Lisinopril and sneeze

I have been on Lisinopril fro 6 months. AT 1st 1 felt horrible like most of the symtoms already mentioned (tired, heart palpitations,etc) Most side effects have subsided after about a month or so, EXCEPT this tickle cough that started within days of taking it and is driving me crazy! I have stress incontinence to begin with (pee when I sneeze or cough) but nothing that a thin panty liner worn every day to take of the problem. This cough is constant..all night long, during the day...I am so tired of that feather tickle in my throat..and it goes without saying that my stress incontinence is much worse..that panty liners no longer are large enough to control that problem! Thank goodness I have a doctors appt tomorrow...I refuse to stay on this medication even though it has done great for my BP

I too have been on Lisinopril for about 9 months. Over that time I have had the dreaded dry cough which usually kicks in out of nowhere lasting a few minutes. This usually happens when in business meetings. I will usually cough a while and then I sneeze. This seems to end the cough. At night the cough is usually triggered by the dry forced hot air my house produces. I stopped taking it on the advise of an Internal Medicine Doctor not the Endocronologist that origionally prescribed it. I am waiting for the cough to go away. After a few weeks he plans to switch me over to Avapro.
I have been a serious cigar smoker for the past 30 years, but over the past few months I have not been able to partake in my favorite passtime. Too painful. Maybe this is a good thing?

I have been on Lisinopril/HCTZ 20mg for about a month. I have severe fatigue, trouble sleeping, cough, sneeze and have a hideous rash on both arms that itches and is spreading to my back and shoulders. Saw my MD yesterday and he thinks I might be alergic to HCTZ (tried to tell him I was on that for 6 years --no rash -- no side effects) he has now prescribed Linisopril with nothing added. If this has not cleared in one week I'm going off the Lisinopril. I'm wondering what this drug is dooing to my vital organs. Do you think the reaction is confined to just the outside of the body?? I don't.
Luckylady1

I'm waiting for my doctor to call me back - it's a Friday around 3 p.m. so I probably won't hear from him until Monday. BUT I AM SO EXCITED!! I really feel that I have discovered the cause of my chronic coughing. Here's the lowdown: I had been taking Diovan for a few years, along with another blood pressure med. All was fine. Then we had to change medical coverage and the Diovan was not approved, so shortly after the first of the year (2004) I started taking Lisinopril. I've had an awful time, but I didn't know why until today. I had bronchitis in November '03, then again in February '04. So I was already coughing when I started Lisinopril. I coughed incessantly. Now I realize that I was coughing both from bronchitis AND from the constant tickle in my throat. About 10 days after the Feb. bout of bronchitis began I was in awful pain in the right side of my rib cage. Had lung xrays, rib xrays. Lungs clear. No fracture could be seen, but I was told that 25% of rib fractures do not show up on xray. I was prescribed Hydrochodone for pain, but I took 2 pills and that was the end of those pills. I have to drive & work, and could not function. I am still coughing, but not from my chest as would be the case with bronchitis. It's been driving me crazy, and people at work are somewhat annoyed because I cough all day. TODAY WAS MY LUCKY DAY. All this time I had been trying to determine why I was still coughing from bronchitis. When I got on the Internet & typed in "scratchy throat coughing" I got lots of things that said Lisinopril could be the cause. Then I found your forum and I could not believe it!! I'm ecstatic because I'm sure this has been the problem with my dry, hacking cough - just like some of you, it makes me gag, then my eyes water which makes me sneeze, etc. I will get back to this forum for a final confirmation, but thanks to all of you for taking the time to write your comments. It has been a huge help to me. Bless you all.