I am so glad I found this website. I have had a lot of questions ...

I am 32 year old male and I having hypertension for last 3 years. Doctor prescribed me initially 10 mg of lisnopril and then increased it to 20 mg. For last 1-2 years I am having vision problems like blurring, many floaters, webs etc. And the floaters keep on increasing and I visited opthamologist 4-5 times in the last 2 years. Opthamologist told me that its part of aging and never believed him because my eye site used to be so perfect and all of a sudden all these floaters, dots started appreaing in my eyes. I am having a lot of problem with my vision. I asked my doctor is there a side effect because of lisnopril and he told no it was used by lot of people. Now thank god I saw your post and my suspicion about the lisnopril is vidicated. I will talk to my doctor to change my medication.

If I get an oppurtunity I would sue the company who makes these medication as there is no label that it has side effects on the vision.

Thanks a Lot,

I too am on Lisinopril-40 mg. I was previously taking 20 mg daily and my doctor decided I needed to increase to 40 mg about 2 1/2 - 3 years ago. I have had a continuous irritating cough, weight gain, forgetfulness, extreme tiredness and not restful sleep (not my usual behavior). Most improtant, I have experienced considerable vision loss in my left eye. About a year and a half ago the eye doctor prescribed glasses and said all I have is an astigmatism and the glass would correct this problem. The vision loss has gotten worse and today a new eye doctor examined my eyes and said there is unexplained vision loss in the left eye. He will do one more test tomorrow and then send me to a neurologist for further testing. Thanks to the postings on this web site, I will also talk with him about the Lisinopril and the possibility of this being caused by this medication. Thank you for speaking out. Sybil