 [ Symptoms ] is pneumonia contagious while on medication  my 4 yr old granddaughter has walking pneumonia and is on meds for it she wants to visit my 87 yr old father is she still contagious [ Disease ] blood pressure control can be helped by lifestyle changes along with medications you do not say how long you have been taking lisinopril but if it is 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 is 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