Stopping Lisinopril (Page 7) (Top voted first)

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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I have been off the drug for 3 weeks now. The reason I stopped was horrible muscle spasms that are still occuring. This medicine depletes your magnesium. Starting magnesium citrate today hopefully this works

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Lisinopril removes water from the body like a diuretic. That may be why people think this drug is similar to Lasix.

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I have been diagnosed with burning mouth syndrome and my dr said that lisinopril
can cause this. has anyone else had this problem? My tongue hurts and burns
constantly.

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Hello, yeah I had the same feelings using that poison. my after effects lasted about four months. I still have very little. Believe it or not but I had some aleve (I had a headache and that was all I had around) and I took two at one time and that relieved my symptoms. Don't ask me why because I don't know, I just know it worked. My knees were sore when I stood up. Now they are hardly ever sore, another after effect that's going away. I hope this helps you :)

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I have been on lisinopril for about 10 years and finally realized some thing that were going on were results of the drug.I have been on 20 mg for about 5 years of that time.I went off cold turkey because I didn't know not too.I have been off for about a week .Will the effects of the drug go away or will they be life long problems and am I in danger from going off cold turkey besides bp.

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Lisinopril is used to help control high blood pressure.

That said, most of these medications can cause dangerous rebound effects if you have been on them for a period of time and abruptly stop taking them, this can include increased blood pressure and heart rate, with the risk of heart attack and stroke.

The side effects that you are experiencing are normal for this class of medications, you may also experience headache and dizziness.

If it is getting worse, however, and not tapering off, you should speak to your doctor immediately about stopping the medication or trying something different.

You can read more on Lisinopril here:

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Lisinopril/­

Have you spoken to your doctor about these issues, yet?

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I have been on Lisinopril for a year now 5mg. Just in the time of taking this medication my heart rate has never been below 110. I recently went to my doctors office because of chest pain, when I walk or doing any simple thing like get the laundry. I am to the point of not being able to do anything from the chest pain and then anxiety. I did have an EKG and the doctor said it was normal but my blood pressure was a bit high, he wants to up the medication. But I did not do it, my BP at home is 117/78 so I am not going to take the extra dose.

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