Candesartan

Candesartan 2021-12-17 Person 3 5 0

I've been taking 2 tab 8mg Candsartan at night and 1 tab 5mg Amlodipine in the morning for 8 weeks to lower bp. Now my blood pressure is am 170/85 and throughout the day maybe 147/86.. These medications have done nothing other than make my heart pump harder. I have tried others and I get that dry cough I am feeling frustrated cause I am doing everything correct. I don't drink alcohol, smoke and eat a healthy diet. I believe it's menopausal created. I have never had high blood pressure like I do now. I'm tired throughout the day. Tough when normally you are an active healthy fitness advocate who loves to run and swim. Now it's hard to breath and my joints and muscles hurt all the time. Doctors don't know why? Right..I keep telling them why and they won't listen

Candesartan 2019-11-21 Person 1 5 0

I took this for less than two weeks. It became unbearable. I started off with really heavy heart palpitations, then came the hoarseness (having to clear your throat and changes to the tone of voice in mid sentence - not great in a work setting) I checked in with my local pharmacist and they confirmed it can interfere with heart function. A week in and it hadn't even seemed to lower my blood pressure. I knew it was meant to reduce high blood pressure but that was about it. (I don't understand how it actually works) Second week in, the palpitations were still going strong and then the chest pain started. And that's where I drew the line. I stopped it right away. Enough was enough.

Candesartan 2019-09-10 Person 2 5 0

I have been taking 4mg Candesartan for around 18 months along with 5mg Amlodipine taken at the same time of day. I used to take ACE inhibitor Lisinopril but found the constant coughing and clearing of my throat too much, hence switching to Candesartan. To my utter disappointment I found the coughing, clearing of my throat along with wheezing in bed at night did not go away. Now I am a 61 year old ‘fit’ male who has never ever smoked and does a lot of mountain/fell walking etc. I decided to drop Candesartan altogether and can you believe my coughing has stopped by around 80% so I am now torn at what to do next whether to see my GP and try something else or not. However all this said I have not eliminated the Amlodipine yet but I have researched on the web with an overall consensus that Amlodipine does ‘not’ cause upper respiratory problems or coughs. So I guess I have got a little more experiments do yet. I hope this helps some of you with similar problems with coughs and wheezing.

Candesartan 2018-10-24 Person 3 5 0

I take Candasartan for migraine. So far it has been going well however I have had constant urticaria (hives) as a side effect, this has been managed using Loratadine 10mg.

Candesartan 2018-03-17 Person 2 5 0

Hi, prescribed 2 mg leading to 16 mg slowly, for migraine prevention. simply cannot cope. one week now. all limbs ache, feel sick, headache, tired, swollen limbs may be causing the stiffness, light headiness. I really wanted this to work but im facing day 7 now of feeling drug induced dreadful, id rather face my horrid frequent oh so painful migraines than feel like this. I have naturally low blood pressure. feel like a failure but i cant continue on this drug.