Lisinopril and Headaches: What Users Say (Page 2)

• Glo...
• September 21, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "4 tablets only taken, then I ended up in A&E with awful side effects, including palpitations, much higher BP than before I took them, headaches, rash, feeling really ill. A&E doctor recommended stopping immediately - I had the day before! 5 days after the last pill, and I'm still shaky, suffering tiredness, aware of heartbeats and high BP - not at all happy with BP meds - I previously was prescribed Andipole or something similar? Only one of those, and I suffered stomach cramps, palpitations, bloated belly, plus cough, etc. - these meds can be very dangerous, and I'm refusing to try anymore but am taking even more exercise, eating healthy & hoping to reduce BP the natural way, although the hospital doctor didn't really think I needed them anyway!!"

• Yaa...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 27, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "I have been taking 40 mg of Lisinopril by Lupin for several years. This has been very effective at keeping my blood pressure in check. Then, when Walgreens made the switch to Solco as the manufacturer, I started to get all sorts of symptoms (serious back rash, dizziness, low blood sugar, headaches, and more). At first, I wondered if I developed an allergy to a food that I was eating (as I have been in medicine for nearly 22 years). Then, magically, when I stopped taking the Solco version of Lisinopril, all of these symptoms went away. It was the only thing I could think of as the cause. Now, my blood pressure is running around 140/85, and I'll work with my doctor on an appropriate medication if I see any spikes. This company needs to be investigated. I am troubled, indeed."

• Fat...
• September 26, 2015

For High Blood Pressure "Dry cough that causes me to gag and dry heave. A bit embarrassing when giving a presentation or at church or in a restaurant. Have the runs and itching like other folks mentioned and some new headaches, but heck, I might not have a heart attack! So, I am taking my chances with high blood pressure and will take a short quality of life over the misery of the drug."

• Sof...
• April 21, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Have been taking Lisinopril for almost a week now. So far, so good. My readings before meds were the highest at 173/99. Now running normal low in the morning and average in the afternoons. Working out 5-6 times per week. Lost 12 lbs so far. Not really into meds like that, would like to be off completely in a few months. Headaches from time to time, or more like pressure in head. Muscle aches, but maybe due to working out (body is not used to being taken care of). Trying to quit smoking as well, because bp rises. Drinking about 10 cups of water per day, add lemon for flavor. Overall, happy as of right now. Read some of the side effects, will be on the lookout for them as well."

• Non...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 12, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I started 10 mg once a day 2 weeks ago for HBP of 160/90. From day one, I had severe headaches. Then I started getting aches and pains, kind of flu-like feelings. Then the muscle cramps started. Now for 4 days, I have been vomiting and have almost zero urine output, even though I am making myself drink 120 oz of water a day. I never thought of this medicine causing these side effects until my husband asked me if it could be what's causing me to feel bad. So, as of today, I emailed my Dr, and I am stopping Lisinopril after looking up all the side effects. I'll deal with the HBP!"

• Jac...
• October 12, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "I started this drug 4 months ago, and I have the cough and the headaches. But my blood pressure is still high. I started taking it in the morning, when I got up, my blood pressure was running 178/110 or higher. Within 2 hours, it was down, but I was so tired that I was falling asleep at work and waking up with high blood pressure. So I thought if I started taking it at night, then my blood pressure would not be high in the morning. But it is still very high still in the morning, 178/117. So the doctor said to start taking it again in the morning - that was a week ago, and for the last week, I have woken up at all hours with a bad headache. This morning, my blood pressure was 178/117. I will have it changed."

• Jac...
• October 12, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "I started this drug 4 months ago, and I have the cough and the headaches. But my blood pressure is still high. I started taking it in the morning, when I got up, my blood pressure was running 178/110 or higher. Within 2 hours, it was down, but I was so tired that I was falling asleep at work and waking up with high blood pressure. So I thought if I started taking it at night, then my blood pressure would not be high in the morning. But it is still very high still in the morning, 178/117. So the doctor said to start taking it again in the morning - that was a week ago, and for the last week, I have woken up at all hours with a bad headache. This morning, my blood pressure was 178/117. I will have it changed."

• Pmb...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 8, 2021

For Diabetic Kidney Disease "My primary care doctor put me on this Lisinopril in the year 2018, and I started immediately experiencing throbbing in my lower back, where both sides of my kidneys, also my head hurts every day, extreme coughing, stomach disturbance. So I had told my doctor at a follow-up, told him he immediately stated it was the Lisinopril, quoted to me these words: 'that's that Lisinopril, so I have got to take you off that.' So he did, but that medicine caused severe damage to my kidneys and body. My digestive system and kidneys haven't been the same since. Now I've been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and was told recently that I have 58 percent of my kidneys left when seen by a kidney doctor."

• Han...
• January 11, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I have been taking this for about 6 weeks now. I had headaches for about a week initially, but they have since gone away. However, I have had what I thought was bad allergies or a cold for about a month now. After reading some of these reviews and the side effects, I believe it is from this medication. Of course, my doctor, which I visited Friday, did not tell me this could be from the medication. It is controlling my BP, but I don't like the aches, pains, sneezing, and coughing that have accompanied it."

• cal...
• March 13, 2015

For High Blood Pressure "Started using lisinopril, stopping water pill due to night terrors. BP went down the first week, then went back to high, so they doubled my dose to 20 mg a day. My face has a burning itch around the face near the ears, horrible cough all day and night, also nonstop headache. I really dislike drugs, I mean really..... what's the long-term effects? Gonna lose weight, exercise, no gluten, and meditate. See how it goes."

• Anonymous
• July 6, 2010

For High Blood Pressure "I started taking lisinopril in the 20 mg dosage once a day. My blood pressure started around 160-170/90-100. After 30 days and not much change in my blood pressure, my doctor recommended taking two pills a day. Since I started that, my headaches have been unbearable. I am going to stop taking lisinopril."

• TIn...
• March 14, 2011

For High Blood Pressure "I took Lisinopril for approximately five months and could no longer take the coughing. Initially, I was tired all the time. It had been prescribed to take every morning. I called my doctor, and we switched to taking it in the evenings so I would sleep better, and that cleared the lethargy. However, the cough never went away. It was violent and painful (headaches and feeling like ribs were bruised), caused huge disruptions at work, interrupted my sleep, and caused me to pee - even if I had just emptied my bladder. I found out this was a common side effect and called my doctor today to switch to something new. I start Losartan tomorrow."

• kri...
• December 10, 2010

For High Blood Pressure "When I was diagnosed out of the blue, my blood pressure was 194/101. I was prescribed 30 mg of Lisinopril, and I only experienced the dry tickle cough and dry mouth. In two weeks, my blood pressure was at 170/97. Each week for the next three, it continually lowered, but the tickle remained. The doctor dropped it to 20 mg and added 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide in one tablet a day. The cough immediately subsided, and I've been on it for 3 and a half years now. I rarely get headaches (prior to being diagnosed, I was having almost daily headaches), and my blood pressure now maintains at 119/69. Going to the gym 3-4 days a week has helped a lot."

• Anonymous
• July 6, 2010

For High Blood Pressure "I have been feeling nauseous and have headaches all the time. I also have a cough, which is annoying. I have been on the medication for three months and thought I had a gastrointestinal disease until I read all the comments on side effects. I feel better knowing where these symptoms are coming from."

• Rit...
• December 8, 2015

For High Blood Pressure "I've been taking lisinopril 5 mg once daily since April of this year. In July, my endocrinologist increased me to 5 mg twice daily. In October, I started getting headaches. At first, I thought it was just seasonal allergies and sinus problems. The headaches have gotten horrible. I can barely stand them, and sometimes they make me dizzy. I haven't really noticed a big difference in my blood pressure either, so today I'm contacting my endocrinologist to see if she can make a recommendation for something else. I didn't realize that headaches were a side effect of this medication until I logged on to find out if it was possible it could be the lisinopril. I have never experienced headaches like this."

• hon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 21, 2015

For High Blood Pressure "Oh my goodness. I am 34, was 20 weeks pregnant, and developed high blood pressure. Delivered my stillborn at 24 weeks, was on metoprolol and Norvasc to maintain. Once delivered, blood pressure seemed to level out some. Doctor released. Blood pressure went crazy with no meds. Went to family doctor. He prescribed lisinopril. Blood pressure still high and increasing. He increased medication and added metoprolol back. Headache, hurt all over, hard to speak without thinking how to speak first. Hurt in upper back, stomach aching, slept a lot, numbness, tingling in arms and hands, gained weight, anxiety. Took Norvasc and skipped lisinopril, headache got lots better, not completely gone with the first dose, aching elsewhere gone. Numbness got lots better. No confusion when speaking, no anxiety."

• Anonymous
• October 18, 2010

For High Blood Pressure "Since my gastroenterologist suggests avoiding Norvasc (amlodipine) because of my GERD, my PCP switched me to lisinopril. I started experiencing the usual cough, but other symptoms I started experiencing and have had over the last 4 months since I started taking it, I did not immediately link to this drug. These included upper and mid-back pain, headaches, dizziness at times, chest discomfort, and possibly even elevating my blood sugar levels, with little impact on my hypertension when compared to Norvasc. I told my doctor that I have the GERD very much under control and just cannot stand the side effects of lisinopril, so we switched back to the Norvasc. It will be interesting to see how quickly the side effects of the lisinopril subside."

• Anonymous
• July 26, 2011

For High Blood Pressure "I was prescribed Lisinopril about 6 months ago, and developed a really bad cough about one month after taking the medicine. The cough got so bad I had to take breaks from the medication just to get relief. Finally, my doctor recently took me off of it. She said the cough was a sign of an allergic reaction. I'm upset it took that long to get my doctor to understand that I was suffering with a cough/headache that seemed to last 24/7. However, Lisinopril did lower my blood pressure."

• Ohm...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 13, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Started this drug one week ago today. 5 mg a day. Have had a headache ever since. Blood pressure has been low most of the time except in the middle of the day, for some reason, it can shoot up to the 130's and 140's. Early in the day and evening, it's in the 110's or lower. I also take 25 mg of metoprolol (for years). Headaches are getting worse, so I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow to see if I can try something else."

• Tan...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 25, 2018

For Migraine Prevention "My migraines have gone from 6 to 10 a year to 1 to 2 every 5 years since taking lisinopril. I also have noticed that if I start to get the aura before a migraine and take 2 lisinopril during the aura phase, I only get a small headache that is easily controlled with Tylenol."

• Pax...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 13, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "I'd been taking lisinopril 10 mg with 25 mg hydrochlorothiazide once per day for many years, and it worked very well. Then Lupin changed the formulation and removed the 'inactive' ingredients (much smaller pill) around July 2017. Noticed hair falling out, blood pressure spikes, more fatigue feeling. Changed to Watson pills, hair no longer falling out, but blood pressure running too high, headaches. Not sure what's the best move now, stronger dose or different type of BP medication."

• Anonymous
• June 22, 2008

"I am very young and have been taking it for a couple of years now. I can tell when I forget to take it. I feel sick and have headaches all the time. Lisinopril really helped me get back to the normal active life I used to have."

• mds...
• May 21, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "My blood pressure has been around 165/93. It has been running this high even though I'm on HCZ 25 mg 2x a day and propranolol 25 mg 2x a day. So my MD put me on this med on top of the other two. I've been on it a few days. My mouth has been extremely dry, headache, plus my BP was 86/53 this AM. Guess what, it's Saturday, and it makes me itch."

• Tim...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 29, 2017

For Diabetic Kidney Disease "I only take 2.5 mgs once a day to hopefully prevent any kidney issues from diabetes. So I'm not positive if the drug is the problem, but I recently found myself without the medication for about a month, then saw my primary, who gave me a new script. It seems to lower BP, but fortunately mine was not really too far above normal. But once I started taking this medication, I also started back up with feeling so sick, like I'm dying from something! Every muscle and joint in my body is throbbing and hurting almost beyond what I can stand! It's the absolute worst feeling and wouldn't wish it on anyone! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any other real complaints of people feeling this way, so I can say 100% it's the Lisinopril, or I would stop it immediately!"

• liz...
• February 24, 2023

For High Blood Pressure "Works to lower my BP, but the side effects are awful. Racing heartbeat, bad headaches, body aches, coughing, muscle weakness, and extreme fatigue. I cut my 40 mg in half, and the side effects have somewhat lessened."