Trash can symptoms and conditions

thank god I found this sight! Tossed my Lisinopril in the trash can. I have been on it for about 8 months. I suffer from allergies and thought nothing of the cough/ tickle that I was experiencing....Except that it got worse, and never went away. My husband complained about my coughing at night. My boss was always telling me to go to a doctor ( which i did- and said it was allergies) and everyone in general got tired of hearing me cough/hack all the time. Then I started having really bad coughing fits. I cough so bad, I thought I would pass out. The whites of my eyes would turn blood red. Sometimes I would be close to vomitting. It was awful to be in a meeting at work and start one of these coughing fits. It sounded awful, and everyone looks at you while you helplessly sit there coughing your brains out. Screw it. I can't live like this. I am overweight. I know losing weight will help my bp alot, and have been working out some. I've lost 10lbs, but could stand to lose another 50. I'm now more motivated to work on this.

Person #41642 coming back with an update.

Have thrown up twice in 2 weeks. Always from morning doses. The first time I took one right before I ate a bagel. Got very very sick. Ever since then only taken them WITH food or after eating a meal. This morning took one after I ate a medium-sized apple for breakfast. Barely got into my office before hurling into the trash can. Maybe an hour total had passed. I guess I didn't eat enough .. I go back for a follow-up May 25th but geez I don't know if I like the thought of yacking for another 6 weeks.

I am a 29 year old nursing student that bartends on the weekends, I was given this medication by my doctor for an infection on my finger near the nail and on my cutical.

The first day I was on the medication I had swollen hands that felt like little needles were stabbing me all over them, which honestly I could deal with as a side effect. The second day I was vomitting within 45 minutes of taking the medication. The third day was the same, I threw up in the trash can at work. By the fourth day, I experienced the worst pain in my chest I have ever had. Being a nursing student, I seriously considered going to the ER (mind you I have never had heartburn or anything like it). I thne looked up the medication on the web and found this website.

Thank you everyone for shareing your stories with us! I looked up heartburn from some health sites and determined that was the side effect I was experiencing...sever heartburn that made me sleep sitting up, but hey I wasn't dying : )

I have stopped taking this medication and I will be calling my doctor.

Oh yea, I woke up with itchy/blotching skin, everywhere...good times.

I have been on 5 mg of Lisinopril and 10 mg of Lipitor for over a year and just last week I convinced my doctor to take me off Lipitor to see if my symptoms would go away. I am 60 years old, but over the last year progressively feel much older. My legs are constantly hurting, both knees in particular. The pain at night is so bad that I have to get up for hours at a time. I also have a persistent cough which never goes away. I am now considering dumping Lisinopril in the same trash can as Lipitor. My wife is concerned about the future effect on my health but I am at a point where
I'm more concerned with the quality of my life today. My students at the High School I teach at constantly ask me what happened to me to cause
such a change? I am going to find out.

It's 2:47 AM and I can't sleep, have been taking this horrible drug for 4 days for a sinus infection. I have constant drainage in the back of my throat and a bitter taste in my mouth. Insomnia and when I finally sleep, nightmares and crazy dreams. The prescription just went in the trash can, I would rather have a sinus infection than to deal with this. I couldn't understand why I felt this way until I found your website. Thanks so much, never will I take this again.