Lisinopril and urge

About 6 weeks ago my doctor decided to put me on a mile medication for BP and he prescribed a tiny 2.5 mg lisinipril daily dosage for me. About the same time, first or so of November, I caught a cold and had a bad cough with it. The cold symptoms eventually subsided except for the cough. It lessened in severity but is still with me. About 3 weeks ago I developed what I thought was a side ache or possibly a pulled muscle from the coughing but it progressed to be quite painful. I went to see my doctor today and it's apparently pleurisy which is not so serious but is VERY painful. He immediately took me off the lisinipril and prescribed a different BP med for me. He feels that this will solve my problem and the pleurisy will go away. He said that lisinipril can cause the urge to cough and it can be a problem at night while trying to sleep and this has been a problem for me. My husband also caught a cold, has a cough and is taking lisinipril. If he's still coughing in a week or so, the doctor may change his BP medication too.

i just made the latest entry (about the coughing) and don't want to sound like a hypochondriac but i am realizing some other effects that i've had the are most likely associated with this drug that i had never had before taking it. hair loss is one of them. but also about once or twice a day (usually about 8 hours after taking it) i get this overwhelming urge to throw up, i don't have nausea but for about 5 minutes my mouth will water and i have to fight it to not vomit. this is difficult because it sometimes happens at work and i have to use all my power to control it. i take a cough drop and try to concentrate on other things. also, the glands in my throat/neck are huge golf balls and can get very uncomfortable.