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What is Valsartan?

Valsartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used in the treatment of high blood pressure, of congestive heart failure (CHF), and post-myocardial infarction (MI). Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 55 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 21 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Hypertension 5 1 Efficacy_major
General health 2 0
Developed hypertension during trial stop of Xanax. 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Valsartan

Elevated blood pressure 1
Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension 1
Headache at start and with increased dose 1

Reported Dosages

  40 mg daily 160 mg 80 mg daily 160 mg daily 320 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 43 Number of Patients: 43 30 Number of Patients: 30 15 Number of Patients: 15  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Valsartan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 45%
Expense 3   Expense: 27%
Other 3   Other: 27%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 18%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 18%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Valsartan

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Valsartan

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Valsartan

Always
 19 95%
Usually
 1 5%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Valsartan

Very
 2 10%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 10%
Not at all
 16 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Valsartan

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 6%
$50-99
 1 6%
$25-49
 8 50%
< $25
 6 38%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.