blood pressure control can be helped by lifestyle changes along with medications. you don't say how long you've been taking lisinopril but if it's been a month or longer you may want to make an appointment with your health care provider to let him or her know your blood pressure is still high. are you monitoring your blood pressure at home? if not it would be a good idea. when taking your blood pressure at home do it at least 30 minutes after eating exercising or smoking. if you take your lisinopril in the morning wait about 4 hours to take your blood pressure. that's about the midway point for peak effectiveness after taking the medication. to help manage your blood pressure with lifestyle changes you could reduce your salt intake stop smoking exercise safely and follow the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (dash) diet. i hope this helps!
i'm taking 40mg of lisinopril for my blood pressure but its not going down what can i do too lower my blood pressure