Lisinopril News
Blood pressure medicine can cause hacking cough
While I was taking lisinopril to control my high blood pressure, I developed a hacking cough. An ear, nose and throat specialist shrugged and said this comes with age. My regular doctor gave me a course of antibiotics....
Warm water no better at killing germs than cold. Developing cough while taking Lisinopril.
Q: I was interested in the column about a person who developed a cough while taking lisinopril. I myself was put on this medicine for high blood pressure and immediately began having violent coughing spells. If they started in a...
The Minimal Impact of a Big Hypertension Study
The surprising news made headlines in December 2002. Generic pills for high blood pressure, which had been in use since the 1950s and cost only pennies a day, worked better than newer drugs that were up to 20 times as expensive....
Ranbaxy, Statement on FDA Letters
In response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration press release today announcing warning letters and Import Alert for Drugs issued to Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd regarding drug products produced in two Ranbaxy plants in India, the...
Blood pressure drug can halve the risk of cancer.
A common drug for blood pressure taken by thousands of people in Ireland could cut the risk of cancer, say scientists.