Many people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or kidney disease take medications like lisinopril to manage their condition. It helps lower their risk of heart disease and kidney damage, so taking it once a day is important. But what happens if you miss a dose? Though you should always try to take lisinopril as prescribed, missing one dose is usually not an emergency. The medication stays in your body for one to two days, says David Rhee, MD, with Manhattan Cardiology in NYC, so most people won’t experience serious problems after accidentally missing one dose.
However, missing more than one dose can lead to health problems. Per Dr. Rhee, lisinopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that lowers blood pressure by blocking the production of a kidney hormone called angiotensin. Read the full article.
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