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I'm on Lisinopril-HCTZ and have been for not even a month and I'm...

Posted at 10:35 AM on Apr 09, 2009 by lindyvan, #40502
I'm on Lisinopril-HCTZ and have been for not even a month and I'm having those coughing spells so desperately, that I almost pass out. I can't stop coughing all day and night, now another doctor says I have asthma, but I don't think I do. I think its the adverse effects of this medication. I can't eat because it feels as though my esophagus is closing up all the time, I've been living on soup mostly since I started these meds, otherwise I can't swallow. I have to get off this medication because its causing decreased lung capacity already and I've only been on it two weeks!
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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 09, 2009 by propsguy, #18750

you probably don't have asthma. in the book Worst Pills/ Best Pills, they suggest stopping lisinopril for 4 days to see if it's caused the cough before you go looking for other reasons and taking other meds for imaginary asthma

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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 10, 2009 by joepro50, #18765

i understand what you are going through like many of us here, i too am taking lisinoprol with hctz, and i hear the cough and throat problems has to do with hives the med causes. I used to have alot of energy, but now after taking this med for 6 months, i feel my energy level going down and when i do too much, i feel my throat throbbing, like its closing up. I tried stopping the drug for a day but got scared because with the drug my bp has been good about 115,78, but i took my bp the day i stopped the med and it was 151/98 so i got scared and went back on it, im too afraid to stop taking it for 4 days.

I dont have the cough as much , but definitely my throat tickles especially a deep breath and i have pressure in that soft spot between the neck and colarbone.

I see my doctor in june, i would be you DO NOT have ashtma, and its just drug related here.

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