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Does Valsartan Cause Swelling In The Hands?

When I wake up in the morning my hands are so swollen I can hardly bend them. could this be a side effect of VALSARTAN? I have been taking this for some time. Also take Lyrica. The swelling seems to be getting worse. Thank you
Fri, 3 Feb 2017
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Hi
Welcome to health care magic , thanks for query.
You are taking lyrica ( pregabalin) but why ?
You did not mention as this is indicated for many diseases .
While valsartan is an anti hypertensive .
It means , you are a hypertensive patient .
Swelling on your hands may be due to many reasons , few of them are :
1 Side effects of lyrica like weight gain , peripheral edema arthralgia , myalgia ( as you mentioned that hard to bend ).
Valsatan don,t produces such side effects.However in very rare cases sometime valsartan causes angiedema ( rareky).
So for this consult your treating physician.
2 Congestive heart failure is another reason of such symptoms.
3 Chronic renal failure is one such possibility , because you are already a hypertensive patient . Diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for serum creatinine , blood urea , uric acid .
In my opinion consult your treating physician and discuss in detail .
Hope this information will be useful for you .
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Does Valsartan Cause Swelling In The Hands?

Hi Welcome to health care magic , thanks for query. You are taking lyrica ( pregabalin) but why ? You did not mention as this is indicated for many diseases . While valsartan is an anti hypertensive . It means , you are a hypertensive patient . Swelling on your hands may be due to many reasons , few of them are : 1 Side effects of lyrica like weight gain , peripheral edema arthralgia , myalgia ( as you mentioned that hard to bend ). Valsatan don,t produces such side effects.However in very rare cases sometime valsartan causes angiedema ( rareky). So for this consult your treating physician. 2 Congestive heart failure is another reason of such symptoms. 3 Chronic renal failure is one such possibility , because you are already a hypertensive patient . Diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for serum creatinine , blood urea , uric acid . In my opinion consult your treating physician and discuss in detail . Hope this information will be useful for you .