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Mert54

Mert54

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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hi all just to let you know,I am type 1 and have been for the last,24 years.
For the last 4 years I have had severe thigh/calf cramps at night.for at least 5 nights a week.
GP kept putting down to back injury/and neuropathy.
Finally after stopping Lisinopril the cramps have stopped,not had any for the last 15 days.
Just wanted to let you know,in case any one out there,has a similar problem with cramps.
Would hate to think of someone having this for as long as I have
Thanks Tom
 
Mert54 said:
hi all just to let you know,I am type 1 and have been for the last,24 years.
For the last 4 years I have had severe thigh/calf cramps at night.for at least 5 nights a week.
GP kept putting down to back injury/and neuropathy.
Finally after stopping Lisinopril the cramps have stopped,not had any for the last 15 days.
Just wanted to let you know,in case any one out there,has a similar problem with cramps.
Would hate to think of someone having this for as long as I have
Thanks Tom
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Hi there Tom

Thanks for posting this; I started lisinopril in January and by February I was on the full 20 mg.

Did you notice or have any other side effects that you could attribute to the lisinopril?

Kind regards,
Conrad
 
Mert54 said:
hi all just to let you know,I am type 1 and have been for the last,24 years.
For the last 4 years I have had severe thigh/calf cramps at night.for at least 5 nights a week.
GP kept putting down to back injury/and neuropathy.
Finally after stopping Lisinopril the cramps have stopped,not had any for the last 15 days.
Just wanted to let you know,in case any one out there,has a similar problem with cramps.
Would hate to think of someone having this for as long as I have
Thanks Tom
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One possible reason for these could have been an electrolyte imbalance, Lisinopril can cause this in some people. I had severe headaches and several tests showed mild electrolyte imbalances (low sodium in particular) which went back to normal when i stopped. I would have imagined your GP probably offered you a blood test when you first reported the symptoms, though?
 
I had horrendous side effects from taking Lisinopril principally swelling of hands face and other ahem parts of my anatomy.Was painful enough then my face got a really bad SA infection,I looked like I had been in a car crash.Took a lot of anti-biotics to fix it.
Lisinopril as far as I can remember is a synthetic version of South American Pit Viper Venom.Nuff said!
 
Lisinopril caused me to have severe cramps in my hands, once I stopped the drug the pain went!
 
I've been on 30mg Lisinopril for around 20 years with no trouble at all, just shows how differently we all react to drugs.
 
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