Anyone experience side effects from Lorsartan and Rosuvatatin?

Posted by sheil09 @sheil09, May 17 1:01pm

Inquiring if anyone taking Lorsartan 50mg and Rosuvatatin Calicum 5mg have ever expereinced any side affects.

Thank you
Sheil09

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@sheil09

Same as my primary..He's new to the primary care practice as my primary of years retired.. Well deserved, she was awesome. He is young, married with children lives locally. He listens and repects everything I question or say.
At the end of our visit I follow his direction on my care as I trust and respect him. Ho to is very professional. Sometimes when I first meet a doctor or any clinician, they have read my age on your chart. Fortunately I don't look my age and when we meet they are surprised but they know I have a voice in my care..Mabye TMI...

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Not TMI, it's great to know. There are some great doctors out there, despite the number of people that tend to denigrate the medical profession. I feel grateful that I know some of them.

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@marybird

I know metoprolol doesn't work for some people, I guess I've been lucky in that it has controlled my tachycardias over the years. And even though it doesn't prevent A-fib, it keeps the heart rate down so at least for me, it's more tolerable at the lower heart rate when that occurs.
That's a pretty low heart rate, was that with the metoprolol or without it?
LOL at the idea of the doc being "in love with me. I'm an old hen ( age 77) and he's about 20 years my junior, and happily married from what I can see. He just likes me as a patient, and he tends to think out loud and speak his mind. I suspect he feels that way about many of his patients. He's still very much the professional even so.

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Hi Mary
Feel the care, eh!
Joking yes and you expressed his talk.

Always had low Night Rate. Cold shoulders if I'm not covered up with a sleeve on cooler summer days and diffinitely winter. Often wear a cardy.

Proven over Metoprolol, Nisoprolol and Diltiazem.

Just me. Born in Tokoroa mid North Island NZ and moved Wellington at almost 5 years - 14 and then Auckland, Australia, BOP then BOI and now farer up Coopers Beach Doubtless Bay.

I was amazed. I have a squeezed in Dr's appointment Tuesday. Just enough Diltiazem and no more for Wednesday. So early this week I made appmt end of June! Sorry full.

We have 1 doctor working 1 day week.

I will need to have a squeezed in appmt for June.

The state of Drs in NZ.

cheri JOY

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Losarten can make you sleepy so best to take it at night

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@tuckie

Hi Mary
Feel the care, eh!
Joking yes and you expressed his talk.

Always had low Night Rate. Cold shoulders if I'm not covered up with a sleeve on cooler summer days and diffinitely winter. Often wear a cardy.

Proven over Metoprolol, Nisoprolol and Diltiazem.

Just me. Born in Tokoroa mid North Island NZ and moved Wellington at almost 5 years - 14 and then Auckland, Australia, BOP then BOI and now farer up Coopers Beach Doubtless Bay.

I was amazed. I have a squeezed in Dr's appointment Tuesday. Just enough Diltiazem and no more for Wednesday. So early this week I made appmt end of June! Sorry full.

We have 1 doctor working 1 day week.

I will need to have a squeezed in appmt for June.

The state of Drs in NZ.

cheri JOY

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It's kind of like that here in the US too. Helps if you're an established patient they know, though. If you can get to that status, though.

Hope you can get your meds timely! Might they not renew the prescription earlier even if they can't see you for a month or two? That or sometimes here pharmacies will give you a couple days supply of a medicine you've been taking for a while and they know it's a maintenance medication. They know you need it. Good luck!

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Our Budget arrived yesterday.

To open up appointments a 12mth prescription from 2026! So for some also saves on prescription fees and Drs fees.

Not sure how this works a 12mth SUPPLY? Expiry dates can run out over a a year.

Yes, I am a years' patient and stroke happened in their court. So the nurse can afford me a end of June appointment.

You take care and feel yourself lucky that your 'sweet on you ' doctor is looking after you!

cheri JOY

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@marybird

Just curious here, did your new cardiologist say why he/she recommended that you take Eliquis? Was it possible that the second Holter monitor result that was reviewed by the new cardiologist showed some A-fib on it? It's hard to say what "extra beats that seem benign" might mean- PVCs or PACs come to mind, but it's my understanding that neither these or other types of supraventricular arrhythmias other than A-fib or A-flutter are associated with clot formation in the heart and possible stroke.
I've had paroxysmal SVT for many years, but my first encounter with A-flutter was in 2015, though it stopped on its own after about 4 hours. My cardiologist was conservative in his approach to my taking a blood thinner, he ordered a 21 day monitor after the A-flutter event, and when the result came back not showing either A-fib or flutter, he instructed me to keep an eye on things and if it happened again to go to either an ER or their office for an EKG which would document the A-fib/flutter and then he would start me taking the blood thinner. Over the next few years, I had other atrial tachycardias (not A-fib or flutter), so we I had no need for the blood thinner.

A few years later, after I'd had a pacemaker put in for bradycardia ( tachy-brady thing) that they started seeing short runs of A-fib on my remote pacemaker monitor reports, and even then, the cardiologist said it needed watching but at the low burden of A-fib ( less than 1%) of short duration, blood thinners were still not needed, although he increased my metoprolol to try and keep the A-fib/tachycardia at bay.

After those monitor reports showed several A-fib episodes lasting several hours each, the cardiologist's office called me to come in and discuss this with the doc, and he started me on Eliquis, 5 mg twice/day. I've taken it since then, although my A-fib is still paroxysmal, and mostly of the episodes are of short duration, many less than a minute long. I've had quarterly reports from my pacemaker showing no episodes of A-fib, and I've asked if I really needed to continue the Eliquis. The doc's response has always been that I know as well as he does that the A-fib will return, we never know when it will start, or stop, and I occasionally have longer episodes that may last for 2-3 hours ( sometimes I'm not even aware of them), and there are always the other risk factors, a family history of strokes, I have, so no, there is no stopping the Eliquis. History has shown he's right about that, so I can't argue. And he always concludes those comments about how he'd be "heartbroken" if I had a stroke. I guess I would be too.

I've had no problems at all taking the Eliquis. I don't even notice a tendency to bruise more easily than I did without it, or excess bleeding from small cuts ( though I do my best to avoid injuries, LOL). The main issue with many people, I think, is the expense of the drug. And even with that, I've been able to use a manufacturer's ( Bristol Meyers Squibb) coupon which allows me to get a month's prescription for $10, or $30 for a 3 month supply.

The caveat with that coupon is that it must be used with commercial, not government sponsored insurance. Unfortunately, it can't be used with Medicare Part D, Medicaid or Tricare insurance drug plans. I am insured by Medicare with a secondary insurance with the federal employees BC/BS, and the prescription drug plan is through the secondary insurance. It's a commercial plan, so I'm able to use it with the coupon for the Eliquis. I mention this for those who have commercial insurance, and might be able to benefit from this coupon, it's quite a savings.

Good luck and the best with your healthcare journey.

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Thanks for your input.
It just so happened that the doctor who puts the loop recorder in had recently moved in to an office next to my first cardiologist.

I think that once you've had an episode of AFIB doctors want to keep you on blood thinners. When I mentioned to my 2nd cardiologist that I had two 30 day Holter negative experiences he said "What happens on the 31st day?"

From reading this blog most people can feel AFIB episodes. I have never felt one. I do feel the PVC's when they happen.
I get my 5 mg Eliquis/Apixaban from Canada. The last batch of 200 pills cost $50 through "Discount Canada Drugs." It takes about 3 weeks to get them as they are manufactured in India.
My LDL is down to 31. I watch my diet. The cardiologist cut my 10 mg Atorvastatin down to 1/2 pill every other day. My 1st cardiologist had me on 40mg. a day. I also take 1/2 a 25 mg Metoprolol pill if systolic blood pressure in in the 130's and a Amlodipine if over 140. My heart rate is normally 60 bpm.
I know people who had the Watchman put it as they couldn't stand taking the blood thinners.
Bottom line is we certainly don't want to have a stroke!
Best wishes.

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Yes. Don't know if details matter, but,I am a white male, 81, generally good health. I take 5mg of the rosuvastatin and 50 mg of the losartan. I first started out with atorvastatin that caused pain on my back left and right sides above the hip bone. More on the left side than the right. I switched to the rosuvastatin and the same pains persisted. A respected anesthesiologist told me to switch again to another statin as there is a good chance there is a statin that will not cause this pain. I will make that next switch after talking to my doctor in June when I have my annual physical.

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@vanjak

Yes. Don't know if details matter, but,I am a white male, 81, generally good health. I take 5mg of the rosuvastatin and 50 mg of the losartan. I first started out with atorvastatin that caused pain on my back left and right sides above the hip bone. More on the left side than the right. I switched to the rosuvastatin and the same pains persisted. A respected anesthesiologist told me to switch again to another statin as there is a good chance there is a statin that will not cause this pain. I will make that next switch after talking to my doctor in June when I have my annual physical.

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Hello, I am pleased to read you are in my age field. I take 50 mg Losartan with HCTZ and 5mg of Rosuvastatin with calcium.
Do you only take Losartan and Rosuvastatin without any of medication any medication added like I do.
Sheil09

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