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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
High blood pressure (Hypertension) 70 9
Other 51 5
General health 19 3
Slow my MS progress 4 0
Depression 1 0
LVEF 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
3 18%
Moderate
1 6%
Mild
3 18%
None
10 59%

Most commonly reported side effects

Dry cough
3 18%
Sex drive (libido) decreased
2 12%
Sore throat (Pharyngitis)
1 6%
Dizziness/hypotension upon standing
1 6%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lisinopril. See all 14 dosages ►

  daily 0.25 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 20 Number of Patients: 20 48 Number of Patients: 48 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 40 Number of Patients: 40 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lisinopril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
6 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Side effects too severe
4 33% Side effects too severe: 33%
Other
2 17% Other: 17%
Expense
1 8% Expense: 8%
Personal research
1 8% Personal research: 8%
Course of treatment ended
1 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Lisinopril

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lisinopril

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
8
6
18
15
48

Stopped Taking Lisinopril

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
0
4
1
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
17 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 6%
A little
4 24%
Not at all
12 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
12 71%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.