Mild flu symptoms and conditions

My experience with Lisinopril is similar to many others here. Mine is further complicated by the combination of drugs I am taking.
Due to my BPH I was taking Proscar and Doxazosin (4mg), the Doxazosin helping with hypertension as well (140/90). My doctor decided to add 5mg of Lisinopril to augment and help lower the blood pressure some more. He also liked the overall helpful aspects of the Lisinopril on the cardiological system. After about a week and a half on this regimine I was having dizzy spells and light headedness.....disconcerting when driving. I also had the infamous dry hacking cough noted my almost everyone. I stopped taking the Lisinopril and things went back to normal.
On my next visit to the doctor, he wanted me back on the Lisinopril but trying 2.5mg doses. That seemed to be OK for awhile. I have now added Flomax to my regimine and noticed the same dizziness problem. So I am staggering my pill taking which seems to be helping somewhat.
However, after three weeks on this program, I am having severe dry hacking cough episodes, 5-10 times per day. Also have to be careful when I stand up due to dizziness. Additionally, I am having sporadic insomnia problems that are out of the ordinary for me. Also, runny nose, sneezing and a tightening feeling in the chest and abdomen.....Almost like a mild flu. The tightening feeling is more like a caffeine overdose high...ergo the insomnia.
I attribute the hacking cough to the Lisinopril. The insomnia could be the same or possibly the Flomax. I'm not sure about the tightness. I plan to stop the Flomax next week when I go back to the Urologist and will stop the Lisopril at the same time and see what happens.
I would be interested in any input readers may have on my dilemma.

My daughter is 5 years old and she started taking Singulair two months ago. The medicine has been doing good when it comes to her asthma but starting in February we have felt like me have been loosing our sweet little daughter. It all started when we thought she came down with the flu at the very end of January it seemed like a mild flu because she only got sick maybe 3 times but she had a fever for a week. After she was done with the flu she started complaining all day long that her stomach was hurting her this has continued for a month now none stop. She has also been complaining that she could not blow her nose none stop for a month now. She has not been eating well and that is not normal for her this also has been going on for a month now. We thought that this was because she just wanted attention and so we just have been telling her to go lay down and she will feel better but it never seems to work.
In the past two weeks my daughter has went from a energetic happy little girl to depressed, angry little girl with a flip of a switch my husband and I were really starting to get worried and were contemplating setting up an appointment with a specialist. Last night we were talking and my husband asked me what the side effects are to her Singulair so I read it to him and well looks like we found our culprit every symptom that was on that little side effect paper was what my daughter had been experiencing I feel so horrible that my poor daughter has been feeling so bad for the past month something has got to be done so this does not happen to any other innocent child.

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I was prescribed 25 MCG tabs of levothyroxine (generic for Levoxyl) by my MD for my hypothyroid. (I was tested at a 4.5 reading -- just below a normal 5 reading). After 60 days of taking levothyroxine EXACTLY as prescribed (i.e.; on an empty stomach, 1st thing in the morning with a glass of water; no vitamins for at least 4 hrs afterward), I started to have symptoms that I've never experienced before: my hands began hurting so bad with joint pain; my lips felt numb; and I was sweating more than I ever had in my life. I decided to stop taking the medication due to these symptoms, and in about 7-10 days from stopping, ALL these symptoms had disappeared and have not returned to date. I relayed this information to my MD who told me that my symptoms had nothing to do with Levothyroxine and that I needed to continue taking the drug. It's more than strange to me how some MDs will not listen to his/her patient -- even more so now that I've read other info on the internet where many other people have had these same side effects taking levothyroxine!! On my own, I am now looking into taking an all natural alternative that I found on wellness resources called "Thyroid helper". I will not take Levothyroxine again if I can avoid it by taking an alternative. Has anyone else out there had success taking "Thyroid Helper"?

My doctor just put me on singulair a few weeks ago. I seem to have noticed
that I just feel out of sorts -- sort of mild flu symptoms. I feel like my mind is cloudy
some forgetfulness, increased clumsiness and some dizziness.
Weakness, some fatigue and irritability.
I stopped taking in a day or so and then resumed. They flu-like symptoms have resumed. I will
discontinue it and return to Claritin and decongestants.

I'm 31 and recently diagnosed with hypertension - back in February. Lisinopril was prescribed at 2.5mg.

After the first month this had little to no affect. My BP was still in the 150s over 111s. Dose was doubled to 5mg.

Started getting pains in my knees. Felt like I could not stretch my legs enough. Also starting feeling dizzy, anxious, exhusted and had some stomach issues. Diet became an issue because I was either ravanously hungry or could not face food at all.

On Monday I was at the hospital for more checks to try and find the cause of my hypertension. Blood tests, urine tests, cholestoral checks, eye tests, ECG - all repoted very healthy.

However, even on 5mg of Lisinopril my BP was well in to the late 140's / 110's. I'm due to have more tests in a month but my Lisinopril dose has been doubled again, this time to 10mg.

I'm having real trouble concentating, very bad leg pains, stomach has got much worse and I am totally exhusted. The only thing that has subsided in recent weeks is the anxiaty but I think this is due to the fact that I have started smoking again - after not smoking for 8 months.

I'm very glad this site is first on the search engine (can I name it?, the one that begins with G!). I thought I was maybe suffering from a prolonged mild flu.

I have an appointment tomorrow and will discuss these side affects. If anyone is interested I will post the response.

Thanks for sharing this information. It is very helpful

I took Azithromycin 500MG for 3 days recently for what seemed like mild flu symptoms (sinus issues, throat issues, spitting up some mucus). After 3 days I developed a full fledge chest infection that has hung around for a few days along with a worse cough than I had prior to going to the doc. I am now spitting up more mucus and running nose. I do seem to be feeling better overall (acutually jogged 4 miles today) but after reading the posts I have to think it has caused me some delay in fully recovering....

I am applying Aldara to my foehead 5 days a week for 6 weeks. In the 4th week, the skin under my eye and cheekbone begain to swell. I am also experiencing mild flu like symptoms and lack of energy.