LISINOPRIL Reviews (LISINOPRIL)

Average Rating: 1.5 (454 Ratings)

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LISINOPRIL  (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: 2002-07-01 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  High blood pressure ~159/103 Nausea, sometimes vomiting, direaha, weird chest feeling, pounding heart, tickling feelin in throat that causes cough along with dry throat, paranoia like something is terribly wrong with me, I’ve never felt so panicky, and really bad anxiety, very pessimistic. On off depression, sometimes feel extremely tired. Loss of appetite, loss of interest in things I enjoyed before, Left shoulder in pain(could be work related cause hard labor) I stopped taking this pill for 3 days (while monitoring my BP) and most of the side effects lifted (I’ve read it can take weeks for all of them to go away) and I felt better than I have for a while, however I took half my regular dosage (5mg) today cause my BP almost hit hypertension, and starting to feel them again. I’m going to try to get on something different. Wouldn’t recommend this, There’s a lot of pretty serious and dangerous side effects that don’t make it worth it. M 27 1 months
10mg
10/30/2017
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 1  Blood Pressure Weakness,fatigue, dizziness, random numbness, trembling inside, stomach bloating, joint pain, nausea, aches & pains, anxiety & panic like never before. If Satan truly was a serpent, it fully explains why this medication is so evil, being it's made of snake venom. It all began one morning 8 months in, when I awoke weak & dizzy. This lasted a week. Then the strange numbness started on outside of my lower left leg. Then my middle left arm.Then my left thumb.Then top of my right wrist/hand. Finally my upper left arm. It came & went randomly. Then the nausea, joint pain, stomach bloating when I hadn't even eaten, shakiness inside, anxiety, etc. I honestly though my life was over. Thank God I found the rest of those here & elsewhere with the same horrifying problems to pinpoint what was wrong with me. Finally after 2 weeks of being off the med, symptoms have started to fade. At times the numbness is still slightly there in areas mentioned, but I'm hoping they go away completely. You may be one who this med wont harm. But I strongly recommend you dont take the chance & request something different first. It can ruin your life to the point you can't function. It's no coincidence so many ppl have these same oddball symptoms. M 49 8 months
10/22/2017
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 2  Hypertension I have read all of the side effects on everyone's comments on this thread and I can't believe what I am seeing. Everything that has been happening to them is happening to me right now as I write this and I did not know. I go to the doctors every other day, specialists, test after test. My w.b.c has been so high for years and they can't find out why. I have every ache and pain listed since my mid 20's and every doctor I have seen has diagnosed me with everything under the sun, but I have not gotten any better and now I know it's this pill. I just started taking 40mg today and my chest hurts so bad which is how I found this site. I am looking up lisonopril's story's. It's not only me. I cannot believe it. This should not be allowed! This is aweful! I feel like hell day in and day out! My mental and physical life has been ruined! F 38 10 years
20mg-40mg
10/21/2017
 5  For high bp I had been diagnosed with high bp on early 2016. I taken many types of bp medications. But my bp stayed higher 140 and above. Since starting lisiniprol/hcfzd my bp ranges between 120_125 average. Some diziness, cough, light headedness,occasionally feel tired. But benefits out weight side effects. M 63 30 days
20mg lisin
10/11/2017
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 2  High bp Dizzyness,tiredness,flu like symptoms,chest tightness They do lower your bp but at what cost? Side effects are not nice at all M 67 5 days
5mg
10/3/2017
 1  Yes I immediately started having this persistent cough. Roughly two weeks after taking it. I thought it was just slight cough due to maybe a cold coming on. My daughter thought that maybe I was experiencing an allergic reaction to having an allergy. But it got worrst. Told my Dr. No positive bed response. I went into his office of course another co fee. He changed my prescription to Lesartan. I am still coughing and sometimes vomiting. I stopped taking everything until this cough goes away. My chest hurts. Extremely painful. I feel that was prescribed to harm me not help with hypertension. Give me a low sodium remedy of fruits and vegetables not Toxic waste making me physically ill. Don't take any of these meds your doctor is trying to harm a healthy person F 60 3 months
25 mg
9/11/2017
 1  High Blood Pressure Headaches, dizzy, brain fog, loss of memory, debilitating fatigue, nausea, trembly, feeling of shaking on the inside, joint pain, feeling of suffocating, panic attacks, feeling of dying. ..many more horrible side effects. Lost 7 months of my life being too sick to work or even function. This drug needs taken off the market and NEVER prescribed to anyone ever. The seven months that I have been on this medication is the worst seven months of my life and there is no doubt in my mind that it almost killed me. I had an issue going on with my health that caused a sudden raise in my blood pressure and was prescribed Lisinopril. Immediately after starting this I started feeling sick, constant headaches, dizzy, confused, brain fog, memory loss, panic attacks....etc...etc..many, many side effects. Being somewhat naïve and trustworthy and thinking I was given something that would help me....Not ever thinking it would be something that would be so devastating to my health. And without knowing this drug was the reason I was so sick..I thought I was having extreme allergies and become hypersensitive to everything..all smells and fumes made me sick...this is what I have done for seven months trying to diagnose why I was so sick : In and out of ER's numerous times. Numerous Dr. visits CT scans - head, chest EKG's MRI's - brain xrays Ultrasounds checking arteries of heart and carotid arteries Blood work/labs - too many times to recall Chiropractor/nutritionist Alternative medicine Was getting ready to see a neurologist next...and then planning a trip to Mayo Clinic if we did not get answers or diagnosis....That is prior to my research online about this drug. For seven months my wife and I have went through our entire home, thinking it was something in o M 54 7 months
5 mg 2X day
9/7/2017
 3  High blood pressure and swelling Constant stuffy and running nose, constantly spitting up mucus and pleghm I truly believe it helped, but it gave me side effects I couldn't live with F 42 3 weeks
9/4/2017
 5  V. High BP Difficulty focusing on distant objects, otherwise ok. BP pressure was ridiculously high, to begin with on 30mg, but that caused dizziness when standing up, DR. advised dose was too high and halved to 15mg, that part of the side effect has now gone. M 48 3 months
15mg 1X day
8/17/2017
 1  high blood pressure coma for 14 days on ventilator stroke, angioedema ,ptsd . Tracheostomy. There is a petition on change.org. Stop companies from manufacturing Lisinopril. This medication made me stop breathing three times. Dangerous drugs. F 56 4 days
5mg 1X day
8/4/2017
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 1  hypertension Horrific side effects. Fatigue ! Muscle aches. Shakiness . Cough. Total fuzziness in my head, zombie-like. I felt like I was dying within a few days of starting this poison. Took me awhile to pinpoint this stuff as the problem. I stopped taking it a few days ago and I feel like the cloud is lifting. I will find another way to treat my HT , this stuff is the worst ! It's snake venom. No really, not kidding. Put poison in your body everyday, feel poisoned. Class action suit dead ahead ! M 49 60 days
10mg 1X day
7/23/2017
 1  hypertension I have known three people taking this drug who hallucinated and two developed mania.. A man I lived with for twenty-five years took lisinopril for hypertension and developed hallucinations and mania. His adult children had him locked up in a dementia ward where he was given 11 to 13 drugs a day. He went mentally downhill and died without ever getting off the drugs or being diagnosed without drugs. Two years before this began he was landing a twin engine airplane on a short landing strip. Another friend of mine had multiple major medical problems but only after she began taking lisinopril did she start developing mental problems. My mother started hallucinating after being prescribed lisinopril. I got her slowly off the drug and she quit hallucinating. All of these people were over 70 years old.
1X day
7/20/2017
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 1  bp Itching, dizzy, lightheaded, can"t sleep, falling asleep during the day, cough, Was told by my doctor the only side effect was a cough. Stopped the drug on June 28th. After 12 days most of the side effects are gone. M 160 days
10MG 1X day
7/11/2017
 1  High blood pressure Sore throat, coughing, sneezing, felt like throat was closing.throat constantly sore. Started side effects couple days after started taking,told PA who prescribed. He told me it wasn't Lisinopril it was allergies!!! Now I am coughing so much I can hardly get thru the day. This is horrible!!!!! . F 69 3 months
20 mg
7/8/2017
 1  high bp Chest tightness, difficulty breathing, tight/sore neck and jaw, difficulty swallowing, felt like my throat was closing. Extreme tiredness - legs felt extremely heavy, and it was hard to walk. Eyes were bloodshot. Back pain. I would question any doctor who prescribes this drug when there are so many known side effects. I was prescribed 20 mg/day and only took half a pill (10 mg). Within an hour I started experiencing several negative side effects. When my throat started to close up, and my chest was so tight I could barely breathe, I thought I was going to have to go to the ER. It felt like I had been poisoned. Then I started researching the drug and found out I had in fact been poisoned. Had no idea ACE inhibitors were derived from snake venom. I realize some people are able to take this without side effects, but if you're not one of them, you'll feel like you're dying. F 51 1 days
10 1X day
7/5/2017
 1  High blood pressure DEATH. After taking for over a year, one morning my lips tingled and started to swell. Went to ER. They gave me epinephrin and steroids. Didnt help. Then whole face swelled and throat closed. Couldn't be intubated. Doctor did tracheotomy. Threw up. Trach. became blocked. Puke went into lungs. Lungs deflated. Couldn't get oxygen. Brain died. WARNING. WARNING. WARNING. DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG! FATAL SIDE EFFECTS. M 46 1 years
6/21/2017
 1  Prescribed to control high blood pr Two nights ago, I thought I was coming down with the flu. When I went to move in bed the room started just spinning out of control. I was certain I was going to vomit, but I didn't. Once I was able to get up I was okay. Same thing again last night, and now the dizziness is so bad I don't think I can drive. I can't afford not to be working! M 62 3 weeks
10
6/6/2017
 1  High blood pressure Stuffy head, sinus drainage, tickly scratchy throat, started developing cough Within hours after my first dose, I felt like I had an instant head cold. But when I started getting close to my next dose, I'd start feeling a little better and after taking another dose I would feel bad all over again. It got worse every day until I quit taking it and the symptoms went away quickly after I stopped taking it. F 37 3 days
10 MG
5/24/2017
 1  Hypertension Facial/chest extreme flushing with bloodshot eyes, abd cramping, pressure sensation in head episodes occurred randomly; anxiety, depression, insomnia, low potassium, weight gain, and so many more of the listed side effects. After suffering 4 years of above symptoms and numerous additional meds added, I researched this drug since it was the only one I was taking at time of first episode. I've been off for 8 days now and have yet to experience a flushing episode! My life was turned upside down these past 4 years and who knows if the dr would have stopped it. Even the pharmacist initially told me flushing wasn't a side effect. She retracted that after I made her look further and found it IS a rare side effect. F 45 5 years
10mg
5/22/2017
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 1  High blood pressure My husband just recently passed away he took one pill of Lisinopril, and his lip swelled up, so we stopped the medication and he passed away 5 days later he could not breathe. We found out Lisinopril closes the airway and could cause death. He was a healthy 69 year old. Then I found out my mother has been taking Lisinopril she is about 48 years old and she has been taking it for 1 1/2yrs and is developing COPD, where she coughs at night continually and can't lay down in bed she has to sleep in a chair. M 69 1 days
5/22/2017
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