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Valsartan Information
Summary of
Interactions with Vitamins, Herbs, and Foods
(for details about the summarized interactions, read the full article)
| Depletion or interference |
None known
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| Side effect reduction/prevention |
None known
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| Supportive interaction |
None known
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| Reduced drug
absorption/bioavailability |
None known
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| Adverse interaction |
None known
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An asterisk (*) next to an item in the summary indicates that the
interaction is supported only by weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific
evidence.
Valsartan Interactions with Foods and Other Compounds
Food
Ingestion of food with valsartan may decrease the maximum blood level of the drug by
50%.1 Therefore, valsartan should be taken an hour before or two hours after a
meal.
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Review Date: 9/13/2007
Medication: Diovan -  - Stay Far Away
Medication Type: Brand Name
Length Taken: Less than 1 month
Strength: 80 mg X 1 times per day
Side Effects: Dizziness, Dry Mouth, Loss of Sex Drive
Other Products Taken: Atenolol
Valsartan is one of many horrible drugs to take. After reading the reactions, and the problems if you take potassium supplements, I have decided this is not the medication for me, contrary to what my cardiologist says. I find it incredible that this site says there are no vitamin interaction problems with this drug, when the information I have located states to the contrary. As for me, I'm going back to my standby, Lisinopril, which is not as bad. Curiously, my blood pressure is already lowered through my efforts of dietary changes and exercise, yet this know-it-all physician stated that once I lost weight and exercised, he would cease the medications. After losing 75 lbs and eating sensibly, he recants and proves his statements were merely lip service. My heart trouble? Idiopathic atrial fibrillation. Translation: happened only once two years ago, cause unknown.
Luca Signorella
Southern California
United States
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Review Date: 10/11/2007
Medication: Diovan -  - Below Average
Medication Type: Brand Name
Length Taken: Between 3 and 6 months
Strength: 160 mg X 1 times per day
Side Effects: Anxiety, Depression, Headache, Dizziness, Mood Swings, Upset Stomach / Diarreha, Loss of Sleep, Loss of Energy, Increased Irritability, Gave Me The Shakes
Other Products Taken: Clonidine
Valsartan is a terrible drug! It lowers the blood pressure, but it causes such bad fatigue that it ruins your quality of life.
Anonymous
North Carolina
United States
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