Lisinopril suppresses the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to ... and cough. As with all ACE inhibitors, lisinopril should not be used by pregnant women and should be discontinued if ...

ACE inhibitors (medications ending in “-pril” like lisinopril, enalapril) famously cause dry, ticklish coughs in approximately 20% of patients taking them for hypertension or heart conditions.

Even if you stop taking lisinopril, the cough may take up to a month to go away." Its advice is backed by Dr Sooj who urged patients to speak with their GP if they're struggling with side effects.

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Defining chronic cough. In order to know what’s behind a constant cough, it helps to first keep track of how long you’ve had it. And there are specific timeframes that make a cough chronic or not.

There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.