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What does it do?
This product is used in the treatment of high blood pressure. It contains a diuretic (hydrochlorothiaze) and an angiotensin II receptor antagonist (irbesartan).
Last text update: 2010-12-14
Last data update: 2012-01-14
This product has a black box relating to its risks in pregnancy.
Usage:
Avalide is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.
| Disease/Condition | % |
|---|
| High Blood Pressure | 97% |
| Heart Failure/Edema | 6% |
General Information:
- 7.7
- Avalide Average Satisfaction Score
- 75% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Avalide.
MediGuard regularly polls our more than 3,000 users taking Avalide (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.
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Global Patient Feedback for Avalide
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I have been taking Avalide for about 4 years and it has helped very much. Recently, the pharmacy could not refill my prescription because they said there was none available to them. I called my doctor and he prescribed Avapro 300mg plus HCTZ 12.5mg. This substitution does not seem as effective as Avalide. My blood pressure is averaging about 8 points higher, I have more fluid retention(I am drinking more fluids because of the warmer weather and working outside) and some swelling of the ankles by the end of the day. Could this change in medication be causing this? In talking to my doctor, he said the Avapro and HCTZ was the same as Avalide, but I don't feel the same. Thank you, C. E. P.
- 78 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-05-31 16:53:23
I have taken Avilide for about 3 years now with very minimal side effects. I was taking the 300/12.5 version - then I lost about 24 pounds during an unrelated health crisis last Spring. I have now reduced the dosage to 150/12.5 and it still controls my BP to about 120-125/60-70. Before Avalide I was on just about every BP med available with little effect. For me, Avalide has been great.
- 74 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2010-01-23 14:17:50
I was very happy with availde for more than 2 years with no side effects. About 6 weeks ago I started to feel some back twinges and pain to my thighs that got so bad that I have to get up an hour before my usual time to take ibuprophin to dull the pain so that I am able to walk! My thighs hurt in the from in all kinds of ways and in every spot. sometimes the inside, sometimes just above the knee, sometimes the outside near the hip. Sometimes I feel wear, sometimes my bones ache in my thigh, sometimes it feels like my knees can't support my weight. It continued to get worse almost every day until I stopped taking Avalide 3 days ago. Nothing has improved since then, but I don't get the sense that it is getting worse. I pray that if it is an Avalide side effect, that there is no permanent damage.
- 59 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2009-04-20 08:57:36
