There are 148 ratings for the drug: PRINIVIL in the Askapatient database.

Key to ratings for prinivil: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine.

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1	Hypertension	Weight gain, swollen feet, major depression	This drug was horrible! It interfered with my Wellbutrin and made me gain 10 lbs in 2 weeks. Also messed up my menstrual cycle. Just awful.	F	33	2 weeks 1X D		6/30/2010
2	hypertensiom	hair loss	Severe hair loss over a period of two years on this drug. Thyroid and hormone problems were ruled out so I researched and discovered hair loss occurs with this drug in some folks. There are several articles on the web linking hair loss to this medicine.	F	53	2 years 20 1X D		5/16/2010
1	Hypertension	The worst coughing spells day and night.	Dr kept treating me for post nasal drip, nothing helped. I finally looked up side effects.it causes coughing! Dr said Oh I didn't think of that! Changed meds and immediate relief!	F	65	1 years 30mg 1X D		5/9/2010
4	high blood pressure	Annoying little cough, usually right at bedtime (10 pm), after taking the medicine in the morning (10 am). I've tried taking the medicine at different times, to see if I can change when the coughing starts, but it always seems to hit when I hit the sack.	Other than the annoying cough, which only lasts an hour or two, the med worked great. Lowered my Blood Pressure from 138 to 140 opver 104, to 115 over 82. Worked so well, I may start taking it only every other day.	M	53	1 months 10mg 1X D		4/11/2010 Email
5	High BP	Minor fatigue. Also take Toprol XL 100 mg for PSVT.	Works well and lowered BP when Toprol alone couldn't.	F	36	3 months 5 mg 1X D		4/9/2010
1	to thin blood after QUAD by-pass	Extreme swelling of lips tongue and throat.		M	64	2 weeks 10 1X D		4/5/2010
2	high blood pressure	developed dry cough after 3 weeks	did control blood pressure	F	39	2 months 20 mg 1X D		3/30/2010
5	high blood pressure	Flushing,light headed, tired	After the first dose I took half a pill for a week to adjust slowly then I was fine with full dose. I also take it at bedtime. It lowered blood pressure with in 2 hours of first dose. 150/90 to 113/76 No more side effects.	F	55	20 days 10mg 1X D		3/27/2010
1	HBP	Watery eyes, runny nose		M	63	1 days 20 1X D		3/24/2010
1	hypertension	insomnia, rashes, hives,INSOMNIA is permanent now into the fourth month; got rid of rashes with vinegar	it takes three months to get the poison out of the system but insomnia impulses remain and doctors are clueless. I offered my doctor five pills so both of us could be on same page. He declined.	F	64	5 days 5 1X D		3/6/2010 Email
2	HBP	coughing, joint pain, tired, blurred vision		M	60	6 days 10mg 1X D		2/22/2010
1	Occassional hi blood pressure	At first I experienced no side effects, not even the dreaded cough. But somewhere in the beginning of the second year I began experiencing extreme depression, fainting spells, low pulse, a general sense of unwellness and a continuous ache in the area just below my breastbone.	I was told these symptoms were probably related to Carvedilol, which I was taking at the same time. Cut the dosage of Carvedilol by half, made no difference. Finally I couldn't stand the general feeling of unwellness any more, so went to another doctor, who gave me an abdominal ultrasound. Her diagnosis was sludge in the gallbladder. I know everyone my age has sludge in the gallbladder, so I started looking for other causes. After reading this site, I quit the Lisinopril. I felt better within days, all symptoms of tiredness and unwellness gone. I would not recommend that anyone take this drug for granted. It can sneak up on you.	M	70	2 years 20 mg 1X D		2/12/2010 Email
4	High BP	My BP had been creeping up slowly the last few years. Since I'm thin, don't smoke, limit my salt, exercise regularly and eat mostly a light Mediterranean diet, there weren't any lifestyle adjustments I could make. So, my doctor suggested Lisinopril. The first few days on the drug were rough. I was weak, very tired, had chills and felt unwell. At night there was a pressure in my head that made it difficult to sleep. I also had a tickle in my throat that caused an occasional cough. On the fourth day I began to feel human again. Slowly the side effects have modulated so that the only thing I notice now is that I tire out easily.	My pressure dropped from 178/100 to 90/60 the first day. So, I decided to tough it out and try to adjust. And I have. My BP has stabilized at round 115/75, which I'm satisfied with. I'm hoping that the longer I take it the less tired I will be.	F	60	2 weeks 10 MG 1X D		2/9/2010
3	heart failure, hypertension	no side effects but no real control	I have to check pressure before taking this med because sometimes my numbers are very low, too low, and I feel too ill to get off the sofa if I take the prescribed dose. Other times the numbers are sky high even though I have taken it regularly. So where's the control it is supposed to be providing?	F	68	1.5 years		1/31/2010
1	hypertension	allergic reaction to medication included excessive swelling of face and eyes, chest pain, arm pain	Didn't feel too great about 3 hours after first dose, then progressively got worse until day 3 of meds after which my doctor finally said to stop taking it.	F	39	3 days		1/31/2010
1	High blood pressure	Dry hacking cough that would not go away. Bothered my work. Coughed so much that I couldn't sleep. But I have other side effects that others may also have but don't attribute to this awful, awful drug. One side effect is that my allergy symptoms increased. I would sneeze hard 5-10 times in a row and have these sneezing spells 4-5 times a day. I would even wake up at night to sneeze. Nothing helped with the sneezing - not Benadryl, not Zyrtec, not Sudafed, not Coricidin. I was stuffed up continuously, all the time that I am coughing. Sometimes I could tell that the coughing was triggering the sneezing. The sneezing stopped immediately after stopping this horrible drug. I experienced tingling in my hands and feet as well as warmth in my hands and feet occassionally. That stopped when I stopped this drug. But the weirdest side effect that I had was that I felt my feet were cold when in fact they were very warm. I wore double socks to bed even in the summer and my feet felt cold	The whole reason I am writing this is to help some poor suffering soul that is coughing a lot,sneezing a lot, feeling cold or having other weird sensations and can't figure out why. The drug made my life miserable. Oh, almost forgot the most important thing. It didn't do anything for my mildly high BP. In fact, with so much coughing and hard sneezing so frequently, my BP went up!! I know every drug has side effects but this drug is worthless. Now on Cozaar. Wondering what problems it will cause.	F	63	9 months		1/12/2010
1	High Blood Pressure	COUGH, COUGH, COUGH! Constant coughing.	After reading all the coughing comments, I realized it was the medication that was making me cough. Doctor changed to a different med, and I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED COUGHING.	M	62	1 years		12/24/2009
1	HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE	Coughing, Coughing and more Coughing! Dizziness and heart flutter when I lay down to try to sleep -- although sleep didn't happen because of the constant coughing.	Miserable existence with the coughing. Nothing would stop it (no cough meds.). Lived with a cough drop in my mouth, even while I tried to sleep.	F	48	8 weeks		12/22/2009
1	HBP	Dry cough. So bad it keeps the whole house up. Especially bad in evenings and at 5am (of course). Off for a week now and still coughing (was told can take 2 weeks to go away)	Every person I have met/know who has taken this poison has had the cough. Some doctors are clueless and the cough...my pharmacist new all to well about the "lisinopril cough" though. I'm trying old school diuretic + diltiazem for now. If that's not successful here in a couple weeks the cardioligist wants me to try Avapro.	M	36	5 weeks		12/1/2009
3	High Blood Pressure	persistent dry cough...always felt like I had a "tickle" in my throat just below the Adam's apple. Also had weird short term memory issues, like I wasn't "in the moment," such as walking away from an ATM machine with my card still in it (I had my ATM card replaced 4 times because of this).	Finally got sick of it and stopped taking it. Doc put me on 8mg of Atacand and in combination with some great whole food supplements, I feel great now but won't take Lisinopril again. My 65 yr old father has been on this drug for 15 years and has a dry cough all the time too.	M	39	3 months		11/13/2009 Email
4	hypertension 140+/90's	dry throat, difficulty swallowing, fatigue	I am also taking metoprolol, so I do not think my now normal BP's are entirely due to lisinopril. My doctor prescribed it for the kidney-saving effect in a type 2 diabetic.	F	63	2 years		10/6/2009
1	High BP	blinding headache, sweats, clamminess, nausea, faintness, exhaustion, horrible tablets.		F	37	1 days		9/12/2009 Email
3	Lisinopril	This brought my BP down but I developed the dry cough and itching. But not to the extent that some have claimed. At least not yet. I also take Crestor which causes it's own problems.	I am 74 and I felt good until I began taking Crestor and Lisinopril. I now feel like I'm am 85 or more.My doctor says I will have to take them the rest of my life. I"m not going to do that. I think O.K. I would rather live a few less years than live to 90 and feel like crap all the time.	F	74	1 years		8/21/2009
4	hypertension	muscle cramps, decreased libido		M	69	3 years		7/30/2009
3		If any of you are taking NEXIUM (the purple pill)and have aching joints, (back, neck, fingers) nerviousness, pounding heart, muscle cramps, muscle twiching and many other symptoms, I would start by looking up the side effects of Nexium. You will probably be shocked as I was.		M	38			7/19/2009
1	high blood pressure	While taking this drug for 5 months (about 5 or 6 years ago) I endured such severe, chronic coughing that I couldn't leave my house without lozenges. The amazing thing to me was that neither my internist nor my pulmonologist associated Lisinopril with this cough, assuming it was asthma-related. One day a girlfriend came over, heard the cough, and stated, "You sound just like my husband when he started taking Lisinopril." At that point I went on line and was amazed to see report after report of patients experiencing this side effect. I immediately stopped taking this drug. Fortunately, this side effect disappeared. Such was not the case with Fosamax and Simvastatin; I suffer greatly from their ongoing adverse effects.	Why do our doctors seem so reluctant to attribute these side effects to drugs? I like my doctors, and I go to a hospital with the best reputation in my city. Medication adverse effects have really compromised my health.	F	62	5 months		7/19/2009
2	Hypertension	Severe dry coughs throughout the day and night. Very dry unproductive coughs that were hard to contain and control. The coughing was so bad I woke up every night from my sleep due to the coughing attacks. I actually started to take Robitussin DM to quell the coughs until I finally told my doctor that it wasn't working out for me. It did control my blood pressure to a good level though. I also had the usual lightheaded feeling if I got up off my couch or chair after I have been sitting for a while.	Used it for about 4 months and I do not think I had the severe coughs in the beginning. Not sure but I think it progressively got worse.	M	38	4 months		7/18/2009
3	HBP	Tickling cough is eliminated with iron supplementation, but I feel tired and groggy a lot and have frequent urination.		F	44	2 months		7/16/2009
3	prehypertension	Dry cough, dizziness.	This medication lowered my blood pressure but the cough got so bad I stopped taking it. The cough went away after about a week. I can't see that any of the alternatives are much better so I am trying to control blood pressure with diet and exercise.	M		3 years		6/25/2009
2	BP	Cough, cough and cough!!!!	I am going to have to go off this! The cough started during the swine flu scare. Every time I started my coughing fit,finally ending in a gag, people would scatter. I have been on it for 2 months and the coughing is not subsiding. I have to bring my right knee to my chest because the coughing is so severe I feel as if its causing a hernia in my right abdomen. This is nuts!	M	55	2 days		6/13/2009
2	Kidney protection	So far, major abdomenal pain in my lower front abdomen, both sides	I was prescribed lisinopril for my kidneys. I have chronic kidney failure (Stage 3) and the nephrologist prescribed this to slow down any further failure. I just started 5 days ago, and 3 days ago I started having a "stomach ache". I take 1/2 pill at night. My BP is quite low as it is. If it causes coughs, that is no good as I have asthma and cough all the time. If my pain continues, and the coughing worsens, I'm going to stop taking it.	F	51	5 days		5/27/2009
2	High Blood Pressure	Extreme Abdominal Pain. Onset after 3 days of starting medication. Pain would ease as the dose would wear off and would increase after taking the daily dose. Pain resolved after switching back to my prior medication.	No other side effects and until the abdominal pain started, I was pleased with the medication. The abdominal pain was so intense that I thought I might have appedicitis. Called my MD and they recommended I switch back to my prior prescription but they doubted that the medication was the cause and that I would likely need to be seen in office in the next day or so, or the ER, (this occurred over a weekend) if the pain continued to worsen. Pain was so extreme that hydrocodone did not alleviate it. Only felt better lying still on my back and waiting for medication to wear off as next dosing time approached. This was not the med for me. Switched from prior med due to medication cost and some other long-term side effects that my doctor was trying to alleviate.	F	33	6 days		5/12/2009 Email
2	hypertension	Cramps in hands and feet, lower back, and sudden lightning-like cramps throughout my abdomen, increasingly worsening dry hacking cough	I was being treated for a herniated disc in my lower back at the time I was put on this med. The cramps and cough only extended my treatments as each contributed to more and ongoing pain. It controlled my b/p well, but the side effects weren't worth it.	M	44	2 months		4/11/2009
3	Hypertension	I started taking lisinopril 20mg Nov. 12, 2008. I've never smoked poison ivy before, but that's how I describe the constant side effect. Sinus and upper jawbone/gums, upper chest. I get the gag/cough occasionally, but it's not as bad as the steady, allergic feeling it gives me.	It's been great at keeping my BP down, but the side effect keeps me worried about it. Hard to concentrate on anything.	M	44	5 months		3/23/2009 Email
3	Prinivil	Burning feet when standing...pins and needles in feet as well. Tired during the day.	I've been taking Prinivil or a generic version for about 18 yr. Does control hypertention but have recent discovered that it's the sours of my burning feet which prevents me from standing for more that a few minutes and really limits my walkikg ability. With increase in dose from 20mg to 40mg....feet burn all the time. I have also tried Tenormen which has the affect of shutting me down. I can't exersice and gain wt...which is counter productive. It seems the the generic versions are worse the the trade version.	M	54	18 years		3/17/2009 Email
1	Hypertension	Swelling in hands, especially my left hand. Puffy feet; puffy eyelids. Loss of libido. Nasty gagging cough and greatly increased gag reflex. Increased arthritis symptoms.	I was already taking Crestor when I started Lisinopril and the two of them were a particularly potent, nasty mix. My left hand which does have arthritis had swollen some with Crestor, but with Lisinopril it has swelled so hugely I often cannot come close to making a fist with it. It has been extremely painful and worrisome. Because I have arthritis anyway it was a little hard to realize what was happening. I have also been dieting (not perfectly but I have been eating much better in general) and... gained weight. There has been a disgusting increase in my gag reflex, so much that it is becoming hard to swallow pills or brush my teeth. And a gagging cough will strike from nowhere to make me wonder if this is the time I will vomit with it — embarrassing, to say the least. Because the Crestor had already done me ill, it's hard to say how much more of this is due to the Lisinopril, but enough definitely is that I am confident I do NOT want to take this drug. Oh, and it didn't	F	58	3 months		3/6/2009
5	high blood pressure	None		F	57	2 years		1/17/2009
1	BP	Soon after I began taking Lisinopril I began coughing. After about two weeks the Dr. upped the dosage and that's when the coughing began in earnest. I had no idea what was going on and went to a walk-in clinic near work and got antibiotics and cough meds. Nothing helped. Would wake up at night choking and gagging...coughing until I vomited. I couldn't breathe. Had muscle pain and my chest was hurting so bad from coughing. The coughing made no sense. I had no fever, no anything but a horrible cough that would come in fits. I finally went to another Dr. and he told me right off that it was the medicine. I've only been off the meds for a couple of days and the coughing is still bad. Hopefully it will get better soon.		M	58	6 weeks		12/13/2008
2	Pre-hypertension	Hacking cough.	I knew Lisinopril caused a bad cough, but after 3 months I thought I was one of the lucky ones: I had no symptoms whatsoever. But then it started. I thought I was choking to death. It was particularly bad at night, or in any environment that was dry (like the train). I finally switched to Mycardis which is so far fine. Lisinopril did a great job on my blood pressure and is dirt cheap, so I was sorry it didn't work for me. I guess the point of my post is to make people aware that just because they don't get any side effects at first doesn't mean you won't get them eventually.	F	57	4 months		12/6/2008
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2	high blood pressure	tired and fatiged most of time. Depression and sense of worthlessness		M	60	2 years		12/1/2008
1	High Blood Pressure	About 3 weeks into the med I started experiencing a terrible, hacking, dry cough and asthma like symptoms especially at night. I would wake up coughing and wheezing to the point where I would vomit.	I was talking with a pharmacist friend and mentioned my cough. The first question she asked was if I was on a HBP med. She said that was it. I've been off of it for 2 weeks and my cough is slowly going away. The doctor said that it could take up to a month for the cough to go away.	F	33	2 months		11/6/2008
1	High Blood Pressure	Coughing fits, unable to talk, cough all night long. Lung infection. cough to the point of throwing white felm, always peeing on myself due tothe cough. Drug needs to be taken off market	This drug did lower my blood pressure, but I felt like I loss years of quality health in 3 weeks. I now have rx for Cozzar, I have just taken the first pill.....	M	47	21 days		10/29/2008
3	High BP	Terrible hacking cough, "fall over at the desk" afternoon drowziness that interferes with job performance! Experienced dizziness & associated nausea initially but taking the at night lessened that side effect. The cough is severe to the point of gagging and disrupts normal activities such as sleeping, attending church service, movies, etc. I have always had boundless energy but not since taking this medication. Fatigue is definitely a problem.	Combined with HCTZ it does control the high blood pressure	F	64	30 days		10/27/2008
5	High Blood Pressure	None - I thought. Now that I have read the other comments - I realise that I have had cramp in the calf muscles several times and a sore back ( not spinal , but the muscles across the back -however I am very top heavy - so I put the back pains down to that). My Doctor has increased the dosage very very slowly. I started on 5mg, then 10mg, then 20mg and finally 40mg. Only when I was prescribed 40mg - did it make any difference to my readings.Readings textbook now apparently.	When dose increased to 40mg - also prescribed water tablets - 2.5mg Bendroflumethiazide.	F	49	17 months		10/24/2008
1	HBP	After one tablet got huge hives.	Immediaely stopped, obviously am alergic to something in it.		62	1 days		10/22/2008
5	High Blood Pressure	None	Was on Lisinopril due to borderline high blood pressure (but possibly just "white coat" syndrome). Went off of it 10 months ago and was fine up until 2 weeks ago when a BP check was really high. Was put on Norvasc which did nothing to help for a week, put back on Lisinopril and immmediately BP was in normal range.	F	41	2 years		9/17/2008
1	BP	thought i was going crazy, lightheaded, lack of appetite, heart racing with palpitations, tingling arms, anxiety, depressed, wired, couldn't eat or sleep, found myself in the emergency room after 15 days because my heartrate was 138	HATE THIS DRUG	F	31	17 days		8/28/2008
4	high blood pressure	slight cough	Reduced blood pressure somewhat	F	47	4 months		8/18/2008
4	High Blood Pressure	Low heart rate	I monitor my blood pressure and I'm careful about the amount of fluids I take in. It is very effective for my high blood pressure.	M	43	1 years		8/13/2008
4	High Blood Pressure	Light diziness. Took Eon Labs version for 6 months, no problems. Pharmacy changed to different manufacturer, became less effective. Had to ween myself off one brand and into other brands.	Light weight gain. Initial problems exercising, but can now do much much more than any year of past 8 years. Cough could have been a factor but I managed to ignore the tingling in throat and it hasn't been a problem but just a few times. Went from 160/100 to 100/60. Exercise is very very important, not just to me but the way my body reacts from doing it.	M	41	10 months		8/10/2008
1	Myocarditis (Infection of the heart	Numb/tingling of toes and hands when I sleep and after I work out. Hands occasionally get real hot. Arms and hands feel week.	I don't know why I am still on this medicine because all tests (heart catheter, EKG X 2, echocardiogram X 2, bp (in fact my blood pressure is rather low now)) have all come back completely normal. Doctor wants me to stay on it for 4 more months until I can take a stress test. She believes there is nothing wrong with my heart now. These symptoms are driving me crazy.	M	39	2 months		7/30/2008 Email
1	high B.P,	body rash where suntan, muscle cramps tired, throat swelling,. heart palpitations. two day's of poisonings.	your website says's its a snake poison what do you expect.maybe I can try some frog poison.	M	57	2 days		7/28/2008
1	Hypertension	wow, thought i was going crazy, lightheaded, nausea, lack of appetite, heart racing with palpitations, tingling legs, anxiety, depressed, tired, felt completely like crap.	did bring bp down, but, so not worth feeling like i was going to die	F	42	3 months		6/5/2008
1	High blood pressure	Fatigue, coughing, out of breath, difficulty exercising, muscle pain on exertion, weakness	I only took lisinopril for 4 days, it made me feel so bad. I was coughing all the time, and got out of breath very easily. When I tried to exert myself my muscles ached, like they were fighting me every step of the way, and on top of that I felt as weak as a kitten. I switched to atenolol and that was much better. Now I'm going to try Benicar.	M	51	4 days		5/30/2008
5	hypertension	I have taken a low dose (5 or 10 mgs.) of lisinopril for about 27 years. It is currently very effective at 5 mgs. I never had the cough problem. It does not help my recent PVC arrythmia but the two beta blockers I tried pulled my heart rate too low at times.	This has been an effective drug for me with no side effects except for the recent somewhat worsening of my over-active bladder problem.	F	62	27 years		4/14/2008
1	High Blood pressure	A cough so bad that I was prescribed first, steroids then an antibiotic. A chest xray(normal). Allergy medicines, nasal spray, cat scan to check for sinus infection(none). Finally when visiting my son's family in Ohio, and the cough was so bad that I was gagging and having a hard breathing and talking when cough hit, I called my dr (after she had been treating me for 3 1/2 months for this cough, sweating, joint pain and fatigue like I have never had). She had her office tell me to go to an emergency room. I was making a list of the meds I took, to take to the emergency room, and called the pharmacy I get prescriptions from and asked first to speak to the pharmacist. I asked her to check the meds that I took to see if there was anything that could be causing my problem. She spotted Lisinopril HCTZ. She told me that this cough was the biggest reason that people drop this med. I was aggravated enough that my dr had not known that this might happen that I decided not to call my dr back. I	I started this because of cost of Norvasc that I was taking. Guess I will have to cough up the $$ for something that I can take.	F	67	4 months		4/9/2008 Email
1	lower my blood pressure	Horrible dry cough that makes me choke. Foggy head, and sleepy.	Dr did not tell me that it could make me cough.	F	57	210 days		4/8/2008
2	HBP	weakness, dry cough, no appetite,lost weight,did not feel like myself--made me feel old and tired and sick and I NEVER have felt like that	went off it after 2 months and felt like myself again	M	57	3 months		3/21/2008
2	Hypertension 140/95	I am a runner (10 miles/week) both before and during the time I took this med. Side effects: (1) Weight gain around the middle front abdomen and on the side and back of hips and waist ("What is that thing on the side of my hip?") despite no changes in exercise or diet; (2) 'Collapsing fatigue': A strange shutting-down postural fatigue (not yawning or about to fall asleep, but like I cannnot maintain a sitting posture and need to collapse into my own lap); (3) extreme arm, shoulder, and neck muscle fatigue (at work I noticed this at my desk and at home I could not hold up a wire coathanger with a light tank top on it for more than about 20 seconds); (4) toe, foot, and calf cramps when resting; (5) metallic smell and taste with a fatigued feeling in central part of my face behind my forehead and upper nose.	My doctor got irate when I mentioned fatigue and said the drug could not cause fatigue. "Has not been shown in studies." He did not understand that I wasn't "tired" with "fatigue". I was having muscle fatigue and cramps. Stopped taking Lisinopril in late October and luckily the fatigue and cramping went away overnight; most of the weight disappeared gradually over about 2 months. I'm trying Diovan HCT now, but side effects seem to be similar and I have been reluctant to take it for more than a day or two at a time.	F	42	90 days		3/18/2008 Email
1	High Blood Pressure	Fatigue, constantly tired, low bp readings, fast pulse rates, muscle aches, joint pain, heavy sweating at night, chills	My side effects started the day I started taking the medicine and now I am 1 week out and have felt terrible every day. I feel like a truck ran over me and then backed up and ran me over a second time. My wife finally got ahold of the doctor and he said that it sounds like it is not a good match for me. He told me to stop taking the drug and to go back to my old HBP medicine. I didn't take the lisinopril today and I still feel like hell. I wonder what the half-life of the drug is. BTW: I was only on a 10 mg. a day regimen.	M	65	1 weeks		2/22/2008
1	To lower high blood pressure.	Horrible cough, sinus/upper respitory infections (asthmatic bronchitis), fatigue, heart "flutter", aching feet, over-emotional, weight gain, headaches, ended up in the ER with Angio Edema.	Ended up in the ER with Angio Edema: woke up around 1am with my bottom lip swollen and huge!! ER tried Benadryl & adrenaline, etc. - NOTHING helped - lip got bigger and bigger! Was then admitted to hospital, because they were afraid the swelling would block off my breathing. HORRIBLE, scary, and expensive experience. Dr.'s took me OFF of Lisinopril, and put me on to Diovan HCT - a whole other nightmare. I will NOT take either of these meds again! Trying to control BP naturally.	F	38	1 years		1/28/2008
1	Blood Pressure	Medicine from hell! Turned my female regions bloody and raw!Made skin down my between butt cheeks crack and tear open!Also raw under breast where bra rubbed!Also cracking of skin around nose and mouth!This took less than two weeks to do this. Also had trouble and pain urinating.	This is an allergic reaction to this medicine.	F	46	14 days		1/22/2008
1	HBP	Horrible, dry hacking cough. Cough was so bad I sometimes ended up gagging. Very disruptive to my life. My coworkers begged me to see a different doctor, my husband couldn't sleep because of my coughing, I hadn't had a solid nights sleep in months! Was going to bed with cough drops in my mouth - surprised I didn't choke! Doctor gave me cough medicine w/ codeine, but that only gave me 4 hours of sleep - at best. Finally, I read the website and immediately called my doctor. He felt bad, but nothing like what I went through for almost 6 months! QUESTION - I've been off of the drug for 4 days and I'm still coughing (although not as bad). How long did it take for the coughing to stop??	Worked great in reducing my BP. But there are lots of other medications that the doctor can substitute!	F	48	6 months		1/7/2008
4	high blood pressure	rare dry cough and slightly increased leg cramping episodes	Initially disgnosed with extremely high blood pressure, I was put immediately on Lisiniprol with a diuretic. Began feeling a little "loopy" in the head. Dr. re-prescribed Lisiniprol without the diuretic and rare problems since then. Blood pressure under control.	M	44	6 years		1/2/2008 Email
2	high blood pressure	Dry, tickle-in-throat, hacking cough that just wears me out! My ribs and chest hurt. The cough interrupts my sleep; the cough seems to be at its worst in the morning and at night. The cough is not productive exept occasionally I see an 1/8 tsp. of clear phlegm after a severe coughing spell. I had a chest x-ray "just to be sure", but the doctor is almost sure the cough is a side-effect from the lisinopril/HCTZ. She changed my medication to Benica HCT. Just started it today..we'll see how it works in a month.	The lisinopril did bring my blood pressure down, but the cough isn't worth it.	F	57	9 days		12/29/2007
3	Uncontrollable Hypertension	I was mainly aware that it caused my constant cough. After just finding this site I am now wondering if this is why my body always hurts and I always get cramps	I take 40 mg. daily along with other BP meds. I still get extreme rises in BP almost nightly, 210/115 this evening	F	55	7 years		12/21/2007
1	HTN	Pain radiating from shoulder to fingertips, Chest Tightness, fatigue, dry cough	I was prescribed lisinopril after taking Norvasc for two years, partially due to the cost. I was prescribed 20mg. First off, anyone taking any drug should immediately check with the lippincott drug guide. This guide told me that the MD should have prescribed 5mg daily and only should have been increased after 6 weeks of use. I can't tell if the drug was bad or the script information was. I stopped taking this drug after two weeks with many of the effects lingering behind. I know BP meds are to save or extend your life, but whats the point if they make your life suck.	M	32	2 weeks		12/11/2007 Email
1	high blood pressure	Dry hacking cough	Cough started after a few weeks and could not get rid of it. Was coughing for 2 1/2 months, finally switched to Benicar 20mg. Now have a sinus and congestion problem after 3 months. Makes me nasally all the time. Looking for another drug. Was on Calan for 8 years, but pressures were climbing. Liked it, only felt warm all the time.	M	42	3 months		12/6/2007
1	to lower my blood pressure	This was a medicine from hell. I began having many of the symptons that was stated by the others such as the hacking cough and the mucous. My worst experience was that my larnyx was almost closed up completely by the time I got to emergency care they had to expediently poke things down my nose and also my throat. I was told by the Dr. if I had not gotten there when I did it would not have been a reason to come. Go figure. I wish for others that FDA would remove this medication, oh I forgot to say that I have been taking it for about a year already.		M	56	12 months		12/5/2007 Email
2	Hypertension	Stinging Hives, drowsiness	Hives came on after taking meds for two months. After taking the FEARED shower, the Nettle Rash would begin for about two hours with relentless stinging. Truly a medicine for the Damned! BP is down though, woohoo!	M	39	18 months		11/23/2007
1	High Blood Pressure	Drowsiness, very dry, hacking cough, burning sensation in bottom of feet.	Wouldn't recommend this to anyone.	F	33	7 days		11/2/2007
1	Hypertension	Worst medication I've ever taken. After about one week I felt as though I was psychotic. Did very little to help my hypertension.		M	58	7 days		10/8/2007
1	Blood pressure	Dry hacking cough	Did you know it comes from the venom of a Brazilian snake, the jararaca?	F	57	2 weeks		9/22/2007
1	Hypertension	PAIN, Joint pain Starting in finger, then knees, now hip after 90 days. Been off this med now for month and pain still present	Demand your Dr change off this medicine or seek other opinion	M	49	90 days		9/20/2007 Email
3	LISINOPRIL	I have dry hacking cough that lasted for 2 months.I thought it was allergy , the Dr. prescribed allergy medicine and suggested an x-ray. I was never sick like this before and I said there is some answers out there. One night i got so desperate looked it up on the internet and found this site about the side effects of this medicine. Then the cough still persist and I tried all kind of cough suppressants but i never helped. It inferred with my job and I was sent home 2x by my supervisor.		F	36	60 days		9/1/2007
3	High BP and Kidney Protection	Tingling in hands, tightness in chest, tingling in chest, lightheaded, shoulder pain	Shoulder pain was especially strange. It was a continuous popping in joint and pain. I stopped medicine and felt better after 3 days. Started again and symptoms right back. Only 10mg. Dr said it is a wonderful drug and blamed it on possible anxiety. I now have new Dr and new drug. Much better.	M	28	4 months		8/28/2007
3	hypertension	Lisinopril did control my blood pressure beautifully, but I developed a dry cough that got worse over time, preventing me from sleeping, and sometimes I couldn't talk without coughing. Also developed hives, itching, and a skin rash after taking the medication for about six weeks. At first I thought the cough was an allergy, but looked up the side effects of lisinopril and realized it was due to the lisinopril. My son, who is a physician, confirmed my suspicions. Today I went to my doctor, who switched me to Diovan/HCT, which is not supposed to have these side effects. Here's hoping...		F	65	45 days		8/7/2007
2	hypertension	positional dizziness; 4-month dry cough; episode of hives & itchy skin; muscle cramps in calves, feet, and toes; neck and shoulder pain; flushing; pins and needles in feet	I've been on prinivil for 3-4 years with pretty good control of HPB. I developed a dry cough months ago which my dr. suggested was an allergy after doing a chest x-ray. Allergist didn't think it was an allergy and treated me with Biaxin for 10 days thinking it was an upper respiratory infection, cough continued and physcian's asst prescribed Biaxin for another 14 days. Still coughing! My hair dresser suggested I look up the side effects of my HPB medicine. Turns out I have 8 of the adverse reactions to prinivil. I'm going to ask the doctor to switch medications.	F	58	3 times		7/17/2007
3	HBP	Dry, tickling cough, increased in severity. Started at 20 mg. When increased to 40 mg, cough became worse.	Started to wonder why my dry cough symptoms were becoming severe. Doctor had initially mentioned a 'slight' cough. My cough must be immediately controlled or I have a difficult time breathing (induces asthma). Started researching RX effects and found this site. The RX sites doesn't provide details on the cough effect.	F	43	3 months		7/4/2007
5	HBP & Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	Regular cough 4-6 times a week day or night(while trying to sleep). good for lowering my bp and helping my LVH to regress. Initally 10mg was prescribed, but better bp control with 20mg lisinopril and 25mg HCTZ (water pill) and to my pleaqsant surprise my cough is all but gone. Heavy, heavy legs at times. Muscle cramping has increased and once in a while tingling in finger tips of both hands. I an glad the medication is available but hope to switch to something else if my LVH ever goes away completely.		M	50	16 months		7/2/2007 Email
2	to reduce blood pressure	DRY COUGH - always thought it was allergies. Diagnosed with and treated for ASTHMA after taking lisinopril for three years. Asthma symptoms progressively got worse over the next year with assorted breathing-related chest pains.	Finally after taking only 5mg/day lisinopril with 25mg/day HCTZ for over four years, I cut the lisinopril dose in half to 2.5mg/day and had a 70% to 80% reduction in asthma symptoms within two days. I'm now trying 20/mg day Benicar HCT replacing the lisinopril and HCTZ.	M	51	4 years		6/22/2007
4	High Blood Pressure	Just a bit of a dry cough	I developed high blood pressure after I had my first child and luckily I have had no major side effects on this medication, although I have had the doses increased four times within the first few months. Each time the drug worked only temp. Am now on 20 mgs a day plus 10 mgs of another hypertensive drug, didn't seem to work on its own.	F	30	3 years		6/15/2007
2	hypertension	Initially the drug lisinopril 10 mg worked to lower my blood pressure, however, after taking it for about six weeks- I developed a horrible dry hacking cough that keeps me awake at night and makes it impossible for me to do my job as phone rep for customer service, because I keep having to stop and cough during order taking. I have to go off this medicine because I feel horrible and it is detrimental to my quality of life in general. I sympathize with others who sleep with bottles of water next to their bed and with cough drops in their mouth, and these measures still do not help for very long.	I am amazed that some folks stay on this for long periods of time with such annoying side effects.	F	59	3 months		6/14/2007
2	hypertension	Initially the drug lisinopril 10 mg worked to lower my blood pressure, however, after taking it for about six weeks- I developed a horrible dry hacking cough that keeps me awake at night and makes it impossible for me to do my job as phone rep for customer service, because I keep having to stop and cough during order taking. I have to go off this medicine because I feel horrible and it is detrimental to my quality of life in general. I sympathize with others who sleep with bottles of water next to their bed and with cough drops in their mouth, and these measures still do not help for very long.	I am amazed that some folks stay on this for long periods of time with such annoying side effects.	F	59	3 months		6/14/2007
5			This was the sole drug that caused only a minimum of side effects initially. An important study indicated that ace inhibitors increase life expectancy so it might be worth it to try another drug of the same class if you are one of the unlucky ones who get the cough. I think initially the study was done with Altace but was later shown the effect was with ace inhibitors across the board. I don't know if it is because of the kidney proctective properties.	F	62	15 years		5/16/2007
1	congestive heart failure	Since beginning beta blockers, I've gained 25 lbs, I'm tired all the time, and after months on metorpolol, I've begun to have chest discomfort. Then, when lisinopril was added, the chest discomfort became much worse and I felt as though I aged 10 years in 3 months. I had a bunch of expensive tests done to find the cause of the chest pain and they could find nothing. I told the Dr. I wanted to stop the lisinopril and see if I felt better, and I did fell MUCH better. I got back 8 of the 10 years I felt I lost!! So lisinopril is history.	I WON'T take Lisinopril again!!!	M	51	45 days		5/10/2007
1	Hypertension	After 6 months taking this medication with no side effects, I experienced a severe case of Angioedema. Unable to breathe, I was rushed to an ER for treatment. ER Doctor said he had observed other delayed cases because the drug is a derivitive from a South American poisionous snake and sometimes it takes awhile for a reaction to take place.	Be careful - some people are alergic to Ace Inhibitors	M	52	6 months		4/25/2007
5	Heart Attack (Collapsed LAD)	Dry Cough. Usually minor and infrequent, but occasionally severe. Possibly, low blood pressure, dizziness, and fatigue although these are probably due to Coreg rather than lisinopril.	Taking 2.5 mg daily of generic lisinopril. Also taking Coreg, lipitor, Niaspan, Plavix, ASA, Metanx.	M	35	9 months		4/10/2007
1	High blod pressure	Dry cough, unable to sleep. I have had 3 sinus infections since my doctor increased my dosage from 20mg to 40mg. Until reading this website I was not aware the dry cough was a side effect. I have had little sleep during the last 2 1/2 months due to the coughing. I have begged the doctor for a cough medicine as nothing over the counter has helped. I will stop taking the medicine today as I would rather rish a heart attack than continue this terrible no sleep existence. Also, I have a few choice words for my doctor at my next appointment.		F	45	3 months		3/12/2007
4	Hypertension	The stupid cough	Cough starts as a dry tickle in the back of the throat. Thought it might be post nasal drips but sprays and other meds dried all that up and I still get the tickle. If I drink something, it prevents it, the worst part is the 1 to 3 wake up calls I get from it to go to the bathroom to get a drink.	M	50	1 months		2/26/2007
4	hypertension	Dry, hacking cough concerns me. I didn't know it was a side effect from this medicine until reading others input. Am on other meds also.... Atenolol 50 mg and Protonix 40 mg. Glad to hear others input, now I know to tell my dr. I cannot continue the med with this disturbing cough being a horrible side effect.	Horrible dry hacking cough at times bringing me to vomit.	F	44	2 years		2/24/2007
1	High Blood Pressure	Sudden swelling of the larnyx; persistent dry, tickling cough; inability to sleep, waking up to cough multiple times per night, memory loss, constant fatigue, difficulty concentrating, decreased libido.	I was originally taking Inderal for borderline-high BP, but that made me very depressed and lethargic. I started taking Prinivil and I was able to exercise. But about a month after starting, I caught a "cold" and in the middle of the night woke up unable to breathe because my throat had suddenly swollen up. I starting to crawl to the phone to dial 911 when it relaxed somewhat and I was able to suck in some air. I didn't know that this type of edema was a side effect of this drug. I kept taking the drug (it was better than the Inderal) and started to notice that I was coughing frequently. Eventually I didn't seem to notice coughing but just a few quick light coughs per day. But I began to suspect that I was waking up to cough during the night. My boss started to give me criticism about my inability to remember things that had happened even the day before and I noticed that I was tired all the time, had difficulty concentrating and getting the energy to work.	M	44	3 years		2/17/2007
1	BP	All I can remember is the HORRIBLE dry cough. And God forbid I had a full bladder when the coughing attacks started.	Off of the drug now. Nomore coughing.	F	38	3 months		2/10/2007
3	Hypertension	Drowsiness	I am supposed to take prinivil with HCTZ in the morning, but I take the prinivil now after lunch, otherwise the combination knocks me out. The prinivil will often put me down for a nap after work anyway. No other apparent side effects, and my BP is certainly under control!	M	43	2 years		1/26/2007
5	High Blood Pressure	None		F	33	4 years		1/23/2007
3	Hypertension	Med. does lower BP. But I have a hacking cough all day long,some wheezing. Severe coughing spells wake me up at night. I must sit up at least an hour before returning to bed. Take cough medicine. I have been on the medication for about 3 years, 20mg dose.	I quit smoking two years ago and atributted cough to lung damage. But the coughing is more severe than when I smoked. I just quit crestor because of a host of other side effects. Am reviewing all meds. Even at 58 shouldn't feel this badly.	M	58	3 years		1/20/2007
2	Hypertension	Dry, hacking cough	I had been taking norvasc until I switched to an HMO. The new doctor started me out on a diuretic and lisinopril, but warned that there could be the coughing side effect. We lowered the dosage, but it continued until I insisted the side effect was unacceptable.	M	55	10 months		1/1/2007
4	elevated BP	none		M	72	1 years		12/24/2006
5	hypertension	When I started prinivil about 10 years ago, I experienced the coughing, but it gradually went away. But recently when I switched to lisinopril (light gray round pills 20 mg) I began experiencing dizziness after moderate exercise. I cut the dosage in half and the dizziness went away.	BP without med is around 185/90, with med it is 130/80	M	62	10 days		12/16/2006

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