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My husband used to take Altace fo HBP. It wasn't working so his d...

Posted at 4:44 PM on Aug 12, 2007 by bcmay1978, #22900
My husband used to take Altace fo HBP. It wasn't working so his dr. put him on Lisinopril in Feb. of this year, 2007. He had to keep lowing the dosage until he reached 5mg. It knocked him on his ass, he has no energy at all, no sex drive, we have not had sex since Jan. He is tired, tired tired all the time. He also coughs but is a smoker, wakes up at night with his t-shirt soaked. He has told his dr. this and he says it's where his BP gets low and his heart is pumping trying to keep up with his body. He had bloos work done and has found out he's anemic. I don't know if the medication has caused this or not. Since June 2007 he has had to have 2 blood transfusions, has gone through scopes, more blood work and we are waiting results of the lastest done Aug. 7, 2007. He goes for a CAT Scan Aug. 21, if the dr. isn't satisfied with that he's doing a bone marrow test. Could this be the result of lisinopril? Anyone else having these systoms?
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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 22, 2008 by amylouise, #15437

My husband took Lisinopril also. It did the same thing to him. We went to Cleveland Clinic... the #1 heart hospital in the USA and told them the problems we were having at home. They immediately took him off Lisinopril and put him on Norvasc instead. Now my husband is much better, has much more energy, is able to stay awake during conversations & actually be more a part of life with our 3 kids! Ask about it. YES Lisinopril is too much, get him off of it!!!!!!

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