I started this medication 4 months ago and it worked very well in dropping my BP to a great rate. Unfortunatley, 2 months into taking the medication I started having very bad side effects. Dry mouth, sweating, diarrhea, leg cramps, severe dizziness, cold clamy feet, cough that is very bad at night. A month ago my doctor thought I was having panic/anxiety attacks and treated me with medication for ...
Medication doesn't work well for ethnic back grounds/blk women/rare side effects not listed it will swell your intestine and make it feel like some thing is twisting inside.
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tblanc | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
1/9/2008
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 4.3
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excessive urination
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Anonymous | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
1/8/2008
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 2.7
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I toke the generic version of this and it did lower my blood pressure, however I have to urinate way too often (some vaginal discomfort) and sometimes cannot prevent the urine from "starting before I am in the restroom". I have stopped taking it.
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cruiselady | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
12/29/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 5.0
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This drug worked very quickly for me dropping my blood pressure 30 points sustained within a month. I am very pleased and feel more energetic. I do not have that 'tired' feeling all the time. I am walking briskly 3 miles a day now and do not feel winded.I have no adverse reactions.
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momlady | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/16/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 4.3
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it is very easy to take. My Doctor says that it should be taken at least 1 hour prior to leaving the house, but other then that is great really helps.
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
12/15/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 4.3
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I was advised to go off of this version of Lisinopril and go to the one without hydrochlorothiazide (I was told this is a version of Arsenic?!) When I tried the same strength without it was not effective for me so after a month we switched back. I am curious about the long term effects that I may not have bee told about?
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
12/14/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 3.0
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/25/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
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I just started taking this drug 4 days ago. I am experiencing the dizziness and seems like faster heartbeat. I have had the cough and found that chewing gum makes it stop, immediately.
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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/3/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 2.3
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Severe dizziness AND vertigo !
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/1/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 3.7
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Nauseous for the first two months. Have developed dry cough/throat that I experience in spurts. Not daily. Great for high blood pressure.
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Anonymous | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/25/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 3.0
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This drug made me extremely nauseous for 11-12 hours a day. Could not work, barely sit up. Took blood pressure down but I was apparently allergic to it. Nausea was extreme and exactly what a friend described as an awful chemo treatment. Took for 5 days, even a 75% drop in dosage still made me just as sick. I did not read side effects and warnings until 5th day to make sure any effects were the medicine and not me just thinking I had side effects.
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
10/21/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 3.3
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I have this dry coughing that wakes me up in the night, I am not able to sleep, can't even go out anywhere not event to church because the coughing is so bad, I can hardly work during the day, the coughing is painful and my neck muscles throat stomach is sore from this coughing
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Anonymous | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/4/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 1.7
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Medication doesn't work well for ethnic back grounds/blk women/rare side effects not listed it will swell your intestine and make it feel like some thing is twisting inside.
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10/2/2007
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Overall rating 5.0
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leakster | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
9/23/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 4.0
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Started at 20mg for a few months, lots of peeeeing and dizzy in hot weather, then 10mg, now trying 5mg.... drops the bp like a rock.
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