High Blood Pressure
"Anyone ever took Lotrel for hypertension?  A cardio doc prescribed Lisinopril on TOP of my already-taking Lotrel, but the pharm doc said I could NOT take both medicines without my BP crashing.  Confused, I called the prescribing cardiologist who said go ahead and get the &quot;benefit&quot; of both drugs.  I did,  and wound up in an ER semi-conscious; BP systolic (top number) was 52, I forget diastolic probably because I want to!  Big worry was that my kidneys had &quot;taken a hit.&quot;  Later, Lisinopril by itself wasn&#039;t as effective as Lotrel.  Two lessons, (1) some doctors are incompetent, and on drug matters the pharmacist is the final authority."