diovan and gout?
My husband started taking Diovan hct 160/12.5 mg about 2 years ago. Since then he has continuously had swelling in the arms, hands, feet, ankles, and toes. Could diovan be contributing to this problem? Thanks for any answers.
my father has had gout for years and I mean years. my husband has the very same symptons that my father does. He cant walk or use his hands most of the time. They did give him some kind of gout test and they said it was not gout. But they dont know why this is happening.So someone is hurting everyday constantly and the dang doctors(he has been to 3) cant tell him what is wrong so they recently put him on celebrex also. If they dont know what the problem why would they prescribe him certain meds?
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Hi,
Diovan (valsartin) is a blood pressure lowering medicine that is given for people who are hypertensive, or have had an MI with left venticular dysfunction (side that pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body) or left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Valsartin has nothing to do with gout.
The swelling you describe is NOT gout. Does your husband have comfirmed gout or were you just wondering if this was a new case of gout caused by the meds? Gout is a crystal arthopathy (joint disease) caused by a build up of uric acid in the blood stream (usually caused by eating purine rich food or too much alcohol.) Gout classically causes SEVERE pain of the hallux (big toe) on one foot or the other, pain in the knee or pain in the hands. The textbooks describe this pain as ‘exquisite’ and my father (who suffers from gout) agrees with this term. Gout suffers can’t walk and can’t even stand the pain of a single loose sheet touching the affected part. Gout is treated in the acute phase with pain killers such as NSAIDS and paracetamol (USA = acetaminophen) and in the long-term with a drug called ‘allopurinol’ which stops for the formation of uric acid.
However, back to the question …
The short answer is, yes. But, don’t stop him taking the medicine (your husband is NOT having an allegic reaction to the diovan as that would show up in minutes and would be ambulance type event!)
It sounds like he has developed oedema and needs a diuretic added to his regime. (Can you press fairly firmly on the shin bone above the ankle and does the swelling stay in the depressed position for a while?)
Have him go back to the doctors or call the pharmacy and report what is happening and see what they think.
[The preceeding was NOT medical advice as I'm not licensed yet
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