High Blood Pressure
"Benicar is very effective, but has side effects.  It is causing me irritable bowel syndrome and diarrhea. My doctor first put me on Lisinopril, which caused my lungs to feel like they were full of fluid, after having difficulty breathing I stopped that medication.  Then the Dr put me on samples of Benicar and it dropped my blood pressure readings to normal and I didn&#039;t notice side effects but the insurance wouldn&#039;t approve it.  So they approved losartan, which seems to have no side effects but barely reduced my blood pressure, it worked but not very well.  So they got the insurance to approve Benicar, but after taking it for almost 2 months it has caused me to have irritable bowel syndrome, if I stop taking it, I improve, start taking it it gets worse."