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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
I’m requesting a return to my old meds despite the cough which is preferable to these side effects. I’m overweight anyway and really don’t want to get bigger! I’m glad to have seen these posts because I couldn’t understand what was happening to me. I never had any issues with that. Maybe because it makes us all sleepy, some might experience weight gain I have been on 100mg/25mg Losartan/HCTZ for about a year now and I have not experienced many of the side effects other than maybe the lower back ache and the excess weight gain. In the year that I have been taking this medication I have gained 25-30 lbs and it continues to go up. I recently went to my dr's appointment and in 3 months I gained 8 lbs. I thought it was my diabetic meds but I have stopped taking it and my weight is still increasing. My dr says this medication does not cause weight gain but I am living proof. I have change my weight of eating to exclude ALL carbs & sweets as well as NO snacking. I only have 2 meals a day which consist of a 4-5oz of protein & 1 cup of veggies and increased by walking. Nothing is helping. I will once again ask that my dr change my meds to something else. Wish me luck.. I am so happy that I found this discussion on Losartan! I am 58 years old and have been taking Losartan for a
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