PRINIVIL Reviews (LISINOPRIL)Average Rating: 2.3 (177 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PRINIVIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRINIVIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |