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I am a 53 years old female diagnosed with diabetis for about 5 ye...

Posted at 12:51 AM on Nov 24, 2007 by eohiku, #25205
I am a 53 years old female diagnosed with diabetis for about 5 years, now. Currently, I take 1500 mg of metformin to treat the diabetis. A year ago this month, my bp went up to 164/88. That's when my doctor put me on 5 mg of lisnopril. The 5 mg dosage brought my bp down to about 140/84, it never went down to 120/80, even after using for one year. I can say that since I've been on this medication, I have been extremely fatigue. Several times I told my doctor about the tireness and that I thought it was due to the Lisinopril. She just sort of disregarded my complaint. She said that what I was feeling was due to menopause and the diabetis. About three weeks ago my bp went up to 171/88, so she decided that it was time to increase the dosage to 10 mg and to put me on hormone replacement therapy to reduce the fatigue. I told her that I didn't want the 10 mg of Lisinopril because I believed my fatigue was due to it. She insisted that it was best for me and that HRT would help. Well, what I've done was decrease the dosage to about 2.5 mg on my own. And what I notice was that my energy level seems to be returning. I been feeling better and my goal is to start taking the 2.5 mg every other day until I can completely stop taking this stuff. Today, I noticed that my arms felt a little heavy like and my heart seems to flutter a bit. I would like to hear from some of you that stopped taking Lisinopril, what were some of the symptoms that you experienced and for how long. I know that getting off a med can be dangerous, but staying on them can be just as dangerous, too.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 24, 2007 by onwatch, #3064

I am searching for information on Linosopril because my mother has turned into a complete zombie since she has been on this med. I am thankful that you placed your message just a day or so ago because you have confirmed what my sister and I believe about this drug. I am going to make sure my mother gets a tried/proven drug and not a drug that seems to be on-trial.

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Reply about 1 year ago on May 05, 2008 by myotter, #7951

I looked lisnopril (can't read rx) and apparently lisnopril is a condition. Lisinopril is a rx drug. I'm sitting here with my prescription and am glad that I found this site also.
Same prob, insurance won't pay for the Benicar that has controlled my BP beautifully for almost 4 years. Now I have Blue Cross/Shield and they won't pay for it, so the cardiologist had to change and decided on this (he also didn't want to bother calling the ins to try to change their mind).
The only side effect he told me about was the coughing- he should have told me the rest. I've decided to shred this prescription and ask him for something else!
Thank you all for sharing your experiences!

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