I wrote in December, described the cough, my problems with this...

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Posted at 4:58 PM on Jan 29, 2009 by sismad49, #38483

I wrote in December, described the cough, my problems with this drug, I was on 40 mg prescribed from my cardiologist, I went to see my doctor last week, she increased me to 80 mg, bp was lower, but not enough, she had blood drawn, I think maybe by the grace of god, I did not start taking the higher dose yet, this morning I get an urgent call, from my Cardiologist office, to stop the Lisinopril immediately, I am now scared to death, and scared for my life, they said the Lisinopril, is effecting my kidney function, my kidney function lab work is way up, now I am going cold turkey with this medication, hoping my bp does not reach a dangerous level, need more blood work, a visit to cardiologist next week, and now a visit to a urologist, I am scared to death, I feel like crying WTF!

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Reply 9 months ago on Jan 30, 2009 by myring78, #16567

How long did you take 40mg ? And what test did they take to know your Kidney function was looking worse. Could you post that for all of us to see ? I just recently got blood work done at the start of taking this Lisinopril, & sure he will test it again after I take this for awhile other than the first blood work cost me 625 dollars, and with No health insurance I cant afford to keep doing that. So knowing whats best to choose to do if not easy for any of us. Please post how you turn out or what they switch you too.

Thanks.

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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 02, 2009 by cbgmpls, #16678

I take a low dose of Lisinopril and am going to get my lab work done tomorrow. I am sure your cardiologist will find a bp medicine that works for you. The way they do it can be a little scary sometimes but treating disease with drugs has some trial and error. A couple of days with high blood pressure isn't a real problem its months and years of it that do the damage.

If you are very anxious ask for low dose xanax it is relaxing and it lowers blood pressure.

Good luck to you.

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