LISINOPRIL Reviews (LISINOPRIL)Average Rating: 1.5 (454 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LISINOPRIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LISINOPRIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | B/P | M | 56 | 7 months 10mg | 10/16/2015 | 1 | Moderately High Blood Pressure | Hyponatremia, depression, weakness, dizziness, GI upset, swelling in legs and abdomen, panic attacks, lethargy, anemia, and pain. | Had no idea the true 'cost' of this medicine. Changed my grandma from an active, outgoing, healthy person to a weak, sickly shell that almost died this week from low sodium AGAIN after a new Dr. doubled her dose from 5mg to 10 mg. She was just in the hospital 2 weeks ago with the same issue and it's the ONLY medicine she takes. You'd think the Dr.s could figure out what I did with a Google search of "hyponatremia Lisinopril" they ignored me saying it must be the Lisinopril if I didn't intervene they would leave her on it and the 3rd episode of hyponatremia she may not survive. I realized about the time she was put on 5mg she began to have panic attacks and quit driving. Then the weakness and fear of falling she began using a 4 prong cane. No more cooking, gardening, shopping, etc. She used to put 20 yr. olds to shame with her energy. I've had a vascular Dr. check out her legs (swelling, pain) but it's all good. Then cardiologist do EKG, ultrasound, and even PET scan her heart is great and no blockages. So I feel great telling her forget this medicine you will feel back to your old self soon I hope. For sure no more hyponatremia...she was at 120 normal is 135 to 145 she was in agony with stomach cramps, vomiting, even began babbling incoherently. Called 911. Any lower she may have started having seizures or go into a coma or God forbid die. How can 2 different hospitals not put 2 + 2 together? DUH! I'm so angry and frustrated no warning this medicine may have devas | F | 85 | 3 years 10 1X day | 10/15/2015 | 2 | Pretty high blood pressure | Initially it made me feel better. My BP dropped down to 115/68. I would occasionally experience, "the cough" but it was infrequently and didn't seem to last too long. I did start to notice increasing joint pain-literally all over, but thought it may be due to increased activity level. I am a physical therapist and this issue prompted me to lose over 20lbs since that fateful Dr visit. These past x2 weeks I developed aches all over and a virtually non-stop, dry, itchy throat cough. Maybe I had come down with a cold or flu. I've noticed my BP is on the rise after being controlled for 5 months, I'm experiencing occasional palpitations, some chest pain/pressure, fatigue, weakness, anxiety. Some hot flashes. Oh and a very raspy voice at times and this limits my ability to speak clearly-with my patients. I'm worried, scared. I just want to feel normal. What should I ask my MD to prescribe in lieu of Lisinopril? Right now I definitely want off it. I have a f/u appt with | M | 46 | 5 months 10mg 1X day | 10/4/2015 | 1 | hypertension | lower back pain, fatigue, lactose intolerance, mood swings, irritability, hearburn | Stopped taking Lisinopril over a month ago and I no longer have lower back pain, fatigue, lactose intolerance, mood swings, irritability, or hearburn | M | 46 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 9/29/2015 | 1 | High bp | Headache,dizzy,fatigue,muscle pain,joint pain | Wow seriously it destroyed me bad bad bad | M | 34 | 1 days 10 | 9/27/2015 | 1 | Mild hypertension | Fatigue and shortness of breath. Now I have problems with my heart. Went to about half dozen doctors and everyone urged me to take it to avoid heart problems. But my heart problems started while I was taking Lisinipril. Every doctor told me to increase the dose, that the problems are with high blood pressure, and that I need to get it down to 120 by 80. That i will have a stroke or heart attack if i do not take it (or other hypertension drugs i was on before and was sick of them).Today I quit Lisinopril and will not take any of these killing drugs anymore. | I was on and off Lisinopril and other hypertension control drugs,-and every time I got off them I felt much better. | M | 65 | 2 years 10mg | 9/12/2015 | 1 | To protect kidneys | Horrible cough. Thought it was due to allergys, asthma. Couldn't breath. Chocking & coughing all day & night. Went to hospital & was taken off lisinapril. Still have cough & chocking. May take as long as 4 months for it to go away | Should be taken off market. Why doesn't the FDA do something? This is a bad drug. Way too many side effects. | F | 69 | 8 months 5mg | 9/11/2015 | 1 | borderline hypertension | There were many side effects I was experiencing while on lisinopril for 5 yrs. These included cough, joint and muscular pains, abdominal swelling and discomfort, tinnitus, mentally foggy etc... the list goes on. Unfortunately with Western medicine many physicians do not listen to their patients valid complaints and concerns with the overall effects certain medications adversely have on their body. Many times you here the pros out way the cons, well I beg to differ. Some of these prescribed drugs that pharmaceutical companies are pushing with the backing of the FDA and physicians are making people sicker than ever. I had to be proactive b/c only I knew how a awful I was feeling while taking lisinopril. I am currently off this medication and am now taking Magnesium Malate, CoQ10, B complex, Omega, vitamin D along with lifestyle changes (diet and exercise). | F | 45 | 5 days 20mg | 9/8/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dizzy, feeling faint, lightheadedness, fuzzy thinking, numbness in fingers, migraines, occasional swollen lips and ankles. | I've gone to three doctors in 10 years and they all said my symptoms had nothing to do with the Lisinopril. Well, it can't be anything else! Lisinopril is the only drug I'm taking - for anything! How can 3 doctors be so in the dark? Could she be getting a kickback from the drug manufacturer? I think so! Recently I stopped taking it on my own and I feel so much better! I told my latest doctor about this and she said my symptoms could be related to Lisinopril, but that I should keep taking it. She gave a refill after I told her I refuse to take it! Can you believe that?! I told her I won't fill the prescription because I will not take Lisinopril any longer due to the side effects. She said we'll discuss it at my next visit. Just blew me off, just like that! What is wrong with doctors now a days? I know that after 10 years of suffering, I have no intention of taking it ever again. I felt like I was being slowly poisoned! Currently doing research on my own for another med I can try and hope this MD will let me try it. Unbelievable! If you're on Lisinopril, get off of it. It worked good to lower by BP, but the side effects are too much. | F | 60 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 9/4/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Pins and needles in hands and feet, pitting edema in finger tips, BP goes from 120/80 to 165/105 within hours for no reason, cold sensation in ankles/feet, non stop hacking cough, low level ED, eyesight weird with tons of floaters in it, panic attacks daily. | Don't walk away from this poison drug. Run for your life from Lisinopril! This drug has given me the worst experience of health in my lifetime. I wouldn't wish this nightmare drug on my worst enemy. | M | 44 | 3 months 10 MG 1X day | 9/4/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Cough | Lisinopril worked fine for the first three months then I started to develop a cough. Mild and nagging for a couple weeks then turned into a complete nightmare. For two weeks I couldn't sleep through the night. Started causing me to gag and throw-up. Between the cough and exhaustion I was done. Doctor has switched me to something else. Hopefully that works better. Heard it will take a few days to get rid of the cough and start feeling better. | F | 43 | 4 months 20 1X day | 9/4/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | My blood pressure was only slightly elevated (130/90, with 120/80 being the norm). My doc put me on this medication and I immediately started having issues (migraines, heart palpitations, high heart rate, fuzzy feeling). Not only that, I started getting really erratic readings for my BP (It would go from 112/100 to 150/110 and then jumped to 108/99). I was concerned about my systolic and diastolic numbers getting too close. When I called to discuss with my Physician the assistant told me it was probably just my body adjusting to the medication, even AFTER I told her how I awful I felt. She said to continue it for another week and see if I was still feeling badly. Stopped the medication after my BP spiked to 180/112. Went back to my normal 130/90. | I don't recommend this medication at all. I'm not a doctor, but I do have 15 years of medical experience. I understand when the cons outweigh the pros of certain medications. All the doctors I've ever worked with have always said if a medication makes a patient feel worse than before they were previously on it they'll look into another medication for the condition. A medication should NOT make your condition worse. Lisinopril made me feel like death. | F | 30 | 3 days 10 1X day | 8/28/2015 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Dry hacking cough, phlegm at the back of my throat constantly, bad breath, muscle aches, joint pain, and swelling, weakness and lethargy, problems sleeping, no motivation, oh and hair loss and thinning. | I wish I knew now what I didn't know then. I need lower blood pressure, but this drug is a poison! I have tried stopping it for a week and I feel so much better, more energetic, my cough goes away, but I start it again because I am so afraid I'll have a stroke. I wish there was a rating stronger than dissatisfied, because I am extremely dissatisfied! | F | 68 | 8 years 20 mg | 8/24/2015 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Stuffy nose, dry mouth. | I didn' t have a lot of problems with this drug. I found that by losing weight, exercise, and cutting back on alcohol, I am able to keep my b/p low. It is all about a lifestyle change too. | F | 60 | 15 years 40 1X day | 8/23/2015 | 1 | Weakness, cough and runny nose thar made me nauseous from post nasal drp | F | 61 | 1 years | 8/10/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Sinuses Leg Edema Foggy Memory | This IS indeed poison!!!!! I'm not a "pill popper," but this med is HORRID! As SOON as I started taking it, I developed all the symptoms of a respiratory infection, the total works! Stuffy and runny nose at the same time! When I would blow my knows or take a decongestant for relief, NOTHING worked! I went so far as to be prescribed inhalers, thinking my asthma that had been dormant since my teens, had returned! A miserable dry hacking cough, and working in an office, this wasn't good! People looked at me as if I had some plague!!! I'm a CHF patient, and the LAST thing I need is to be swelling up from fluid accumulation! Well, guess what, this med had my lower legs and ankles looking like CANKLES!!!! I mean my feet looked like cow's hooves!!! Thank goodness my Lasix prescription cleared that up right away and I am NOT taking this med anymore!! I was on Enalipril, which seemed to work fine and did indeed keep my pressure low. After doing research on this med and understanding that most of our meds are taken from portions of nature, snake venom just isn't something I bargained for! I'm terribly sleepy and sluggish with this med, even if taken at night like my doctor prescribed! The 9 months I've taken this med hasn't been consecutive, I stopped after the 8th month and my heart doc just prescribed it! I got the prescription filled, forgetting why I stopped taking this poison in the first place! Took it for 2 days, 2 DAYS and felt like crap! I've been o | F | 44 | 9 months 10 2X day | 8/7/2015 | 2 | High bp | Dry mouth. Choking sensation. Sinus stuffiness. No motivation.fatigue. nausea | M | 50 | 5 days 10 | 8/4/2015 | 1 | Blood pressure | throwing up my vision is blurry I feel awful | F | 47 | 4 weeks 10mg | 8/3/2015 | 1 | High bp | Was put on 10 mg of Lisinopril noticed Whoozy head and facial flushing mildly. Bp kept staying high so was put on 20mg. I've never felt right since constant nausea,Whoozy head so much worse to the point I'm scared to move.heart palps still have high bp the facial flushing is worse all these symptoms is constant. And I've developed the dry hacking cough. This is pure poison seems it does more harm then good. Dr app Monday coming off this vicious stuff.also my face swells off and on. | Please if you get a script from dr refuse it,side effects can hit after taking for long period of time. | F | 38 | 3 months 20mg | 8/2/2015 | 2 | Hbp | Ive been on 20mg for a year but got a higher dose last visit, I have had a headache for 6 days since I started and I feel like my tongue has sores ,my throat hurts and my stomach has been hurting. | I dont go back to dr for 5 weeks but reading everyones comments, I now understand why Im feeling this way | 6 days 40Mg | 8/1/2015 |