VERY ILL - Started Lisinopril 1 Month Ago !!
Posted over a year ago
OK, I just figured out it's the Lisinopril making me ill - I was put on Lisinopril about a month ago for high B/P , Started having severe headaches and I mean SEVERE like the top of my head was gonna explode and the pain behind my eyes and the back of my ... more »
OK, I just figured out it's the Lisinopril making me ill - I was put on Lisinopril about a month ago for high B/P , Started having severe headaches and I mean SEVERE like the top of my head was gonna explode and the pain behind my eyes and the back of my neck was unbearable, vision problems nausea/vomiting trouble speaking,thinking, and even walking, lack of appetite,no energy and severe weakness and heaviness feeling especially in my legs. I also developed quite a tremor and extreme shakiness plus many other symptoms...Became so ill at the onset I stayed in bed with a barf bucket by my side for 3 days until I could no longer take it anymore and my husband took me to ER = $125 co-pay they sent me home with some pain and nausea meds. as well as anti anxiety medication...My symptoms persisted and I continued follow up's with my PCP @ $25 co-pay per visit, PCP sent me for CT Scan of my head = $150 co-pay...The results were fine nothing could be found I was told...Symptoms continued to worsen, PCP sent me to Neurologist @ $35 co-pay per visit, Neurologist sent me for much blood work, an MRI with contrast and a C-spine xray @ a total cost of over $300 to me for co-pay for those tests, All came back normal...Was sent for even MORE blood work...All came back normal, The only thing out of the norm was my Blood pressure...So they increased my dosage of Lisinopril...I began to notice that after 24 hours and just before taking my next daily dose of Lisinopril that my symptoms became somewhat better as If I sort of felt like perhaps I finally did not feel quite as bad as I had been feeling...But within 2 hours of taking my daily dose symptoms returned with a vengeance...So it MUST be the Lisinopril and today 04/16/2011 I have decided that I will NOT take my daily dose of Lisinopril and well...I have a feeling that I will soon start feeling much better at least I hope so.
P.S. Is there a Lawsuit against this Horrible Drug ?? If there is not there should be!!!
Evelyn50 - Hi Glynisrose,
If you haven't done so already and want to go to: [link removed]
To sign the petition for a Class action lawsuit to get started against this horrible drug
Thanks, Evelyn50
Teddy64 - i was prescribed lisinopril last year and the joker that did is dead himself well thanks kind doctor i feel i should be too, i have a neurological condition anyway and in a chair strange thing he mentioned i have a muscle connection prob just before i was given it i took it for a month and had to stop it as it was paralising me i came of it and been seriously ill since cheristmas all blood test come back normal i need an mri because my spine is numb its left me weak scared anxious fatigued bone pain muscle cramps this drug is dangerous i felt suicidal there are some horror stories from people about this drug brazillian snake venom my lifes hell
Evelyn50 - Hi Teddy64,
I am still not well - I'm praying that some of my symptoms are not permanent - However I'm starting to worry, I must admit the devastating headaches pretty much stopped when I stopped taking Lisinopril - But I'm still feeling the effects neurologically. I never knew the stuff was derived from Snake Venom, So I researched it and Yes it is, This is what I found....
To anyone who reads the please note Prinivil is the same as Lisinopril :
Prinivil is one of the more recent entries in a class of drugs called ACE inhibitors.
The development of this group of medications almost reads like a medical mystery. It all started with the venom of a poisonous Brazilian snake.
The deadly jararaca caused severe hemorrhaging. An extract from the venom was found to affect the kidney and ultimately blood pressure regulation. This led to the creation of enzyme blockers in Capoten, Vasotec and Prinivil which are revolutionizing the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.
Prinivil is prescribed to lower blood pressure
Teddy64 - thanks for your reply, i'm scared because i'm getting depressed lifeshard enough but i've never been like this , i thought docs were supposed to save lifes
has anyone read this
Brazilian Pit Viper
name Nicole
status educator
age 20s
Question - Regarding the brazilian pit vip and its venom:
(1) which compound derived from the Brazilian pit viper is used in heart medications?
(2) how does that compound work as a poison?
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Hi Nicole!
1)Let me try to answer your question with great pleasure
since i am myself Brazilian and i knew some of the people
involved with that research.
See, one of the hypertension causes is the conversion
of Angiotensin I, a substance present on the human blood.
Bradykinin is one substance that avoids the conversion
of Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II, preventing high
blood pressure.
OK... some Brazilian researches discovered that the
venom from a pit viper native at Brazil, the
"jararaca" or "Bothrops Jararaca" has a family of
peptides that strongly potentiates the effects of
Bradykinin in vitro and in vivo. That factor was named
BPF, that is Bradykinin Potentiating Factor, and it
helps to keep the blood pressure at its normal level.
The research was extended and similar and more potent
synthetic substances were made and produced at
Phamacological Laboratories.
2) Most snakes venom injure man and other animals
when introduced into the organism by a bite.Local effects
include wheals, blisters, and violent inflammation followed
by death of tissue,muscle spasm,hemorrage and other
conditions that can be fatal: tetany (caused by abnormal
calcium metabolism) marked by cramps ans convulsions, and
depressive symptoms as clouding of senses, paralysis,
weakening or arrest of respiration and heartbeat.
Thanks for asking NEWTON!
Mabel
(Dr. Mabel Rodrigues)
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Clairefern - I will be searching the web for a class action suit and calling around to Lawyers on Monday! This drug needs to be stopped! My Father in law took it for over a year and now his lungs r so bad the Dr has given him less than a year to live because of his lungs.He had no lung or breathing problems prior to this killer drug!
Teddy64 - sorry to hear your news im so scared to as i already have a neurological condition it has made me worst and my bones im scared im dying too i cannot afford lawyers but i wish i could stopm it i was a happy girl last year now i live day to day my hospital dont care neither did my gp why wont they listen
Evelyn50 - Hello fellow lisinopril sufferers. I have contacted MANY,MANY Lawyers and it seems that not one is willing to take on this issue...I keep hoping that one day in the future that will perhaps change.To the "New" posters here,Please remember to Report your side effects to the FDA< This is VERY important!!! Also, I myself am considering hand writing a letter to the Manufacturer of the pills I was prescribed that almost killed me because in my case at least, I am wondering if it was the particular way the manufacturer produced these "tainted" pills that was perhaps the reason that they became toxic to me. Please let me explain: Back in 2004 I was placed on Lisinopril and took the drug till about 2008 with NO ill side effects,I was seeing a cardiologist regularly and things were going very well for me and the drug was stopped because of that. In late 2010 and early 2011 my family physician noted that on most of my Dr.visits that my blood pressure was once again elevated and decided to place me back on lisinopril (Probably for the simple fact that I had never had any ill effects from it in the past) .The ONLY difference between the lisinopril I was taking in the past and the one I received in 2011 was the manufacturer that produced it.As you can imagine neither my doctor nor I had any idea what was making me so ill when I suddenly became deathly ill,Thus all the tests I was subjected to! And...The specialist I was referred to. I mean who would of even thought it was the lisinopril,After all I had taken this drug before for quite a few years with NO ill effects or ANY problems. So I'm now thinking that there is a real good possibility that certain manufacturers are unknowingly producing "Bad"/"Toxic" batches of this stuff and Something MUST be done to at least have this FACT investigated.I dare not publicly post the names of the manufacturers that I received my lisinopril from when I had my prescription filled for fear of slander and or liability-But- If you want to share or compare notes with me concerning this issue or want to know if the same manufactures produced the pills that You or your loved ones took that made you/them sick then please e-mail me at my private addy: evelyn_64@hotmail.com I would really like to hear from you and maybe this would give ALL of us some evidence as to whether or not it's the manufacturer (brand) that are producing this toxic form of Lisinopril. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. evelyn50 P.S. If this is indeed the case it would not be the drug so much that has made us all so sick but more over the WAY the Drug was produced through certain manufacturers- Thus that WOULD give us all a viable Case and the company's would be responsible for our long sufferings.
Marlon23 - chest pains headaches, arm and shoulders pain, rash, horrible back pains, nauseas vomiting, hair loss 99 percent, this are a few of the problems with this drug, they need to take this of the market, is going to kill someone, please help, we need to sign a petition, call the fda, write a letter to them, or get a lawyer to help us with a law suits.
Skalpay - I am taking lisinopril and I've been having horrible head, neck and shoulder pain. I have only been taking it for about a month. I figured out that my symptoms began when I started the lisinopril, so I've stopped taking it and now the pain is gone.
Chadd - Lisinopril and other blood pressure medications are dangerous and totally unnecessary. Several studies have proven that vitamin C will lower high blood pressure safely and naturally. Just do a google search for 'vitamin C reduces high blood pressure' and read the articles. Vitamin C was effective even though the studies used a relatively small dose of only 500 mg per day, much less than the 2 or 3 grams per day recommended by Dr. Linus Pauling for preventing cardiovascular disease. Of course, Big Pharma and organized medicine aren't interested in vitamin C at all because it is cheap, unpatentable, and a huge financial threat to their high-profit pharmaceutical drugs. Unfortunately, Big Pharma practically 'owns' the FDA, so I doubt this drug will ever be banned no matter how much damage it inflicts on trusting and unsuspecting patients. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient vitally important for cardiovascular health. I would urge you to read two very informative articles at the website cqs.com. Just do a google search for cqs.com to get to the website, then click on the article Natural Cardiovascular Disease Therapy to read it, then click on Natural Statin Injury Therapy to read it.
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