In July I was prescribed Lisinopril / HCTZ 20 /12.5. Within one ...

In July I was prescribed Lisinopril / HCTZ 20 /12.5. Within one week I started to have side effects. These included -pain in chest - worsened with high humidity - trouble breathing - shortness of breath - worsened with high humidity - slight continuous elevated temperature about 99.6 degrees - near real fainting spells when outside in heat- granted it was hot, but I've never had these before - loss sex drive - urinate often - don't sleep well My BP did go down though about 10 to 20 points. still that was the worst summer I've ever had. After reading others' side effects, I stopped cold turkey and feel much better. Did you know Lisinopril is extract of Brazilian viper venom? - no wonder I couldn't breath! My new doctor has me on new drug: Amlodipine Besylate 2.5 mg. which I hope will do the trick. Bottom line:if you have bad side effects stop and try another drug - there are prenty out there for BP control.