Sarah (not her real name) doesn’t know what role Lisinopril played in her mother’s death, but she does know that her Mom’s health spiraled downward soon after she took the medication, and she wasn’t taking another other meds—it was too coincidental. Apart from high cholesterol, her 77-year-old mother was healthy and vibrant. Now Sarah is looking for answers, beginning with her mother’s medical records, and an attorney’s help.
(Lisinopril is an ACE inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure alone or with other medicines and it is also used to treat heart failure. It is not typically used to treat high cholesterol but "it may be prescribed for other uses", according to Medline Plus, an online site with the National Institutes of Health.)
“Mom’s first symptoms were nausea and she complained about a pain—her hand was by her liver,” says Sarah. “That may have been the area of the first tumor but no one knows because there was no reason to find out where the cancer originated…
Mom was prescribed Lisinopril in December 2009; it made her extremely drained and she lost a lot of weight. Then she started using a four-prong cane to walk anywhere. She was so exhausted that she was even afraid to get into the bathtub. And she developed a head shake, which got progressively worse.
As for cancer, no one saw that coming. Did the Lisinopril mask the symptoms of this aggressive form of cancer or was it caused by Lisinopril?
I called Mom’s doctor and told her that the Lisinopril was taking the life out of her and concerning us all. ‘Have her stop it immediately and we need to see her right now,’ she said. When the doctor saw Mom’s head shake she ordered a CAT Scan of her brain.
Throughout the months of May and June 2010 the doctor followed Mom’s recovery after she stopped the Lisinopril. Without a doubt she recovered-- she went back to being the Mom we knew before --but her head didn’t stop shaking. She started reading again; when she was on Lisinopril she couldn’t even hold a paperback.
July 8: Mom’s doctor was concerned that a stroke was brewing—maybe in the neck. She ordered an ultrasound and we saw the neurologist. There were no signs of stroke.
July 11: Mom was sick to her stomach and shaking from head to toe—she was having a seizure. I called 911 and the paramedics arrived in a heartbeat. Because she might have been having a stroke, we went directly to the Denver hospital. The head neurologist saw two large tumors on her brain and ‘There may be more’ he said. I knew there was cancer somewhere else---the internal medicine man saw her next. She had another seizure. Mum was scared—you could tell. Next up she had an MRI.
July 12: Two doctors said the MRI results were not good: she had a large tumor in her left lung and it had encroached into her heart, pinching off the bronchial tube and shutting down her lung. It was extremely aggressive. And there more tumors throughout her body, including both sides of her spine, so large you could feel them. One was near her liver.
Mom’s life was measured in days. They said there was no need for more testing and treatment; just go home and say goodbye. Mum held my hand and she was crying; her wish was to go home, meaning heaven.
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July 29: Mum went into a coma and passed away.
October: I researched Lisinopril online—I’m a medical journalist—because I needed answers; I can’t help but think Lisinopril may have been the trigger. When I read about so many Lisinopril lawsuits, I wanted to find out how these other people suffering with Lisinopril side effects compare to Mom. I know that Lisinopril is linked to liver failure and Mom didn’t die from that, but she first complained about a pain near her liver so I’ve never stopped wondering. My next step is to get her medical records, and seek help from an attorney.”
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I stopped the Lisinopril in one month. I do Clopidrogel too and another Statin. Also Aspirin and Plavix/combo. Sick of it all...
I say this, Natural all the way, excersie and build Cardio...
Take Care out there!!!!
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See website for following:
***WHAT IS LISINOPRIL?
Lisinopril is in a class of drugs called angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
This medicine is used to lower blood pressure, to treat congestive heart failure and to improve the survival rate after a heart attack. It decreases certain chemicals that tighten the blood vessels, (in other words lisinopril dilates the blood vessels) so blood flows more smoothly and the heart can pump blood more efficiently.
Interestingly, lisinopril and other ACE inhibitors were developed from the venom of a poisonous Brazilian snake.
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Even before that I had a friend I researched this drug for as after a year she was having seizures from it and after she brought it up to her Neurologist she was moved to something else much easier for her. she did 1 year on the Lisinopril before the seizures started. She is still having the siezures but the rest of the symptoms have been gone a long time now.
So naturally when he began the med I told him it was a bad one.sent him all the info. he said "I take it, my brothers take it we all take the same med and it works".
Well, his 1 brother had surgery for prostate caner Jan 2015 and now has something additional wrong in his back as of March 2015 he can barely walk now.
His other brother has developed diabetes and is become a very confused individual. Few weeks back his other brother came to the house to stay over (he does sometimes-has a bedroom assigned to him) and was walking around the yard in the morning without any pants on saying he was looking for his pants. OK.
In march this year during an application for life insurance my dads kidney numbers came back VERY BAD. Now, since life insurance has a VESTED interest I paid close attention the numbers. Basically the numbers say he is now in stage 3 CKD.
His PCP did not seem to be concerned.
The life insurance underwriter was VERY CONCERNED. SO much so that his quoted preimum went from 598$ a month to 1390$ mo due to his numbers.
His PCP said it was "false positive". I dont see how that can POSSIBLY BE-but im not the doc. Life insurance said for his PCP to give a statement saying so in writing and they would reconsider the premium quote. His PCP never did that.
The numbers say my dad is in stage 3 CKD. end of story. diagnosed or not thats what the numbers say. As such, I would ASSUME that means there is a problem in suburbia. It means that in the near future he will need dialysis to stay alive is what it means.
My dad is lethargic. tired all the time. has developed some kind of tick, he has become germaphobic, so much so he will take wipes and wipe the cart at the store when we stop to get food. he will not use the bathroom at the doctors office he will make my husband stop at a gas station to use the bathroom. He has never done this. He has these outbursts?? He doesnt really leave the house anymore. not really.
he has become argumentative and I dont know just not himself anymore. He is 67YO and other than HBP has not any any health issues before this.
we had a 15 day trip we just came back off of and we had to get the house stocked up and mail checked before we left and will need to do the dump run as well as that has not been done (3 miles down the road).
He thinks the med is a great med and says he will "die" without it. He gets very angry at me when I bring up thinks like "seizures,vison loss, cancer due to this BP med" I just dont anymore. I have accepted that this will be his fate.
I will be leaving him to deal with this on his own soon because we just cant stay with him long term and look after this issue. We dont live in the same state as him and dont like the place he lives at all. As a child I detested So.cal desert as an adult it is terrible place to even be in short term. I think this med has blasted his common sense and he has morphed into an unknown person. He also will not even consider moving anywhere else. Too bad he might find a better PCP who would move him off this med and breath better air. Change what you can and accept what you cant.
Cheers to all who have taken a stand on their own behalf.
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I did have some pain in the liver area but never thought too much of it.
Then I got GOUT! But wait, I have NONE of the precursors for gout. NONE. Gout normally hits MEN (I'm a woman), who are beer drinkers (I don't drink at ALL), who eat seafood (I eat shrimp 4 times a year at MOST) and drink sugary drinks (I don't drink ANYTHING but coffee, herbal tea and water).
I couldn't figure it out and the doctor had no answers either. She gave me MORE meds for the gout never telling me that lisinipril can increase uric acid in the kidney thus causing......yep, GOUT!
After my SECOND attack in LESS THAN A MONTH, and on a DIFFERENT TOE, I was just so frustrated and angry. Suddenly I saw an article online, then another connecting lisinipril with gout. I couldn't believe it. Now you guys are telling me I've been taking SNAKE VENOM? Are you kidding me????
I am SO off this medicine and will deal with the high blood pressure by diet, supplements, and exercise alone. Forget this big pharma stuff. They're trying to kill us!
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My cough has got so much worse. I get no sleep. I keep my husband awake also. Also I'm in so much pain I can't deal with it!! I'm glad I found this web site. Thanks!
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I was visiting with her and she was fine and the night before I was leaving, to head back home, she complained about a pain in her right side. She didn't think much of it, but she went to the doctor a few days later and as soon as her doctor felt on her right side he immediately sent her to MD Anderson's Cancer Center for tests and she was diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer.
We, my family and I, were shocked because she was so healthy before. She was put on Hospice and 5 months later passed away.
I miss her so much and I truly feel that this drug is a hazard to anyone taking it. I won't let anyone that I love ever go near it. Thank you for listening.
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PS the same doctor was also trying to push statins on my mother! I flat out said NO WAY! My mother is using my doctor now, and she's open minded and very sensible for a medical doctor.
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Google also Metoprolol Tartrate. Same POISON and thats exactly what it is.
I'm on the latter waiting to see a Naturalpath.
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