Extracts symptoms and conditions

It gave me the worst gout I've ever had, terrible gout from my toes to my knees. I'm still trying to rid myself of the Lisinopril in my system. It's still doing it's nasty work at keeping the gout going. I'm taking cherry and celery seed extracts. they are helping but the going is slow. I also have red puffy itchy eyes with bags under my eyes and am wondering if the Lisinopril has caused that also ?

In July I was prescribed Lisinopril / HCTZ 20 /12.5. Within one week I started to have side effects. These included
-pain in chest - worsened with high humidity
- trouble breathing - shortness of breath - worsened with high humidity
- slight continuous elevated temperature about 99.6 degrees
- near real fainting spells when outside in heat- granted it was hot, but I've never had these before
- loss sex drive
- urinate often
- don't sleep well
My BP did go down though about 10 to 20 points.
still that was the worst summer I've ever had.
After reading others' side effects, I stopped cold turkey and feel much better.
Did you know Lisinopril is extract of Brazilian viper venom? - no wonder I couldn't breath!
My new doctor has me on new drug: Amlodipine Besylate 2.5 mg. which I hope will do the trick.
Bottom line:if you have bad side effects stop and try another drug - there are prenty out there for BP control.