high blood pressure
"I was prescribed Valsartan (generic of Diovan) 80 mg, plus Metoprolol ER 25 mg.  I've been taking these for about 6 months, during which time I've had muscle stiffness, joint pain, decreased urine flow, cough, vision changes, and some of the other listed side effects.  I stopped Valsartan a week ago , and stopped Metoprolol 3 days ago.  The past two days, I've never felt better and my blood pressure is about the same as it was on the drugs.  Not ideal yet but not in the danger zone.  Both of these drugs have many of the same side effects and both generic.  C-Span televised a hearing not long about about generic drugs, and I learned that most of them are now made in China and India."