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Below are Prinivil (Lisinopril) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Prinivil review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | high blood pressure |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20 mg taken once per day for the period of 6 months |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lowered blood pressure |
| Side effects: | | Coughing,fatigue, hair loss |
| Comments: | | Took Lisinopril once per day |
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| | Prinivil review by 65 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | HBP |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10-20mg taken once a day for the period of 27 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | Maxide, Atenolol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | After starting on a diuretic and a beta blocker without significant results, adding the ACE inhibitor worked wonders, and has continued to do so for 27 years. The next step, if one becomes necessary will be to add a sartan. Based on my previous response. I expect it to be a happy experience. |
| Side effects: | | For no apparent reason the dosage needs to be adjusted, up or down from time to time. Fortunately hypertension is not asymptomatic in this patient: have a headache, it's up, raise the dose; feel wiped out, it's down, lower the dose. All this has been confirmed by home, office, and pharmacy readings. |
| Comments: | | I never expected to live this long, let alone feel as healthy as I do. My mother died at age 53, and the last years of her life were marred by pain, discomfort and significant disability due to cardiovascular disease.
My experience is one more validation of the benefits of early and aggressive intervention in the case of mild hypertension. |
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| | Prinivil review by 50 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | High Blood Pressure & Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20mg taken 1 x daily for the period of Still using, 2 years + |
| Other conditions: | | Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
| Other drugs taken: | | Baby Asprin & Vytorin | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lowered blood pressure, regression of LVH. |
| Side effects: | | Annoying cough night or day ocassionally @ 10mg. Cough almost non-existent @ 20mg. No other noticeable side effects. |
| Comments: | | Daily dosage of Lisinpril with HCTZ (water pill) 20mg. Reduce / limit intake of all forms of dietary sodium to 1000 - 1500mg. per day to reduce pitting edema. Brisk walking exercise 3-5 times a week for 45 minutes per session.
Baby asprin daily and Vytorin to effect cholesterol levels.
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| | Prinivil review by 51 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Nocturnal Myoclonus (like Restless Leg Syndrome) |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg taken nightly for the period of 14 years |
| Other conditions: | | Many conditions, including eventual heart attack |
| Other drugs taken: | | too numerous to mention, but took many | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Nocturnal myoclonus (similar to restless leg syndrome) causes severe jerking of the legs every 15 seconds for up to 7 hours. Lisinopril allowed both myself and my partner to sleep at night. Somehow, the drug works without the adverse effects the other sleeping pills, neuro transmiter pills and anti-depressants had. |
| Side effects: | | No adverse side effects, but it did keep my blood pressure down. |
| Comments: | | Though it is a blood pressure medication, I have never had high blood pressure. I have taken Xanax, Ativan, Clonipin, and many other medications to allow me to sleep, but did not stop the nocturnal myoclonus(similar to restless leg syndrome). This meant I did not remain awake to experience the effects, but my partners did get kicked violently, kept awake with my movements and dirupted sleep. Though it is not known by many doctors, the research was down many years ago on this treatment by a VA doctor while in medical school in the 70s. It has been effective for so many years when I went 15 years without getting acceptable relief. |
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| | Prinivil review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | hypertension |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken once day for the period of ongoing |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | My historically "high moderate" or borderline high blood pressure (140/90 or 150/100) has been brought to normal (110/70 or 120/80) so that further, more aggressive treatment is unnecessary. |
| Side effects: | | I have noticed my sex drive is somewhat reduced; I am perhaps slightly more tired in the afternoons than I was before taking the Lisinopril. |
| Comments: | | I take one tablet in the morning. |
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| | Prinivil review by 45 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | diabetes |
| Dosage & duration: | | 2.5 MG taken one tablet/day for the period of two months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | insulin: Lantis and humolog | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Apparently, this ace inhibitor has positive effects against retinal and renal pathologies associated with diabetes and other cardio-vascular diseases. |
| Side effects: | | Excessive prolonged coughing spells, especially at night, occasional diarrhea, isolated, patchy skin rashes on torso and extremities and itchy scalp all noticed within a week of starting this drug and has been persistent since. |
| Comments: | | My doctor prescribed this medication as a prophylactic measure, since I have had Type I diabetes for the last 33 years. Recent tests have shown traces of protien in my urine possibly indicating early signs of renal failure. |
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