Losartan symptoms and conditions

I took Lisinopril for 3 months. Symptoms gradually got worse: eyes watered, nose dripped, ears itched, puffiness under eyes, hair loss, tired all the time, body was very tense, night sweats, couldn't sleep well, and started having sharp pains like pin pricks. The doctor said to stop Lisinopril and switch to Cozaar (for Losartan). I didn't want to start another medication until I got this out of my system, so I stopped Lisinopril 4 days ago. My symptoms started to subside in about 3 days, but then I started to get horrible cramps behind my thighs. For 2 days now the pain keeps me awake at night...I can't get comfortable. At 11:00 p.m. tonight I had to take 1 Lisinopril to "wean" off this horrible drug. I don't have hypertension, but was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes--so the medicine is supposed to "protect" my kidneys. Does anyone know whether Cozaar is any better? I hate taking meds!

I STARTED TAKING LOSARTAN 50mg 3 WEEKS AGO AND I HAVE DEVELOPED A SKIP IN MY HEART BEAT. I DO BELIVE THAT I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO LISINIPRIL.

My wife has been taking this "devil's drug" Lisinopril for about 3 months. It did lower her blood pressure, but at a price.

A cough begun to materialize so badly that she has to sleep sitting up in the bed with a couch cushion for support. She sleeps a little longer while sitting up but still got enormous coughing fits in the middle of the night, landing her at the toilet, violently throwing up which caused severe nose bleeding. She can't sleep more than an hour at a time. Her energy and stamina is no where near what it was before this drug. She cries and begs for the cough to stop. This drug is taking my wife's sanity and I can't believe they would let this crap find it's way into people's medicine cabinets. She's irritable, tired, and doesn't want to do much because she can't sleep at night. She needs to nap all the time and it's affecting her work and our life. They need to pull this crap off the market.

We did go back to the doc and discovered another drug called Losartan that drops blood pressure with minimal side effects (that we've noticed) and NO COUGH!.
She's been on this new drug for about 2 weeks now and her Lisinopril cough is weakening. It's not as powerful as it once was. The Doc said it would take 2 to 4 weeks for the Lisinopril cough to completely go away! My God what madness! God Please give us something to reduce blood pressure with little to no side effects!

My bio stats: Male, age 41, bodyfat 12-15%, 5'8, 200lbs (I gym a lot). BP without medication range from 150-160/90-110.

Only started treating my BP this year.

Developed a persistent coughing immediately after taking Lisinopril (20mg). Coughing especially bad round 12mn to 4am before being able to fall asleep. Lost of strange and almost blacked out twice in the gym. Lost of libido and penile erection after about 2 months of use. Horrified, I saw my doctor and he swtiched me to Losartan about 1.5 weeks ago.

With Losartan (25mg) I developed a sore throat within 3 days of use which become a really bad chest infection a week later. This was 2 wks ago and I'm still fighting the chest infection with erythromycin and codine.

Obviously, this completely spoiled my gym workout schedule.

Also, I realised that about 4-5 hours after taking Losartan, I'd develop and really bad lower back pain (almost like a slip disk). It would go away after about 6-8 hours.

I never felt more sick this long. Is it worth taking the medications?????? Is there a way to do this naturally without drugs???? HELP!!!!!!

I'm almost ready to give up eating out and just making plain boiled chick breast meat everyday!

I switched from Lisinopril to Losartan about 3 months ago and the difference has been amazing. My energy levels are up, and the depression has disappeared. Having said that, my bp is slightly higher on the losartan but still within normal levels. I would suggest anyone having real problems with lisinopril to ask their doctor about losartan.