High blood pressure tablets and lichen planus

I used to use Captopril but I stopped it after maybe 15 years as I got the well known persistent cough. In all that time I didn't get lichen planus. The list of possible side effects is horrific, as with any other drug, as they are trying to cover themselves for all eventualities. However the cough didn't seem to be listed :shock:

I have oral lichen planus and with me it's completely stress-related. It developed when I was doing my last house move, which was unbelievably stressful, and is much better now than it was - I seldom get any bad signs of it.

I believe it is an auto-immune response - worth reading around. It can be triggered by certain foods - tomatoes, almonds and cheese among them. These often raise a blister or two with me.

As for BP meds - I am on Lisinopril, but a very tiny dose of 2.5mcg (is it mcg? or mg) :roll: . There appears to be no relation to the lichen planus.

Two remedies I found out about but didn't try for long were spray-on silver nitrate, or aloe vera gel (the edible sort!). Mine calmed down nicely once I'd got over the move.

You have my sympathy - not a nice condition. Apparently it's incurable, just flares up or subsides, depending on circumstances.

Viv 8)

Mmm i have lichen planus orally too and had a biopsy done this week for lichen sclerosus. Always been told autoimmune not comnected to any tablets I take. Hope you get it under control, can be very sore at times eh.

Ali

Good news, Nigelho! Mine seldom troubles me now - still reacts to cheese and tomatoes, but much less painfully than it did to start with.

I'm still on the Lisinopril which doesn't seem to affect me at all. Still, it is a tiny dose!

Viv 8)

I too have had Lichen Planus for over a year now which the Dermatologist is convinced was caused when I was changed over to Ramapril by GP (for cheapness - had been on Nebivolol for several years for the high blood pressure but they called me in and said as I was now a diabetic Ramapril would be more approropriate - which I learned later was because Ramapril costs a lot less then Nebivolol). The Lichen Planus became really bad and Dermatologist said it can take up to 18 months after stopping Ramapril for it to start clearing up. I am now a year on and, although much improved, I still get flare ups off and on.

I only took the Ramipril for two weeks when the Lichen Planus erupted and reverted back to Nebivolol but just taking it those two weeks did the damage. I now take Nebivolol and Irbesartan for the Blood Pressure and my blood sugars are higher than they should be but I don't know if its the blood pressure medication doing it or what it is!