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EverDownward
05/14/18 7:46:48 PM
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Just about twenty minutes ago I took a 10 mg lisinopril, forgetting that I had taken the medication earlier today around 2 PM. You think I'll be alright, CE? Yes, I'm aware I should be asking my doctor/my pharmacy but both of my pharmacies are now closed and my doctor's office closed around 4. Yes, I've told my mom to check up on me every hour or so to make sure I'm still breathing.

I plan on going to sleep soon, which makes this even more frightening. What do you think, CE?
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Soviet_Poland
05/14/18 7:48:26 PM
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You're on a baby dose to begin with, you'll be fine.
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ultimate reaver
05/14/18 7:49:32 PM
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10mg of lisinopril is nothing. You probably wont even notice a difference

For reference I took the exact same thing and I probably double doses about a hundred times over the course of being prescribed that exact dosage and it literally never made any difference that I could perceive
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
05/14/18 7:50:29 PM
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Yeah, you're good with just 10mg. Just take your dose tomorrow at your regularly scheduled time.
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EverDownward
05/14/18 7:51:14 PM
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Soviet_Poland posted...
You're on a baby dose to begin with, you'll be fine.

Eh, alright

ultimate reaver posted...
10mg of lisinopril is nothing. You probably wont even notice a difference

For reference I took the exact same thing and I probably double doses about a hundred times over the course of being prescribed that exact dosage and it literally never made any difference that I could perceive

Thanks man, I hope you're right
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Sariana21
05/14/18 7:51:18 PM
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I don't know, but I would think drinking extra water should help, as long as that is not otherwise contraindicated. It will dilute your fluids and help flush your system.
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EnragedSlith
05/14/18 7:51:34 PM
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EverDownward
05/14/18 7:51:56 PM
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
Yeah, you're good with just 10mg. Just take your dose tomorrow at your regularly scheduled time.

Well, it's a 10 mg pill. So I ended up taking 20 mg today.
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
05/14/18 7:55:42 PM
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EverDownward posted...
Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
Yeah, you're good with just 10mg. Just take your dose tomorrow at your regularly scheduled time.

Well, it's a 10 mg pill. So I ended up taking 20 mg today.

I meant you're good if you just mistakenly took an extra 10mg, though its double your total daily dose. However, though I don't know how sensitive you are to your meds, I wouldn't worry about this one-off mistake.

The max therapeutic dose of lisinopril is about 40mg daily anyway.
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EverDownward
05/14/18 7:59:13 PM
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
EverDownward posted...
Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
Yeah, you're good with just 10mg. Just take your dose tomorrow at your regularly scheduled time.

Well, it's a 10 mg pill. So I ended up taking 20 mg today.

I meant you're good if you just mistakenly took an extra 10mg, though its double your total daily dose. However, though I don't know how sensitive you are to your meds, I wouldn't worry about this one-off mistake.

Alright. Thanks. I feel a bit better now with what you guys have been saying.
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Soviet_Poland
05/14/18 8:03:27 PM
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Sariana21 posted...
I don't know, but I would think drinking extra water should help, as long as that is not otherwise contraindicated. It will dilute your fluids and help flush your system.


Water is fine, but not so much "diluting and flushing" so much as just keeping his blood pressure up.

As Super Saiyan 3 Goku said, max therapeutic dose is 40mg so it won't even lower BP to dangerously low levels anyway. At worst, TC might be a little woozy from being slightly lower than his baseline, but if he's going to bed he'll sleep it off. No harm, no foul.
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