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Thu, Jul 15, 10 at 9:24
| I just started a low dose of lisinopril and wonder if anyone has side effects from it.
Carol |
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| My husband has been on 10mg for about 18 months no problems at all! |
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| I think that is an ace inhibitor, if it is the most common problem is a dry cough. I took it on my roller coaster ride of finding a BP med whose side effects didn't bother me. After two months of taking this med and coughing, the cough turned into a wet cough. I quit....it took two months for it to go away. Most people don't have a problem with it. I take Cozzar now, no problem. |
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| My hubby took it for his heart as he has a defib and it made is blood pressure so low he could hardly go..Plus the cough! Finally after a stint in the hospital he is doing sooooo much better off of it..Linda |
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| I used lisinopril without any side effects at all, other than feeling tired. Of course, it is usually prescribed with a diuretic and/or beta blocker, not by itself, and I had all three types which contributed to the sedation. But I should think that you have little to worry about. |
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| I started on it with a dosage of 30 MG several years ago. With the doctor's OK, I started cutting them in half, so that it was 15 MG. Never had any side effects. I just had a defib installed, after a 'sudden cardiac arrest', a week ago. It was installed 2 days ago. They put me on 2.5 MG. They though the original dosage was way too high. |
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- Posted by finchelover (My Page) on Thu, Jul 22, 10 at 17:40
| I was on it and around March I had started with sore throat and a cough then nasal drip. Thought it was sinuses and had Ct-scan finally may doctor sent me to ENT and he thought it was the Lisinopril. I still think its an allergy to something but the allergist around here won't accept Humana. It's one thing or the other. My problem still unsovled today I feel lousy and this is another day I am running temp of 99 My scratchy thoat isn't as bad or nasal drip since I quit the Lisinopril Good Luck to you |
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| I discontinued taking it, since it made my heart rate beat very fast. |
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- Posted by Ammymickens (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 6:02
| On lisinopril 10mg & bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg. This dropped my blood pressure from 165/110 to 140/90. I had been avoiding increasing the lisinopril to 20mg. In addition to family history of hypertension, I was 115kg (I'm 6' age 47). Gradually over past 7 months got weight down to 80kg. Diet, regular cardio (cross trainer) and anaerobic (weights). Stopped the diuretic. BP 130/80. Initially side effects were persistent, dry coughing but that stopped when I quit smoking. Occasionally a little light-headed a few hours or so after taking. No other problems with lisinopril. |
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| I took it and had the dry cough. It wasn't bad at first but then it turned into a wet cough just like a cold. My doc said it can't do that but it did. When I quit it all went away. It's for blood pressure right. I haven't found many drugs I can take. I tried 4 different blood pressure meds and had serious side effects with all. They weren't deadly side effects, things like the dry cough, weight gain, retaining urine, which could be deadly I guess. I found a new doctor who said they were making my pressure to low that was why I was having dizzy spells. I finally quit taking them and low and behold my blood pressure was normal. It was the doctor's nagging that made it go up. No dizzy more spells. |
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| I used to take a diuretic and , when put on Lisinapril, dr. immediately took me off the diuretic. She said I didn't need both. It controls by bp beautifully with no side effects. |
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| ACE inhibitors are excellent drugs for high blood pressure, post heart attack and congestive heart failure indications. A dry cough does occur not too infrequently however . An alternative that basically works on the same pathway is an ARB-- cheap now that they have gone generic and fewer side effects than ACE inhibitors like lisinopril |
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