Welcome to medications.com

I AM 28 YEARS OLD & HAVE BEEN ON LISINOPRIL FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NO...

Posted at 8: 2 PM on Mar 18, 2006 by xapril77x, #13905
I AM 28 YEARS OLD & HAVE BEEN ON LISINOPRIL FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW....I HAVE TRIED VARIOUS MEDS. FOR MY HYPERTENSION SINCE I HAVE HAD HIGH B.P. SINCE THE AGE OF 15. I SWITCHED MEDS. DURING PREGNANCY TO AVOID HARMING THE BABY...I WAS PUT ON TOPROL....I HAVE HAD PRE-ECLAMPSIA IN ALL 3 OF MY PREGNANCIES...NOW MY DR. PUT ME ON LISINOPRIL, VALIUM, PROZAC & LORTAB 10 (FOR UNBELIEVEBALE HEADACHES)! SO, IT'S NO SUPRISE I'M FEELING DIZZY & WEAK. BUT THE COUGH IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! AT THE LAST D.R. VISIT HE ASKED IF I HAD BEEN COUGHING ALOT, WHICH IT WASN'T THAT BAD AT THE TIME, I TOLD HIM I HAD BEEN, SO HE TOLD ME THAT THE LISINOPRIL WAS THE CAUSE & THAT WHEN I'M READY TO SWITCH MEDS. TO LET HIM KNOW. THE ALTERNATIVE MED. IS MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT I AM SWITCHING....I TOOK MY SELF OFF THE LISINOPRIL ON SAT. & AM CALL HIM ON MON. FOR A NEW RX.....I COUGH SO HARD IT MAKES MY HEAD POUND, I CAN'T SLEEP, MY HUSBAND & KIDS CAN'T SLEEP,SOMETIMES I COUGH SO HARD I VOMIT.....WHEN I HAVE A COUGHING EPISODE IT CAN LAST UP TO AN HOUR NON STOP.....MY HUSBAND HAD A VASECTOMY A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT I STAYED IN THE ROOM WITH HIM FOR & I COUGHED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCEEDURE & ALL THE WAY HOME WHILE DRIVING!!!! I CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE DUE TO EMBARRASEMENT!!! SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IT'S NEVER GONNA' STOP & I CAN'T CATCH MY BREATH & LETS NOT TALK ABOUT THE TERRIBLE HEART BURN....I'VE NEVER EVEN TAKEN A ROLAID UNTIL TODAY! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WISH SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET!!!!!!!!!!!
REPLY TO THIS POSTING | Send Private Mail | Add as friend | Flag as inappropriate

Make a reply to this posting:

Type your reply to this side effect post:




ADVERTISEMENT

This registry is a place to share positive or negative side effects of using Lisinopril. If you directly experienced a side effect while using Lisinopril, then we encourage you to enter it here. Please note that entries here are the experiences of individual users, and in no way means that you or anyone else will experience the same side effect, since the same medication affects people in different ways. Please always contact your physician.
-- Please see our disclaimer

© 2002-2007, Skylabs Inc.  |  About Us  |  Disclaimer/Terms of Use  |  Advertise  |  Contact Us  |  Site Map  |  Developed by: W3matter.com