Htn symptoms and conditions

I have been on 10 mg Lisinopril for 5 weeks. I wake up in the morning with tight joints and sore muscles. My heart races. I feel light headed at times. I have asthma and worst symptom is it is causing me to stay up all night because I suffocate and cough badly if I lie down. I can hear myself wheeze during the day and night and feel like there is fluid around my heart or lungs. My hands and legs feel swollen. My stomach feels raw and I have no desire to eat red meat it just doesn't taste the same. My taste buds have totally changed as any food or drinks doesn't tastes "good" anymore. I'm also on Lopressor for HTN. I am going to stop taking the Lisinopril as I can not deal with the suffocating and wheezing. I get that more than the "cough" the doctor warned me about.

Given Zanaflex after 6 back surgeries. Dosage take 2 tabs (4mg) 4 times a day. Total dosage 24hrs (8mg x 4 = 32mg.) This seems high to me. What happens is my stomach does not digest food, mobility slows way down; can not urinate, pass gas. I am a 52 female, with spinal problems. I also have HTN, and when I miss a dose to drive, my face is flushed bright red, B/P soars in the 200's. I can not move my bowels up to 10 days. I am now off this medicine and yes, I hurt, but, once in awhile I will take 1/2 tab. Anyone else experience such bowel, urination problems? And, yes, the HTN? I am now on the generic. This is the medicine from hell. I feel better with a lowered dose. Please help me with your comments. by kwncln

Feels like HTN

I have been treated for HTN for the past year (I am 47) and have had great blood pressure results with Lisinopril, but I also developed the horrible cough.

I first started lisinopril first in February of 2005 but noticed the development of a terrible, gagging, cough that made it difficult for me to communicate at times (I am an RN). I would feel fine for a while and then start in with the cough...even the MDs noticed it and asked me about it at work.

I was hoping that it was just a winter cough thing since my BP was really doing well on the 10mg of lisinopril, but with my stress incontinence problem and the lost nights of sleep, and daily coughing-gagging fits, I had to stop it after a few months. I noticed that the cough subsided within a few days after stopping the drug.

My MD started me on 25 mg. HCTZ which lowered my BP although my diastolic was sometimes higher than he liked it.

I had been taking HCTZ until two weeks ago. After getting a few too many BPs in the 140/90 range, I decided to stop taking it and restarted my lisinopril. I felt okay for a day or two and then COUGH, COUGH, GAG, RETCH....all over again. I know it's the lisinopril now. I can't handle this coughing, I do groups in a mental health facility....I can't make it through them sometimes, I also have a horrible time with my stress incontinence because of the coughing.

I just restarted my HCTZ today and hope to have shaken off this cough within a few days. I see my MD in three weeks and hopefully we can work something else out. I was very disappointed in the lisinopril since it is very cheap and got my BP to a nice 120/78 range.