Stopping Lisinopril (Page 4)

I have been taking 10 mg/day of Lisinopril for 3 months and have developed a tightening in the chest and flu like symptoms. Within the past 3 weeks I have felt progressively worse and would like to stop. Is it ok to just quit or must I wean myself off?

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Could the problems with lisinopril be that they have changed its composition? Since it is generic do you get the same manufacturer each time you get the RXfiled?
You took it for 4years and no problems (?)It coukd be the fillers were changed or it is a diffferent less scrupulous mfg.

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Hi Sami, you can tell who made them by the color of the pill and sometimes the shape of them. Mine were pink and round, but yes lots of places make them. I'll just assume that the main ingredients are the same as the FDA controls them. I was taking 10mg pills, if you google Lisinopril there is a lot of information and sites like this one out there. After hours of digging when I felt my most terrible (there's a new one most terrible lol), I found tons of bad stuff when searching. I'm going to use hawthorn berry, I read up on that a lot also and found it does good things for you including blood pressure.

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Jo read up on hawthorn berry like I did and see what you think, I'm going to give it a shot. Also there are other BP medicines that aren't made with snake venom, and I bet there are generic brands also. I've read that doctors that prescribe certain medicines get a kick back from pharmaceutical companies. And I bet there are a bunch that do it! Is it wrong YUP but there is no way to prove it. If a doctor reads this I said a BUNCH, NOT ALL.

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I have been on Lisinopril for 9 years. No problems, but in the past few weeks was getting very tired, pains in my back, being sick, sweats and dizzy spells. Thought I was going mad. Went to doctor's who said it might be anxiety issues, but would do some blood tests just to be careful. Results of blood test meant ending up in a ambulance, taken to hospital and put on a drip. The Lisinopril was causing my kidneys to fail. They thought I would end up on dialysis, luckily did not happen, but still having problems breathing.

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High just stop I did and now I feel good. Had a lisinopril cough for a few months after I quit, but it has finally gone away. There are other blood pressure pills that aren't as terrible as lisinopril is. Snake venom, I wish I had known before I started taking it, I would have said NOPE!

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The instructions that come with lisinopril say that most can take it with no problem and I think it may be the most prescribed blood pressure medication. Unfortunately, that leaves one up in the air. I have had a bad experience with it. Blood pressure rising rapidly, other symptoms vary depending on the person, but if you have swelling of any kind don't just think it will go away. Maybe it will, but then again, the chances are it can kill you. If you can, go to an ER or doctor quickly.
Some people have trouble with ace inhibiters. I'm one of them. I'm not alone in bad experiences with lisinopril.

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Sue,
I'm with you. If I had kept taking it I wouldn't be here now. It may be ok for most, but we are the ones that have a big problem with it.

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Hi Sue, yeah we would be. My cough is almost all gone now after a few months. As bad as that crap is, to me it was living death. My knees used to hurt all the time, but not now.

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I have been taking lisinopril 40 mg for 4 yrs now and the only problem I've had has been some light headedness once in a while when I get up from sitting suddenly. Otherwise my blood pressure is perfect. You should ask Dr to try something different.good luck.

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Hello David, Yes I did get something else. I had the dizzy thing also. I told the doctor with NOTHING with snake venom lol. I'm glad you tolerate it well. But there are people like myself that get very sick from Lisinopril and drugs like it.

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Oh yes! I had the shortness of breath whenever one of those attacks occurred. Funny thing is, I have a portable oximeter and despite the shortness of breath, the reading of oxygen in my blood remained high. That shortness of breath for me was that something (lisinopril) was triggering the symptom. The more I read of other peoples experiences, the more I realize they were basically the same as mine. I even saw someone who had the vision problem also that I had in a lesser degree. My scary thing was rising blood pressure and it went over 210 systolic even though I had not skipped the daily dose of lisinopril. Of course, I did have really violent trembling and body tightness. For me, the only thing that brought it down was 'time' or oral clonidine. ERs didn't do anything but feed me clonidine send me one heck of a bill for my short repose on their money making bed. I'm now on the transdermal clonidine patch and bad attacks are history for the most part, but I believe my general health was negatively affected and I feel that the results of the lisinopril remain the 'Monster under the bed' for me. My question now is when the h#!! is the FDA going to admit to it? like they just did with the Cipro that now is not supposed to be given for ordinary infections. If I were to make a completely uninformed guess, I'd think the lisinopril caused internal swelling as it is known to cause swelling or edema that even the DFA admits to.
The best of luck to newcomers here who will realize what a disaster lisinopril has been to us.

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Oops! Thats FDA not DFA. My internal proof reader is on vacation, so when I get into a hot subject like lisinopril you might read anything.
btw: I don't recommend the clonidine patch system for anyone. In my case it was the only thing that worked, and the alternative was definitely worse than clonidine's side effects. Now I feel like I'm hooked because I am fearful of the rebound if I go cold turkey, because the withdrawal would probably be high enough to scatter what few brains I have left.

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I agree Oliver, damn pill made from POISON, snake venom. I was the one that woke in the morning and couldn't see. My vision is about half way back now. Funny thing that actually helped me when and after that crap made me so sick was Aleve! Now don't go asking me why because I don't have a clue lol. The drug companies don't care as long as people use it, the advertisements they put on TV with side effects are scary. I now use as many herbs as I can, they work and are real NOT synthetic.

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Hi All,

I have been having many side effects from lisinopril. I have been on it for about four months. This past weekend, I just decided to stop it, I think it was causing more problems than fixing them. I didn't take it on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. Called my doctor on Monday and got in to see her. Told her I quit the lisinopril as I was having side effects, she checked my blood pressure and it was 124/78. She said it was fine for me to quit it. So for all of you worrying about stopping cold turkey, it must be okay since my doctor was fine with what I did. I do have one thing to add and that was that I have just lost 25 pounds, so I think maybe that is why she was okay with it. She wants me to monitor it at home and wants to see me back in a week, so I am sure she is concerned about bp going back up, but as to the way I quit, she was okay with that.

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My doctor let me just quit. I have been on it for about 4 months. She asked me to keep track of my blood pressure and go in to see her in a week.

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It has been a couple of weeks since I stopped taking Lisinopril. I still have a cough and get very tired trying to do normal things. How long does this last?

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Hello, well I stopped taking it months ago, the tiredness went away quickly. The cough last a long time, but gets less and less. Now I just cough a little like once a day, and some days not at all. I read an article on the Lisinopril cough, a doctor wrote an article about it. Basically there is a little irritant left in our lungs that takes time to get rid of. And he said not to worry as soon as the irritant is gone the cough will stop. I hope that helped you.

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When you are discussing Lisinopril which is a generic medicine no one has mentioned which manufacturer made your specific Lisinopril.. every manufacturer is different fillers and binders. That might be the reason 4 different side effects if any. it is very important to mention the manufacturer of your Lisinopril.

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Same pill, same company, same code on the pill. In the two posts I've read it almost sounds like you are working for a drug company Oliver. Through the research I've done and it's been extensive, the culprit is the snake venom, synthesized or not. Inactive ingredients usually don't cause problems or problems this severe. The bottom line is that Lisinopril DOES made people sick, it doesn't matter who makes it. The main ingredient is the same. And because people are different and doses are different people that react to the drug do it differently name brand or not.

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I certainly don't work for a drug company. Your observation that different people react differently, is certainly true. Snake venom is interesting and plausible reasoning. I received unbranded pills so I don't know who the supplier was, but a brief history of the medication I read, indicates that the company of origin were the objects of legal actions, and may have had something to do with lisinopril being supplied as a generic, or by more than one drug company. Now that I'm off it, I still have some concern for the people who accept prescriptions from doctors and nurse practitioners who can't believe it can be a problem. My own reaction to it is so unquestionable I can't understand why the FDA doesn't give it a black box label.

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