lisinopril - trouble breathing - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

rainbow7 · 12-18-2005, 09:44 AM

Does anyone else have trouble breathing about an hour after taking lisinopril?

rainbow

lane413 · 12-18-2005, 07:08 PM

My mom took lisinopril for almost six years and that was one of her complaints. The worst complaint of course was the nagging ace cough.

Lisinopril was the best to lower her bp though.

rigel434 · 12-18-2005, 07:32 PM

For the first couple of weeks after I started taking it, when I'd take walks I'd notice that my throat seemed to be a little more narrow than before and I'd have to breathe harder. Nothing dramatic but noticable. Around the same time, I got the ACE cough/throat tickle. But it all went away after a couple of weeks, never to return.

lane413 · 12-18-2005, 07:37 PM

My mother said she felt the same. Eventurally, the lisnopril caused her to get rashes, her face and eyes swolen and finally her throat closed., I rushed hr to the ER and they said she had became allergic to the lisinopril.

She not taking it now.

Lenin · 12-19-2005, 11:09 AM

STOP TAKING LISINOPRIL IMMMEDIATELY if you have trouble breathing. That is a sign of a life threatening allergic reaction called angioedema. Other signs are puffy lips and eyelids.
NEVER take an ACEI again if that happens even once. THe next dose could kill!