User Reviews for lisinopril-hydrochlorothiazide oral

I have been on this drug for a year and it has helped me drastically to reduce my BP and did so in a very short time. I was in the real danger zone prior to taking it and within several weeks was in a normal BP area. I am very please with the results.

Thank you first for all of the reviews! I have a persistent dry hacking, gaging, cough. Been to doctors to get help. Nobody has picked up on this medication as being the culprit, duh! I have also had allergy tests with recommendation to start allergy shots for dust mite allergy (because of the cough). I should have gone to this web site long time ago. I will address this med with doctor immediately, if not sooner, (joke)! Thanks to the cough I am now taking many meds for allergy related to coughing, some really not affordable (copay).Read More Read Less

Two days after starting this drug, I developed swollen hands and tingling of the hands. I also felt a burning sensation of the hands when washing with luke warm water. My cardioligist stopped the drug and put me on a small dose of benedryl

On this medication for 2 months now. BP dropped from 170 to 125. No side affects noticed at all.

I have been taking this drug for approximateely 2 year...20mg+25mgHtz TWICE DAILY. I have not experienced any side effects from this medication, however will attest to it dropping my bp drastically!

I started taking this drug and started experiencing side effects almost immediately. I cough till I almost vomitt, I wake in the night with leg cramps, I am so dizzy I can hardly stand, and I feel horribly everyday. I just called my dr. to ask for a new med. I am frightened of this medicine and I pray I have not harmed myself with this medicine in any way.

started this medication two weeks ago. have constant muscle cramps, headache, loss of appetite and lethargy.

Frequent irritating deep long dry cough, too a dry long heaving cough,condition worse at night.I am a non-smoker. Unhealthy feelings, nausea.Cough causes sleeping difficulties.Feelings of fatique,slight dizziness/groggyness.Frequent urination. Body action rejection symptoms. This product may work but side effects I have experienced not worth the benefit. Concerns of self poisoning with product by body side effects response to it. I question whether risk is worth reward on this combo product. Blood pressure and heart beat out control last few years but at least felt healthy without product. It is no fun feeling sickly taking it. HDC did not work alone with me. Combo of two might be, to soon to tell, however both drugs combined are doing little or nothing with racing heartbeat situation. Taking this two-drug combo concerns me as much as having high blood pressure and not being able to do anything about it. An aging problem I guess we all must deal with somewhere down the line.Summation: To many negitive side effects between the two drugs. Will seek other options from doctor. The smoker's cough/dry heaves and nausea alone will make you want to discontinue this blood pressure treatment. Still on treatment and not a happy camper. What to do? Read More Read Less

have had cough that disrupts sleep

Took this medication for three days. First day within a half hour developed dry cough. Lasted on and off all day. Second day Still had cough but a screaming headache was a new symptom. Third Started experiencing cramping and involentary muscle spams over my legs and hands. Kept me up all night. Called doctor and trying something new. no longer on this medication.

I was taking Atenelol only for high blood pressure and it was not working. The doctor added Lisinopril and my blood pressure is now normal. I am very greatful.

While Lisinopiril did lower my BP, I experienced the most horrible leg cramping and tingling. Would wake up at night with knife like pain in thighs and calves. Lab work all normal. Discontinued this drug. Now on Diovan and legs are slowly getting better.

Has dropped BP, but so did enalapril-hctz for many years. Cough started right away and frequent urination. 1 week on meds passed out (seizure/foaming at mouth) and spent 3 days in hospital. On cardiac monitor and tests...heart OK. Severe pain across chest and back, is difficult to take breath or move. Must take 2 hydrocordone every 4hours for any relief of pain. The day I passed out I had been in yard mostly in shade for several hours then had first massage(gentle) in over a year. Was standing in shade visiting with neighbor when I passed out. Discharged on same new BP meds Lisinopril-HCTZ 20/12.5mg 1 in am and Amlodipine Besylate 5mg -1 in pm. Both are new for me (starting 2nd wk). I questioned whether 'seizure' was caused by the new meds. Internist who changed my meds and cardiologists said no. In meantime "no cause" found and now I am forbidden to drive for 3 months by law and I am afraid to be alone! See internist in 2 days...going to insist I go back on Enalapril in AM and Toprol XL in evening.Read More Read Less

I have only been taking this medication for a few days, and my bp dropped considerably! I have a nagging little cough 24 hours a day, but cough drops help. Being in the heat is scary, though. I went to a festival yesterday, for less than an hour, and had to go home, due to severe dizzyness and stomach cramps. I checked my blood pressure when I got home and it was 89/57!! So, I recommend staying out of the sun when taking this medication!

Heaviness in legs

I have an occassional dry cough. My bp has dropped by 25/25

I have been using it for a week. On the third day I started experiencing the most painful and debilitationg muscle cramps, sometimes the cramps cover over half of my body at the time and often include my diaphram muscles. Once at work I started laughing and every muscle in my chest, back, and diaphram ALL cramped at the same time. I called my MD and was advised to start taking a small magnesium supplement. I'll give it a month to sort itsself out and then we'll see.

This drug DID lower my BP, and also made me dizzy. The WORST reaction however came on the 3rd day of taking it. I began to HICCUP. The HICCUPS were CONSTANT! I couldn't sleep. I couldn't work, as I talk to clients all day & I really couldn't do that while hiccupping. The Dr. told me hiccups were not caused by this medicine so I continued to take it. After 10 days of suffering this & being totally exhausted, a nurse friend told me she thought it was my BP meds, so I quit taking them. The hiccups stopped!! I changed Dr.s after this! Read More Read Less

Extremely dizzy, almost fainted, nausea, extreme drops in blood pressure, coughing