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What is Lisinopril?

Lisinopril is an ACE-inhibitor used in treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks and also in preventing renal and retinal complications of diabetes.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 434 87 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 217 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 92 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 38 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 14 1 Efficacy_moderate
Chronic Kidney Disease 14 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 815 patients currently taking Lisinopril

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 11
Moderate
 21
Mild
 25
None
 85

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lisinopril

Dry cough 10
Cough 5
Dizziness with hypotension upon standing 5
Sex drive (libido) decreased 4
Low blood pressure 4
Fatigue 2
See all 32 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lisinopril. See all 22 dosages ►

  daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 70 Number of Patients: 70 119 Number of Patients: 119 261 Number of Patients: 261 4 Number of Patients: 4 211 Number of Patients: 211 14 Number of Patients: 14 126 Number of Patients: 126 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lisinopril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 70   Doctor's advice: 51%
Side effects too severe 44   Side effects too severe: 32%
Other 24   Other: 18%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 9%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%
Expense 2   Expense: 1%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 134 patients who’ve stopped taking Lisinopril

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lisinopril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Lisinopril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lisinopril

Always
 126 89%
Usually
 11 8%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lisinopril

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 4 3%
A little
 13 9%
Not at all
 124 87%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lisinopril

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 3%
< $25
 101 97%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.