Seven days into the Biden Presidency, and my wife just checked my blood pressure:

[George II]

It was 120/74! That's before I even took my Lisinopril. Maybe I can get off it now for a few years???

[okaawhatever]

1. At least until the midterms. nt

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. Lisinopril made me caugh all the time. Kept my pressure normal, but I finally got the doc

to give me something without that side effect.

[yonder]

4. Same here.

[George II]

5. That's the one side effect of Lisinopril. I checked with my doctor ahead of time and he said....

....it affects only about 10% of the people who take it. Luckily I wasn't one of them, but there are alternatives (I guess you're taking one)

I also asked if it was expensive. His exact response, "It's dirt cheap!"

[Aristus]

7. Yeah, lisinopril is dirt-cheap. It's been around forever.

It's a classification of medication called an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor. Dry cough is one of the potential side effects. Patients who develop the cough can get switched to a similar class of medication called an Angiotensin Receptor Blocker. It rarely causes a cough, but it's more expensive than an ACEI, so most insurance companies won't cover it unless the patient has a documented history of lisinopril treatment first.

[Midnight Writer]

8. I suffered from "Lisinopril cough" for two years before I found out what caused it.

Neither the doctor nor pharmacist mentioned it to me as a possible side effect.

[The Blue Flower]

3. I've noticed my glucometer readings are lower

Maybe now I can get off some of my meds. Dr. Joe has what we need.

[MLAA]

6. That's textbook perfect! Well done.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Over on the official WH pets twitter account

There's a picture promoting therapy dogs and a quip that their lives are 90% easier now (that Trump's gone).