 points would be an absolute maximum on systolic...
... are exactly the same as the published numbers for Cozaar (losartan), soo birds of a feather...
Anyhoo, at...
- weight gain?? 29th February 2004
... something to look forward too? I'm currently on 50mg of cozaar once a day.
Thanks :)...
... Cozaar won't cause much weight gain, if any.
The main...
- Cozaar!!!! 26th February 2004
... like crazy from enalapril (Vasotec). The switch to Cozaar (losartan) just about eliminated the cough....very ... rise.
If you get enough BP control you'll like Cozaar ....
... Hello:
I am hoping someone has good news about cozaar . I started off with an ace inhibitor and developed ... pressure but was great for the cough.
Today I was put on cozaar 50mg and hoping that this cough does not show up again ... with "the cough" and then put on an angiotensin II ( cozaar ) and had better results?
Thanks, jdogadams :)
...
... I use Benicar which is another ARB like Cozaar . Works great. No problems....
- NasalCrom Helps Ace inhibitor Cough 23rd February 2004
... receptor blocker) such as Diovan, Atacand, Benicar, Cozaar , etc, with very good results and no cough! Worth investigat...
... receptor blocker) such as Diovan, Atacand, Benicar, Cozaar , etc, with very good results and no cough! Worth investigat...
- frustrated with lack of progress 20th February 2004
... your ARB?
I like the drug class but if I take Cozaar alone, it's really not good for much more than 10...
- Dry Mouth Side Effect 16th February 2004
... without the beta blocker.
Yesterday I doubled the Cozaar to 100 mg. (to cover for the absent thiazide). Been ... taking Cozaar daily for 5 years and never suspected it.
So today ... and tomorrow and maybe Wednesday, NO Cozaar - nothing but 50 mg HCTZ....we shall see.
Gee, I ... HOPE it's not the Cozaar because I've stockpiled several years worth:(.
... ANYBODY had this problem with any of the ARB's?
If Cozaar isn't found to be the culprit, then the test will...
... swallowing" this (har har) for the entire 5 years on Cozaar ?
Cozaar does have a side effect of dry mouth and...
... s really been only a year or two of dry mouth and Cozaar since '98. I thought about the open mouth and if the...
- High Blood Pressure and Hair Loss 11th February 2004
...
Several months ago, I was prescribed the drug Cozaar in order to ward off potential kidney problems (I ... last year that I came to the conclusion about the Cozaar (on the old health boards, from which I learned about ... Hyzaar" - which caused people to lose their hair.)
Cozaar (losartan potassium) and Hyzaar (losartan potassium...
...
Several months ago, I was prescribed the drug Cozaar in order to ward off potential kidney problems (I ... last year that I came to the conclusion about the Cozaar (on the old health boards, from which I learned about ... Hyzaar" - which caused people to lose their hair.)
Cozaar (losartan potassium) and Hyzaar (losartan potassium...
- Magnesium Suppliments 7th February 2004
... honest I can run a potassium defeciency even with Cozaar (and a low dose thiazide). Last hospital visit they...
- I just purchased an automatic BP cuff 31st January 2004
... ngiotensin 2 receptor blockers, (ARBs). BRAND names include Cozaar , Benicar, Diovan, Atacand, Avapro, Micardis, Teveten...
- lisinopril vs ARB? 26th January 2004
... therefore, gave me the option of lisinopril diovan (or cozaar , avapro). Any thoughts on the best of the bunch. My...
... insurance companies give you a better break with Cozaar . I'm on Diovan and it works great for me...but it ... plan's "preferred" formulary list, so I pay more. Cozaar is on "the list" but it took me so long to finally...
... insurance companies give you a better break with Cozaar . I'm on Diovan and it works great for me...but it ... plan's "preferred" formulary list, so I pay more. Cozaar is on "the list" but it took me so long to finally...
... Then you have no choice but to try the ARB. I take Cozaar and don't LOVE it but it's side effect free (but expensive...
... What is ARB. Also what type of drug is Cozaar . I take an ACE inhibitor, lisinopril. It is suppose...
... Then you have no choice but to try the ARB. I take Cozaar and don't LOVE it but it's side effect free (but expensive...
... What is ARB. Also what type of drug is Cozaar . I take an ACE inhibitor, lisinopril. It is suppose ... Verapamil= CCB (calcium channel blocker)
Avapro= ARB... Cozaar and Diovan are it's sisters.
Lisinopril= ACE inhibitor...
- Is anyone happy with lisinopril? 24th January 2004
... of the ARB's (angiotensin receptor blockers...like Cozaar , Hyzaar or Diovan); more expensive and somewhat less...
... of the ARB's (angiotensin receptor blockers...like Cozaar , Hyzaar or Diovan); more expensive and somewhat less...
- Weird pulse changes -- no explanation 20th January 2004
... wretched stuff.
I am going back to my old way- a little Cozaar , a little thiazide and a liittle morning propranolol...
- Headaches 13th January 2004
... headaches. The original medication that I was on was 50mg Cozaar twice a day but my new doctor said that was not a...
- Most Of These B/P Meds .... 6th January 2004
... blockers (ARBs) with your doctor. That would be Diovan, Cozaar , Atacand etc.
These have the LEAST side effects of...
... significantly better at lowering BP than the older COZAAR , even though they're in the same class. If you are...
... Newsflash!
Was doing some ARB research and it seems that COZAAR 's (Losartan) “dose-response relationship” is minimal ... other ARBs. This means that if a patient starts on Cozaar at the recommended initial dose (50mg daily) and blood ... Diovan, Benicar, Atacand...any of the others! Not Cozaar ....
... about Lotrel. All stuff to talk over with new doc.
Cozaar not quite as effective at lower doses than the other ... ATACAND to state that their drug is more effective than Cozaar , after the CLAIM studies came out. Bottom line: If ... you go onto an ARB, I would choose any but Cozaar .
zuzu xx...
- switch from altace to diovan 20th December 2003
... chaser....yummy.
My cardiologist just pulled me off Cozaar ...he said it's just a weak class of drugs (I agree...
... it is superior to Merck's high blood pressure drug COZAAR (losartan). In making the decision, the FDA agreed ... clinical results showed Atacand performed better than Cozaar .
Interesting, no?
zuzu xx...
... zuzu,
Interesting, yes!
But increasing the Cozaar claims of 10 ish systolic reduction to 12ish won't ... humanly possible.
I'll have to go back to 100 mg. Cozaar , 50 mg Atenolol, and 25 mg HCTZ til I see him....If...
... and get off the ccb NOW.
Regarding Atacand vs. Cozaar :
This is the abstract from the CLAIM studies in ... Candesartan Cilexetil) Significantly More Effective Than Cozaar (Losartan) In Lowering Blood Pressure"
Results ... blood pressure than the most prescribed ARB losartan ( Cozaar ®, Merck) when dosed once-daily.
In the CLAIM Studies...
- question about multiple meds 19th December 2003
... calcium channel bvlocker) told me to discontunie the cozaar and continue the thiazide. I know if i went to another...
- Need Advise On Arb's 1st December 2003
... Emerald,
I take Cozaar , 50 or 100 mg. Can't really get much control with...
- HIGH BLOOD PREASSURE & SEX??? 24th November 2003
... I am about 40 ponts overweight. I started taking Cozaar which didn't include a diuretic but it wasn't lowering...
... I am about 40 ponts overweight. I started taking Cozaar which didn't include a diuretic but it wasn't lowering...
- Is anyone taking Cozaar? 4th November 2003
... i also take 50mg of cozaar , combined with Metoprolol...i had been taking the ... about a month and a half before i was told to add the cozaar ...i was skeptical about taking it at first, but the...
... Well I have been taking cozaar now for 10 days...what a difference!!!...I feel more...
... Well I have been taking cozaar now for 10 days...what a difference!!!...I feel more ... to hear that things are going well for you on the Cozaar ...i stopped taking it about a week ago and i don't...
... blood pressure pill for you? How long were you on cozaar ?
Hope your doing ok...when you were on cozaar...
... blood pressure pill for you? How long were you on cozaar ?
Hope your doing ok...when you were on cozaar...
- Altace and Cough 25th September 2003
... angiotensin 2 receptor blockers (the ARBs), like Diovan, Cozaar , Atacand, Avapro, Benicar. They are often prescribed...
- Ace inhibitor and cough 22nd September 2003
... free, only less cough-causing. I cough a little from Cozaar (another ARB.)
Give a trial with thiazide and see...
- Diltaizem 17th March 2003
... had to add maxide. (I had previously tried Toprol, Cozaar , and one other bp med, but they had all completely...
... the withdrawals of this drug are?
I took [SIZE=3] Cozaar [/SIZE] for just about 1 ˝ years just stopped taking ... [SIZE=3] Cozaar [/SIZE] at the same time what withdrawal are there...
- Headaches/symptoms 10th March 2003
... vision. It finally got better and my BP came down using Cozaar . My new insurance does not want to pay for the Cozaar ... headache and neck pain also came back. I am back on Cozaar (at my own expense $116.00) but I am starting to feel...
