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| Posted at 12:22 PM on Nov 11, 2008 by karinab1970, #36454 |
Jerrylee
I also am allergic to Sulfonamides and have high blood pressure and heart failure. Many of the antihypertensives have a sulfa of some type in them. In the case of Lisinopril with Hydrochlorothiazide, it is the dieuretic Hydrochlorothiazide that contains the Sulfonamide that you are allergic to. I was initially given Hydrochlorothiazide to lower my blood pressure. The immediate response was severe muscle pain in my extremities, irregular heart beat and I could go all day without having to urinate which isn't normal for me either. I spoke to my former doctor about this and he told me it was all in my head sulfa allergies are very rare. Luckily his nurse told me that she was sure I was allergic to sulfa or sulfomamides (same thing) and to ask the doctor to prescribe straight Lisinopril without the Hydrochlorothiazide. Which he did although I couldn't take that either due to shortness of breath and constant cough.
I have no idea why your doctor prescribed Lisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide unless you have high blood pressure or heart disease. Dizziness, anger, loss of memory and confusion are not side effects of Lisinopril or other ACE inhibitors,but the drop in blood flow caused by lowering the blood pressure is. I would suggest asking your doctor to take you off of ACE inhibitors since they are not doing any good anyway. Also ask him to do tests to determine if your blood flow is normal and what problems with your heart you may have. Look up high blood pressure, heart failure, diastolic dysfunction and ask her/him if any of the drugs they have prescribed or are going to prescribe have sulfomamides in them they don't know so they will lie to you then before you have the pharmacy fill the prescription ask them about sulfonamides in the drug they do know and will tell you. I fought the same problems you are facing for over 5 years, went through 6 doctors and trained myself to know more about heart disease than the average doctor knows.
Hang in there and good luck.
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