I basically have been having a weird problem for the last couple of days and went to the hospital earlier this morning for it... My tongue was slightly swollen up, nearly to the point to when I'd go to lay down to sleep, I would feel like I'm being smothered, mostly when I'd lie on my back. Well, the doctor examined me and saw that I was taking Lisinopril W/HCTZ for high blood pressure, and basically told me to stop taking it. He said that there's one side effect/allergic reaction that can show up suddenly after months or years of treatment, and it's swelling of the tongue (angioedema). So I've pretty much got to get with my dr tomorrow (got an appointment) and discuss my options. Plus I've lost probably close to 2 days of sleep because of this and hope that this gets better this afternoon with the ceasing of this medicine. As for my blood pressure, the doctor said to just take HCTZ to keep it down until I get to my doctor.
I can tell you now that I'm so glad that I went to the ER cause if I had let this continue.. I would have had some serious complications later on....and I don't know how long it takes for that condition to get worse, but it had been going on for a couple of days now...And I'm also glad I didn't take the medicine this morning either LOL Anyhow thanks for listening to me rant and any positive thought would be welcome
I can tell you now that I'm so glad that I went to the ER cause if I had let this continue.. I would have had some serious complications later on....and I don't know how long it takes for that condition to get worse, but it had been going on for a couple of days now...And I'm also glad I didn't take the medicine this morning either LOL Anyhow thanks for listening to me rant and any positive thought would be welcome