 [ Symptoms ] who is required to go to the healthcare gov website and purchase health insurance [ Disease ] common side effects for lisinopril are cough diarrhea dizziness headache and tiredness many of these side effects wear off about 2 3 weeks after starting the medication i would see if the side effects wear off if the side effects become too cumbersome you may want to talk to the prescriber to see if you can be prescribed another blood pressure medication