Lady friend symptoms and conditions

54 year old Male, Retired Marine, Very physically active, with Type II Diabetes; 5mg. Thanks for this Website. Started Lisinopril 3/25/09. Took it for 25 days, found this website and stopped taking it immediately. I had severe JOINT PAIN. It started in my hands, then feet, knees were next, then moved into my shoulders. The pain was the worst I've ever felt. Approximately 60 days after stopping the drug I went to see the Dr. after the Pharmacist told me Lisinopril should have been out of my system after 2 weeks. The Dr gave me Steroids (Prednisol) which completely eliminated ALL pain in 2 days . I was tested for Polymyalgia Rheumatica, however the my Sed Rate was normal. The blood tests did reveal that my RHEUMATIOD FACTOR is elevated (34.3 where the normal range is 0.0-20.1 IU/ML). Was told that if the pain returned, then I would be referred to a Rheumatologist. 3 Days after finishing the dosage pack of Prednisol, the pain/swelling in my hands and shoulder has returned. Going back to see the Dr today to discuss next steps.

Although the doctors don't agree, I believe Lisinopril caused this pain, and although out of my system now, triggered something that isn't going away.

The rest of this describes the roving pains I experienced.

Hand pain included swollen fingers, inability to make a fist or type on a keyboard. After light yard work on Sat., shooting burning pain up the inside of both arms. Trying to close your hands into a fist, you can feel the tendons up your arm burn with pain. Motrin did not alleviate the pain. Hot water did not help.

Pain in my knees each morning. The pain worsened over night and frequently causes you to wake up. The pain was like your knees were being squeezed in a vice. No position is comfortable. Motrin sometimes helped, but after awoken, getting back to sleep was impossible.

Feet swollen. Couldn't wear any shoes for extended periods. Loosening the laces helps, but still caused pressure which becomes unbearable and the shoes have to come off.

Shoulders; This is the strangest one. First pain was in the left shoulder, like I had impacted a brick wall at a full run (actually no trauma occurred). The pain felt like someone had stabbed it in my shoulder in the socket. At it's worst, no position is comfortable. Had to put my arm in a sling. 5 Days later, the same type pain moved to the right shoulder.

Wow, I am so surprised to discover that Lisinopril is the culprit diminishing my sex drive. I have been going through therapy (after a messy divorce) the past 17 months and at the same time my doctor has been increasing my dosage of Lisinopril from 5 mg/day to 80 mg/day to combat my HBP. Just recently I underwent a vasectomy and have began to have a sexual relationship with a lady friend and I have been having trouble with my sex drive, it is almost non-existent after one sexual cycle. Suffice it to say that I have been very frustrated and have been wondering if the curtailment was due to my BP med or the vasectomy, now I see that once again I am part of the 1% that has this lack of sex drive issue. I will be scheduling a doctor's appointment this morning.

Thanks to all for being open!

Wish I had never taken this god awful stuff !!!

Just happened that my lady friend needed pain pills so she got me to go to doctor and ask for them. No problem getting them since I have a real bad back...I try not to take any pain pills.

one night I ran out of my usual sleep rx...so took this instead.
Boy could i sleep good all through the night.

Also it seems like my depression had gone away..I stayed on it for 3-4 months 1-2 tabs a night.

Well i started getting crying spells etc after I stopped it.

Also had a bad ear infection with ringing noise. The noise is still there...not sure if i can blame it on the drug but there have been studies done in people that take large doses over time quickly going deaf.

Problem is you are hooked before you realize it...I felt perfectly ok for a while.

Suggest no one take this stuff for more than 2 weeks.

There is a long list of side effects for this drug if you look in the medical books. I think it made my lady friend depressed.

haven't tried it yet...but wanted to read about since my lady friend takes it.

Can't be sure if it's the drug but she only sleeps 3 hrs a night.
she has a lot of health problems and other troubles but I think this stuff makes her worse. She has a short temper etc.

What really gets me is the way she dresses...used to wear nice clothes but now does'nt care...will go to the store wearing her t-shirt wrong side out etc.

She says she doesn't worry so much..maybe so..but i think this stuff makes her hiper active...so needs more rest especially because of her liver disorder.