PRINIVIL Reviews (LISINOPRIL)

Average Rating: 2.3 (177 Ratings)

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PRINIVIL  (LISINOPRIL):  Lisinopril is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. It is also used to treat heart failure and to improve survival after a heart attack. Lisinopril belongs to a class of drugs known as ACE inhibitors. It works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 1988-10-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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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12/3/2008
 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

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