Hydrochlorothiazide-Lisinopril and pharmacist

I had to re-start Lisinopril recently (almost 3 months now) and did not realize until I saw my Dr. last week that it was quite possible that that was what was causing my nagging cough, liquid phlegm cough-ups, burping at night, dehydration overnight, scratchy throat off and on at all hours of the day, loud chest coughing occasionally, my eyelashes are more brittle now, some leg cramping, and toe cramps, and watery right eye, would tear up quite a bit during heavy bouts of coughing. :( He just changed me to HCTZ which now I'm wondering if that is the same thing as Lisinopril? It reads that at the top of this post--what if they both cause an allergic reaction like this I am ALLERGIC TO SULFA COMPOUNDS so upon reading that pharmacist note above, I'm going to speak to my Pharmacist, My Dr's and my chiropractor too. I'll tell everyone I know, I've already heard from 3 other people that say they had a nagging cough and it turned out to be their blood pressure medicine.

This is an update on the problems I had while on lisinopril that I posted Nov.12. It took 2 more weeks off of the drug before my rash completely disappeared. The stomach and chest pains also took this long to stop. Lisinopril was definitely the cause-probably because of my severe sulfa allergy (which my doctor was aware of). It was my pharmacist that told me about the connection between sulfa allergy and lisinopril reaction. My doctor had no idea about this. He said wheezing would be the usual reaction to lisinopril! I'll always check with the pharmacist concerning allergic problems before I start a new medication. I do feel great now!

I had stomach pain, pain in chest, tightness in throat, then horrible rash. After a month on prednisone I started breaking out as I decreased the dosage. I told my doctor I thought it was the Lisinopril and I stopped taking it. I'm feeling better now after being off of it for a week, but still not 100% o.k. I talked to the pharmacist and she said, "You must be allergic to sulfa". I am very allergic to it and have always listed this on the forms in the doctors' offices. Apparently there is some relation between lisinopril and sulfa.

I am upset because neither the Pharmacist or my Doctor were any help. I thought I was going crazy. I have been on this med. for 6 or 7 weeks of which have been absolute misery. I have experienced numbness and tingling in my finger tips, headaches, yellowing of my skin, severe nausea but never throwing up, unable to eat and yet gaining weight, severe dizziness and nearly passing out, fatigue, pain in my legs when I exert myself (climbing stairs to my bedroom), unable to stay asleep at night, leg cramps, stomach pains, anxiety!!, depression, grouchy, extreme bleeding with my monthly cycle (my normal cycle is 3 to 5 days this cycle lasted 3 weeks and counting), coldness, heart palpitations, chest pains, wheezing and deep dry hacking cough. I just felt like I was going to die also thought it could possibly be menopause, low blood pressure (90/60). Because BP was low I took 1/2 the dosage day before yesterday (5mg). Yesterday I stopped taking it altogether and I was able to eat (yeah!!!!) with only minor nausea. Today my legs are not hurting as bad going up and down the stairs and my bleeding has really slowed down. I don't have a headache but I am still coughing and am having the problem with the numbness and tingling in my fingertips. I see dramatic improvement. I believe if my husband had not researched the side effects of this drug online, it would have killed me. Also he thinks that women should not take this drug because of the emotional impact on the husband! Also I am so angry that his happened to me in full sight of the medical professionals !@!@!@ I will be posting this message on as many medical sites that will take it.

I have been taking lisinopril for four days and that four days too many. I started taking these pill on Monday. Tuesday i went to the ER because i thought i was having a stroke. I was having chest pains and my left arm went numb. I had just had an EEG, EKG, a Cat Scan and a stress test. Each one showed my heart was fine. ER doc's could not fine anything wrong, so i went home and took my next dose as scheduled. I kept experiencing these chest pain/arm numbness off and on all day Wed. That night i could not sleep because the symptoms are worse when you lay down. I went to doctor on Thursday and described my symptoms. She thought it was strange that I was having continuous pain, so she scheduled me an appointment with a cardiologist. Today (Friday) i kept trying to figure out what had changed that would cause these pains/numbness. I started reading the literature that comes from pharmacist. Low & behold chest pains was listed as a side effect. I have decided to stop taking this medicine with the hope these pains/numbness will go away.