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Is Lisinpril Dangerous To Take When Having Gout Problem?
My husband has been on lisinpril for blood presure for years and now has gout and doesn t want to take his blood pressure meds isn t that bad to stop due to the gout he s going to the doctor but I am mad he s not taking his pills for blood presure till he goes to the doctor due to a very stressful life we live help me out should he take his pills or just stop he s on 40 mails a day
Mon, 9 May 2016
hi,
thank you for providing the brief history of your husband.
As he has blood pressure and gout, he shouldn't be stopping his blood pressure medication. As most blood pressure medications are diuretics and they help to remove most of the uric acid out of the body as the gout is a condition which is due to high levels of uric acid. In my personal opinion medicine shouldn't be stopped and for helping him understand this a physician should be met.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank you for providing the brief history of your husband.
As he has blood pressure and gout, he shouldn't be stopping his blood pressure medication. As most blood pressure medications are diuretics and they help to remove most of the uric acid out of the body as the gout is a condition which is due to high levels of uric acid. In my personal opinion medicine shouldn't be stopped and for helping him understand this a physician should be met.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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