I've been having ringing in my ears (tinnitus) which started at a...

Yes, I have a permanent case of tinnitus from my 25 days on this drug. It has been 13 months now and the ringing continues. My doc and an ENT both don't believe it was caused by Lisinopril, but I know it is because there was nothing new in my life but that drug. I stopped taking it after 25 days hoping the ringing would go away, but no such luck. I hope your's goes away.

I have tinnitus still and I stopped taking the Lisinopril last August. Eating a lot of sugary foods seems to exacerbate this .

i took 20 mg of this stuff for TWO days and on the second day, started coughing and my ears were ringing, plus i had a really bad dry mouth. I stopped on the third day, and the ringing continues!! i hope it will go away after all the lisinopril gets out of my system, and I also have lost my appetite. I can taste food, and only eat for nutrition sake...i have lost 8 pounds in less than a week. but i want my life back. Carol

I lost my hearing 03-11-08 10 days after I started taking Lisinopril. My Dr. at ENT say it was not related to this medication also but now I have no 100% hearing loss with no signs oh it coming back. Surgery for a hearing aid is a possibility 3 monhs from now in hopes that I might get some hearing back..........I'm so sure my hearing loss was caused by taking lisinopril. I still have ringing in my ear which my ENT dr said it was phantom rings...yeah sure!

I'm feeling really stupid at the moment. I was first prescribed Lisinopril five years ago and noticed ringing in my ears after about four or five months. To be honest I put it down to driving too much over the years and constant road noise as well as age creeping up (I'm now 52). I always monitor my BP and it hovers around normal or just above. When I visit the doctor however it goes through the roof as I don't like visiting the doctor, never have. Result? The doctor doubles my dose and I now have a constant runny nose, ringing in my ears and dizziness. When I mentioned these symptoms to my doctor she said it was nothing to do with Lisinopril and suggested an over the counter nasal spray as I must have developed an allergy. I'm stopping these things today and will try some natural remedies like garlic capsules and vitamin c.

I have been on Lisinopril for 3 months now and I have complete hearing loss in my right ear. ENT did an MRI and it was clear - no reasons for hearing loss. He put me on prednisone and a viral medication and neither restored my hearing. After reading these articles I will be calling in the AM about Lisinopril

My dr changed me from atenolol to lisinopril last week. Five days later, I started having ringing in my ears, feeling flushed, light headed, and have a pain in the back of my head (that one could be stress). I'm going back to my atenolol tomorrow and calling my dr!

I took Lisinopril for about 2 months in the late summer/early fall of 2007. I noticed that I started having ringing in my ears at that time, but I thought it might be due to the "1 baby aspirin" I had started taking daily. I stopped taking the aspririn and the ringing continues to this day.

I stopped taking the Lisinopril due to (1) postural fatigue, (2) mild funny smell, metallic taste, and a funny feeling in the middle front of my head, and (3) unable to sleep for more than about 4 or 5 hours at night.

I've tried Diovan more recently, but for only a couple of weeks. Same fatigue, smell/taste/feeling, and sleep side effects.

Lisinopril has damaged my quality of life. Can I sue for damages?

yes I have the same side effect when I changed from 40mg to two 20 mg per day to control my blood pressure, Not sure what to do

I take Lisinopril and have a 40% hearing loss in my left ear plus constant ringing

I too have a recent, inexplicable hearing loss and have been taking Lisinopril for somewhere between 2 and 3 months. I woke up one morning with a significant amount of hearing loss in my right ear. Occasionally, I experience hearing loss due to impacted ear wax, so I thought that this was the case. I used a syringe and some ear wax remover and my hearing returned even though there was not much ear wax that was removed.

About a week later, I again woke up with a hearing loss in my right ear. Believing that I had not gotten all the ear wax out of the ear, I again repeatedly attempted to remove impacted ear wax, but nothing came out no matter how much I flushed it out. A week or two after that, I developed a ringing or low hum in the right ear. Believing it was something serious, I contacted my doctor and made an appointment to see him. When he looked in my ear, he found an infection so he prescribed a week's worth of Amoxicillin.

After the medication was gone, there was still no change in my hearing, so I called him back and informed him of this. He then told me that I needed antibiotic ear drops, and he called the pharmacy to have them get it ready. I went to get them, and they were just too expensive at $130. Instead I stopped at a pharmacy and picked up some ear drops that soothe and reduce inflammation in the ear. After using them the first time, 80% to 90% of my hearing returned, but I still had a low humming sound in the ear. It was clear to me at that the problem wasn't an ear infection; the infection the doctor found was from me digging in my ear trying to remove impacted ear wax so I could hear again.

It seems at my age, 56, I have a negative reaction to any medication I have not been on for a long time; it's happened recently where I had to quit medications due to adverse side effects. There is nothing else in my life that I can point to that would cause such a hearing loss other than being on Lisinopril for a couple of months. Today is the first day that I'm not taking the medication, so I'll have to see if there are any changes in the future regarding my hearing.

Okay, now I have further information about this problem. As this problem progressed, I started experiencing occurrences of vertigo. I have been going to a chiropractor for a traffic I was in last July, and when I told him the symptoms I have been experiencing, he knew exactly what the problem was - Meniere's Disease. It may be that the Lisinopril is causing the organic changes that result in this problem. I have been off the Lisinopril for about a week and a half now, and there is no change for the better so far.

YES, I have had ringing in my ears, night sweats, getting "charlie horses" all over my body and anxiety-like at night where my chest feels tight and I am concerned that I can't breathe well...
geesh, I HATE this lisinopril..
I am going to stop it and just take the atonolol and the hydrochlorthyazide (water pill).. it was working fine. I have added Lovaza.. so that will help I think. Good luck to you.