YES I HAV BEEN TAKING DIOVAN FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS WITH NO THING WRONG NOW THAT IM AM IN A HMO HEALTH PLAN I WAS GIVEN THE GENIRIC VALSARTAN,AND IM NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT READING ABOUT THE SIDE AFFECTS OF THIS GENIRIC DRUG VALSARTAN IT HAS MANY MANY MANY MORE SIDE AFFECT'S THAN THE DIOVAN THREE DAY'S AGO I HAS LOOSE LOOSE BM MOVEMENTS WHERE I HAD TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION FOR ANTI-DIARRHEAL,AND I JUST READ ON INTERNET THAT VALSARTAN GENIRIC FOR DIOVAN DOES NOT WORK WELL IN BLACK PEOPLE,AND THIS PART DIOVAN SAYS NOTHING ABOUT NOT WORKING WELL IN SOME BLACK PEOPLE,WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOLANDA