Lisinopril

does anyone know if taking Lisinopril (high blood pressure medication) will cause you to gain weight or retain water?

I take Lisinopril with HCTZ and it has never made me gain weight or retain water. On the contrary, as all I do is visit the potty all day. Can't wait to lose enough weight to get off of it.

yep! constant dry cough and it lowered my blood pressure too much. the cough went away when i stopped it.

I was on that and lost 40lbs from Jan to May 2012, so I'd say, nope, you won't gain. Oops, I forgot this, after the 40lb loss I was able to go off it! My blood pressure slowly started to go down and it made me super tired, nauseous and eventually I couldn't walk without getting out of breath. My Dr. said I could stop taking it and my bp never went up.

I have been on Lisinopril 12 with the water pill. I can not begin to tell you how bad and a nuisance these hot flashes have become. Being overweight and recovering from edema in my pregnancy, my blood pressure just sky rocketed. My Bp is still slightly elevated. However my water retention and swollen Shrek feet have subsided. I never put two and two together. I figured being 50 lbs heavier was the reason for these GOD AWFUL hot flashes. Thank you for sharing your stories

Here's a question for you all. I've been trying to figure out why when I stop taking Lisinopril I retain water like crazy. My feet swell, fingers, face; I am puffy all over. I have been trying to get pregnant so I stop taking it for a week and the swelling doesn't go away. Then I go back on it just to get rid of the excess water in my body. It's driving me crazy! I'd like to be off it completely but I can't get past this water retention when I stop taking it. Any thoughts? Will my body eventually start flushing out the excess water?

That's what diuretics do. I think the idea is that the excess water causes your HBP. I take Hydrochlorothiazide which is a diuretic. It doesn't do much for my BP, but it sure thins out my ankles and I gain 5 lbs if I miss a few days of taking it.

the coughing became a major issue for me, enough that she had me drop the med... the cough is hard to explain, like you have to clear your throat constantly... all the time... super distracting and annoying

I haven't gotten to read ALL the comments, but now I'm really curious. I've been battling to figure out why my weightloss stopped although I'm still eating healthy and exercising. I started a healthy lifestyle almost 3 years ago. Lost 1-2 pounds a week consistently until a little over a year ago. I've dropped about 80 pounds total and been stuck there (between 165-170 pounds) but still have another 10-15 lbs. I should be able to lose. I've been on 40mg of lisinopril and was on 25 mg HCTZ for many, many years. I had light-headedness when I started the lisinopril, but that went away and I do not have the cough. About the time my doc decided to cut my HCTZ dose in 1/2 (12.5mg) and left my lisinopril alone is when I quit losing. I don't feel bad but I have wild fluid retention with my cycle every month (like 4 lbs. or so) and I'm 50 so I've been guessing it's just hormones and I have to live through this. Oh, I also take via prescription a 10 meq tablet of Potassium. My BP has been running about 115/65 first thing in the morning, but then closer to 130/80 if I take it later in the afternoon. I take my meds in the morning. Any idea if doc may just have my dosages out of whack causing the stalled weightloss or WHY can't I lose any more pounds? It's driving me crazy and I've even considered asking to up the HCTZ dose again and see what happens, but I really don't want to. I'm hoping to get off the meds! Haven't had labwork since January 2014 but all was fine then.