What is a good inexpensive alternative to lisinopril? The cough and headaches are driving me insane?

25 Sep 2009

There are many other drugs out there. There are some that may fit you allot better. BP medicine is usually expensive. If you do not have insurance for drugs contact the manfacture for their program.
Back to your problems. If you have a problem getting back to your doctor call and talk with your Druggest and they may have some ideas and call your doc for you.

25 Sep 2009

rags 562,
This same thing hapened to me about 1 year ago, I could not functon without coughing - a dry hacking couph that nothingtouched. 3 weeks later I returned to my Physcian and he told me that 2 o 10 people obtained that cough, after you stop taking and take something else out of the same field with the lisinopril, one can only be so excvited when they quit taking it and the coughing goes away, I hope he changes this soon and you will get back to your good health!! Thanks!!!

19 Feb 2010

The class of drugs that work similar to the ACE inhibitors known as ARBs will start becoming available in generic this year. These provide many of the same benefits as the ACE inhibitors but without the nagging cough. Not sure about prices at this time.

20 Apr 2010

Please consult your Dr. seek a change take Ramipril instead of Lisinopril, this medication might help.

8 May 2010

I had the same problem on lisinipril. when I complained to my Dr. he switched me to Benicar/hctz. Works great and is pretty cheap too.:)

20 May 2010

that medication did not work for me either, had chocking feeling at night while coughing non stop for 3 months, had to stop, now i'm on atenolol which work for me with no symtom, ask your Doc if it might help you. coughing all the time is not so good. Everyone's body acts diff. with drugs. Have ur Doc keep changing your med.. until you find something that works that's my advise. From Inipong.

23 May 2010

hey rags562 how about metoprolol i use to be on 100mg 3xdaily i would have water sacs hanging at my ankles in 2006 and 2007, now that i am allergic to lisinopril i started with 25mg of metoprolol 2xdaily and i can feel the difference using that and a water pill they tried to add norvasc to it, but i refused; the 2 meds work well together for me, and there are others, good luck to you vtech10

28 Nov 2011

You might ask your doctor about Losartan (an ARB). Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs) are frequently prescribed for patients who do not tolerate ACE inhibitors well (due to coughing).

And, at this time Losartan (Cozaar) is the only generic ARB available.

28 Nov 2011

You should consider taking an L-arginine supplement. L-arginine is a nutritional precursor to the compound Nitric Oxide, which means it is broken down in our cells into Nitric Oxide and the Nitric Oxide then causes basal dilatation. Nitric Oxide is present is every tissue/every vessel in our body. It makes sense, because if we can deliver more Nitric Oxide to the tissue, then we can deliver more oxygen to the tissue (heart, brain, legs or anywhere there is blood flow), therefore, making the entire system work more efficiently. This increases blood flow and decreases blood pressure. It also reduces LDL oxidation, maintains healthy blood sugar levels, supports healthy sexual performance AND may aid in decreasing body fat. That is the purpose of L-arginine. It truly is a miracle molecule

17 Mar 2012

attngiotensine receptor blockers are good alternative medication for patient suffering from lisinopril side effects like dry cough and angio edema because the angiotensine receptors blockers do not affecting on bradykinin that is responsible for this side effects