Abit symptoms and conditions

After being treated for two major crohn's flares since 2005, I have had all the regular treatments for crohn's. Remicade gave me a liver abscess so the only choice left for Mass General Dr. I see from the MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center was Humira. It is helping to keep me in remission after a long bout early spring, but since Humira Pens were added to my treatments and medications I have had short term memory loss, lack of concentration and foggy head. I have been off and on Prednisone without the memory loss, but have had a bit of a fog due to it. This has been bad enough that after attempting over a month to get back to my teaching job, I have had to ask for a leave. Has anyone else complained about this problem with Humira?

Hello,
My journey with Minera started in September 2005, two months after the birth of my second daughter.

Previous to the insertion of Minera and the birth of my daughter I was under the care of a rheumatologist for chronic knee and foot pain. I was never diagnosed with any specific disease or disorder. When I became pregnant with my daughter in May 2004 all of my pain vanished. I stopped seeing the doctor and had a normal pregnancy.

My pain symptoms started to return shortly after I gave birth and in September 2005 I decided to have Minera put in. I had no problems with the insertion and after bleeding for about 6 weeks my period stopped. I had some cramping here and there but no more period. I felt great!

My pain symptoms worsened over time and I developed more problems. none of which I related to Minera. My problems were:

Terrible joint pain and swelling in my knees
Pain that radiates from my lower back to my feet
Pain in my right ring finger
Stiffness
TMJ
Insomnia
Hair loss
Weight gain
Irritability
Mood swings
Scarring acne
Fatigue
Lack of interest in sex
Swelling in my feet

I started to believe I had something really wrong with me. I did research and found a lot of my symptoms were in sync with Fibromyalgia. I started seeing a new rheumatologist who did tons of blood work and x-rays on me. After all the results came back she said I did not test positive for anything. She diagnosed my with rheumatoid arthritis because I had all the clinical symptoms. She prescribed prednisone and placqunel (sp?) for the arthritis which seems to be helping.

I was on a parenting forum I frequent the other day and I saw a post form a woman complaining about all the side effects of Minera. I did some research and found this site and another
http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=713
It's like a light bulb went off. All of these things that I have been suffering with seem to be related to the IUD.

So I would like to hear from some of you ladies that have had Minera removed already. Do you feel better? Are your side effects gone?
Also has anyone removed Minera themselves?

I have noticed about 4 - 7 days after taking this med. I have difficulty chewing on my left side of my mouth my jaw hurts so bad I don't want to eat.Anyone else experience this,it feels like the left side of my throat is abit swollen but my jaw actually hurts when I chew or move my mouth the wrong way.I have also felt the skin burning especially when driving the left arm & hand feel like they are on fire.

I was prescribed Doxy 100mg 2x a day for a sinus/eye infection 2 years ago after sinus surgery. It upset my stomach so bad but my doctor said to keep taking it because the stomach upset was less problem then this infection. I also got a yeast infection. Didn't have to deal with the sun because it was winter in the midwest. My stomach never returned to normal. Now I am labeled having IBSD. I have very frequent diahrhea on & off. It seems go into remission every now & then. I have had an upper & lower GI too. Nothing was found. Now 2 years later I get another sinus/eye infection. Doc gives me again. I forgot this was the same drug I had 2 years ago until I called my old pharmacy and had them check my records. This time I only took one pill after eating. I took it at 6:30pm. At 1am I woke up with a burning pain in my chest. I was sweating so badly. I got up and ate some soda crackers. I didn't feel nauseaus, just burning pain like heartburn. I finally got back to sleep at 3:30am. Woke up at 11am.

I remembered what the doc said 2 years ago and decided to take another dose. With food of course. About 4 hours later I was in the bathroom bent over in pain with the runs severely. I called the doctor. Being it was Saturday and after hours I got the oncall doctor who wasn't very sympathetic. All her heard was CHEST pain and ordered me to go to the hospital ER. I argued abit with him and he just yelled back "Go to the ER now." Being the stubborn person I am, I did not go. But I did not take another dose. I called the pharmacy the next day and told them what happened. They said it was definitly a drug reaction. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and demand a different med. This stuff should be banned.

I have been taking lipitor for the last 2 and a half years of 40 mg. Since taking the drug, I am having cramps on my legs. First I thought it was more of not drinking enough water but lately it is not the case. I drink more than 8 glasses of water including green tea. LAtely I am having severe cramps with lipitor. The only drug I take and I try to avoid any other drugs for any pains. I am 43 years and run 15 to 20 miles weekly.

I am abit worried that it might be Lipitor for the cause.

Thank you. nithy

hi,iam writing regarding my father he was on lipitor for the period of 6 years and being 4 months which has been stopped lipitor but no significant change he is very weak the change is only that he is before feel numb and didnt feel the pain but now he feel pain and just 2 days ago he was changed felt abit better and then declined back i dont know what to do he is taking fish oil 3 tb per day and also doctor put him on zetia and alsohe is taking asprine ,losec,karvea for blood pressure norvox and aropax for deppreion is there any one who recoverd from lipitor side effect and if yes how long will it takesplz email me ***** i am so desperate for help plz plz help

I have been on Lisinopril for approx 3 mths. It was prescribed for additional swelling in my feet. The Dr said along with my other two BP reducing meds this would help w/the swelling. After 6 weeks on the medication, I develpped a constant dry hacking cough that caused me to see stars, and on occassion, I "leaked" and started wearing bladder control pads. The cough could wake me out of a sound sleep with no warning. Sometimes I coughed so hard, the back of my neck would hurt. I didn't make the connection to the Lisinopril, becasue I had been on it for 6 weeks. I had a recheck w/my Dr 12/12/06 and told her of the cough. She immediatly told me to stop taking the Lisinopril. I was abit taken aback, just cold turkey I asked her. Yes, she said, in a few days you'll thank me for it. It's only been two days, and I see no difference yet.......guess it has to work it's way out of my system. As a "PS" to the side affects, the manufactor should add, "possible DELAYED cough my result"

hiya everyone, Silke,

hope you are all doing fine!!

i have now been of the yasmin for 3 and a half months and have been feeling a lot better. my periods have been pretty regular. the migraines are still there but not as bad as they used to be. the anxietty has calmed down too.

i am abit worried to have read the posts today especially the one from Hill dated thursday 20th july. its reall scared me.

silke arnt things supposed to get better around the 3-4 month mark? i dnt think i could bear the stress and pain that this pill caused me at its worst.

i have been taking evey day slowly and things are looking better and i dont want all them problems again. the last period i had was the only one that i didnt have migraines on since stopping yasmin. the 2 before that were awful i thought my head was going to explode or something. i couldnt take them.

just want to feel normal again and have the energy i used too.

i hope everybody gets better soon.

silke i really do hope your ok and getting through this with no problems

take care and god bless!!

sophie

hi there!!

i have been on yasmin for about a year now.
i took my last pill on the 17th april 2006 and am now on my periods.
i have decided to stop taking it because i have had the following symptoms;-
- nausea
- no sex drive
- mood swings
- numbness and tingling in the body
- severe anxiety
- depressive thoughts
- lack of interest in everything
- pain in the upper back leading to the back of neck and head
- ears and nose get really cold
- feeling like im going mad
- scared of something but dont know what
- severe migraines
- PANICK ATTACKS
- alternating diarhea and constipation
- stomach pains

i was ok on it at first had abit of NAUSEA but i thought it was worth putting up with it if it got rid of my acne (as i have polysistic ovaries) and it did.

the last couple of months have been hell i have suffered from severe panick attacks and migraines everyday i have been so so scared.

i have had bad upper back pain which goes to the back of my head and neck and effects my eyes, they hurt sooooo bad, DOES ANYONE ELSE SUFFER FROM THIS SYMPTOM PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

i have stopped taking yasmin its my 6th day of it and i feel better but not properly

IS IT YASMIN CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS?

IF SO, HOW LONG BEFORE I FEEL NORMAL AGAIN?

PLEASE HELP ANYBODY I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCARED IM GOIN CRAZY!!!

THANKS

SOPHIE

this is on behalf of my husband he was on zecor for about 2years and then his gp put him on 40mg of atorvastatin it was then he started to complain about pain in his legs but years ago he did suffer aspell with his legs so he just thought he was having abit of athritis he is 53 and as the weeks have gone by he can bearly walk because of pain in his calf thigh and lower back his cpk and liver blood results are raised he is waiting for an appointment with a rheumatologist on the 10 of august but he is due to take a hgv goods medical in september to renew his liscence but Ican not see that he will be well enough to do a tread mill test which is part of his medical he has stopped takeing the 40mg of atorvastatin after reading so many other people who are suffering with the same side affects he was defenately well before his dose was increased we are worried to death about his symtoms and he will proberly lose his job also he is irratable and his memory does seem to be affected no one seems to know how long the symtems go on for or is the damage permerment

my husband has been on atorvastatin for about 10 months 40 mg before them he was on simsatavinfor about 2 years when he first changed to atorvastatin he noticed his legs were aching but put it down to just age and abit of athritis but has the months have gone on he can hardly walk with pain in his hip and both calf and thigh muscles his ckp levels are raised and the liver aspartate transaminaseslightly raised after what we read on the internet he decided to stop the atorvastatin 20 days ago he is very worried because he is meant to take a hgv medical in september which involves a treadmill test any advice would be welcome.

definate nausea and actually being sick if not taken with food, also experienced abit of diahrea.

this site is very good information, i take lisinopril for about a year, i have been on a good diet, i lost like 90 pounds, i felt great for so long, my bp was 140/90, now it is 111/76, since the side effects, i have been decreasing the dose from 10 mg to now 2.5, the side effects are,dry caugh,dizzyness,cold hands,feet,tired,anxiety,moody,slight itchyness anywhere on my body. si i decided to decrease this waefull med when i have been on this site, i dont care what the doc says about that, i have been on my diet for 9 months, i am slim enough and i believe i dont need this med no more, so i will go to the doctor about this. it is not easy to avoid high pottasium food and calcium, since are body needs them, i think this drug is not good for people. the doctor may be upset abit that i decreased the dose on my own, but somtimes it is nessary since currently my bp is about 111/76 at 2.5 my weight is 138. i hope i dont gain much weight getting off this, but these side effects are not good,has anyone had these same side effects? oh yeah, my back seems to get aches, i believe it is related to the drug.

I have experienced SEVERE stomach problems taking levoxyl. Since i stopped taking it, my stomach is back to normal. I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience.I am NOW on ARMOUR THYROID...a natural product and feel NORMAL for the first time in three years. I hope the three years on levoxyl has not caused irrepairable damage to my digestive system!!