Lisinopril Racing Heart, Hctz, Godsend, Heart Rate, Bad Idea
Posted over a year ago
OMG! It's 4:45 a.m. where I live and I just found this site...what a Godsend. I thought I was going crazy! I've had almost all of the symptoms everyone has listed here the worst being insomnia,racing heart rate(at night)and feeling like I can't breathe! ... more »
OMG! It's 4:45 a.m. where I live and I just found this site...what a Godsend. I thought I was going crazy! I've had almost all of the symptoms everyone has listed here the worst being insomnia,racing heart rate(at night)and feeling like I can't breathe! WOW! I have been on this med for almost 4 years now(10mg/day,down from 12mg/day with HCTZ)and I think it's time to STOP! I've honestly felt so horrible that dying didn't sound like such a bad idea...hate to say that but it's true. My Doc. does not think that this drug is causing these problems and just wants to give me more drugs! I'm a 36 year old female that used to be the picture of health...not anymore. I'm going to stop this medication a.s.a.p. and would urge others to do the same...the side effects are worse than the so called 'cure!' Please email if you'd like to discuss further. Thanks to everyone! You have saved me!
Mistieb - I just started taking the same medicine yesterday. I was a bit tired and lightheaded which I thought was normal being that I was switched from Inderal to this...but all of a sudden my heart is racing. I was just relaxing, watching tv and now I feel like my heart is about to beat out of my chest. Anyone else experience this right off?
Citygirl908 - I don't know how in the world you were able to stay on this drug for such a long time! I'm going crazy trying to wait for this medication to leave my body. I have coughed until my insides just ache and I have low back pain so bad it's hard for me to walk across the floor. Not to mention I have practically overdosed on an inhaler because I can't breath. I was taking Avapro prior to this drug but I thought if getting a generic it would save me some money. I feel like it has almost cost me my life! It has been 3 days since I have taken the drug and I don't know how much longer I can deal with these side effects. It's been horrible! I called my doctor and asked him to call the pharmacy and change my prescription back to the Avapro. Do you believe he had the nerve to call in another new drug!!!! He's got to be kidding if he thinks I'm going to try any new meds after this experience! Lisinopril should be banned!!!
Mistieb - How long were you on the med? I am on day 4 besides being a little out of it, I am doing okay....except for the panic attacks which I am taking a little dose of ativan for every now and again
Warthog36 - I have to tell you guys...last night was the first night in years that I've stayed in bed asleep all night!!!! I had some heart palpitations at first but no problems after that! I've only been off the drug for 2 DAYS!!!! I feel so much better. I'd rather exercise more and eat better than die a long,slow death due to this drug! I'm starting to feel like 'me' again!!!!
Mistieb - So I have been on the med for 6 days now!! I haven't had too many issues with it so far. EXCEPT for the my heart racing most of the time. I sleep fine, some weird dreams but not problems staying asleep....and my BP is finally good. I was switched to this b/c my other med wasn't working anymore and when I went to the Dr. on Tuesday my BP was 150/100....so she decided to try something different....lisinopril it was. I just want to keep an eye out for bad effects so that when I go back to the dr. next week , I make sure that everything is normal. Thanks, and so glad for you that you are feeling better!! :-)
Connielp46 - I have experienced the same heart pounding from Entocort EC. I had taken 2 pills per day (3 mg each) for about 4 months. It raised my blood pressure & pulse. I felt like my body had a racing motor in it. I dropped down to 1 a day & then down to 1 every other day which has not been enough to help the Crohn's. I am still having the heart pound & I had to have medication to even get any sleep. Now I have to see a heart dr. I weaned myself off the Entocort but I know I will not be able to stay off medication. I go back to the doctor next week & he will probably want me to start back on Entocort. It's like Entocort has effected the electrical rythem of my heart. I loved it at first, to get such relief. I do not want any medication that causes hair loss.
Junecleo - These are all old posts, but maybe someone will still stumble on this and be helped. I started taking Hydrochlorothiazide a few days ago. The Dr. had changed me from atenolol bc my bp was creeping up and she didn't want to up my dose of atenolol bc my heart rate was already low and that would just make it lower. So after a couple of days on the HCT I noticed I was short of breath and my heart was pounding. So she added lisinopril. The second day of taking them both I was at our church as the lead person for our VBS program. As I was walking around trying to get set up I kept feeling dizzy and my heart was pounding. It got worse as the evening went on and by the time we were finished I was feeling awful. I walked the half a block to my house at a normal speed and when I got to the front porch my legs about buckled under me, and I was even having slight chest pain. I also couldn't catch my breath. My heart was absolutely pounding so I took my pulse...it was 250/min! I was actually scared at this point, went inside and sat very still the rest of the evening. My pulse was still about 110. Normally I have a pulse rate of 76 resting. So I eventually went to bed and when I got up in the morning, 24 hours after taking the pills, I felt SO much better. Heart rate down around a normal rate for me. Took my old dose of atenelol this morning and tonight at VBS I was my normal self. I am calling the Dr. tomorrow. I think the HCT raised my heart rate, and the addition of the Lisinopril raised it even MORE! I truly think it might have killed me off if I'd have had some reason to really exert myself. Scary!
Chadd - Lisinopril and other blood pressure medications are dangerous and totally unnecessary. Several studies have proven that supplemental vitamin C will reduce high blood pressure safely and naturally without side effects. It was effective even at a relatively small dose of only 500 mg per day, much less than the 2 or 3 grams per day recommended by Dr. Linus Pauling for preventing cardiovascular disease. Of course, organized medicine and Big Pharma don't want you to know about vitamin C because it is cheap, unpatentable, and a huge financial threat to their high-profit pharmaceutical drugs. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient vitally important for cardiovascular health. I would urge you to read two very informative articles at the website cqs.com. Just do a google search for cqs.com to get to the website, then click on the article Natural Cardiovascular Disease Therapy to read it, then click on Natural Statin Injury Therapy to read it.
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