Acetaminophen symptoms and conditions

no problem at all as long as I keep track of the amount of acetaminophen so not to go beyond the 4000 mg

I am 40-years-old and took Singulair for about two months. I first took it for about two weeks and got horrible symptoms and then stopped for a week and then tried it again for about a month. Never again will I put Singulair into my body. My symptoms were chronic and severe muscle cramps and twitching, restless legs, body aches, numbness, tingling, hair loss, weight gain, and skin changes (urticaria and angioedema). I also used to suffer from menorrhagia to where now I barely get a cycle. I cannot blame Singulair for the headaches/migraines because I have been a headache/migraine suffering for many years.

When I first stopped taking Singulair the symptoms calm down. But since then they have come back with a vengence. I have been to several specialty doctors (family doctor first, endocrinologist, neurologist, allergist and rheumatologist). Now please let me defend myself by saying I see my family doctor and gynecologist yearly for a physical and also when I am sick and I have always been basically a very healthy, and slender woman with thick hair. I was on no other medications other than ibuprofen and acetaminophen for the headaches/migraines. What they have found so far is that I have secondary autoimmune hypothyroidism (only my TPO antibody and thryoglobulin are extremely elevated, but my TSH, T3 and T4 are completely normal), and allergies to everything outside (no food or pet allergies) and idiopathic lupus (because my skin has developed urticaria and angioedema).

I am going for an EMG and MRI of the brain in one week because they are trying to rule out MS. They have been saying that my symptoms look like MS or lupus. They have ruled out lupus because my blood tests do not show lupus only my skin is acting like lupus. My allergist put me on doxepin for my skin and twitching symptoms. This medication has helped my skin and slowed down the twitching.

I am not trying to blame Singulair, but it is very strange that I was a basically healthy person with some outdoor allergies and mild asthma. I would get pneumonia once a year also (always around the holidays). Now, I feel like crap since taking Singulair. My legs are the worst of all the symptoms along with the constant twitch under my right eye. This can drive a person insane, especially when you are trying to relax and your body cannot.

Thanks for listening,
Carrie

I started taking Advair about three months ago and found that this medication has been helpful in treating my asthma. My doctor is ecstatic, because for the first time in years my asthma is in control, according to the lung functions test.

Well, that was the good news! Now the bad news. Ever since taking Advair My mouth is dry, my throat is constantly sore and I find that my voice has change a bit.

Yesterday, I started having severe back pains that seem to radiate to my kidneys. The pain cannot be controlled with extra strength acetaminophen. I walk like an old man hunched over due to the pain.

The very same day that I started taking Advair, my lungs began to hurt with exertion. A while ago, there was a big snow fall and my car got stuck. Now I drive a small car and is no problem pushing it, but when I did my lungs began to hurt. Sure I was breathing hard, but this is the first time ever that my lungs hurt! I decided to start taking Ventolin and about 4 hours later I went outside and a car was stuck in the snow drift. I pushed him out and my lungs did not hurt nearly as before, due to taking the Ventolin. I wonder has anybody else ever had this problem?

I'm going back to my doctor and have him put me on something else. I can breath better on Advair, but side effects are unbelievable.

Mike

Not necessarily from lortab, but my boyfriend has been taking pain pills, and i am worried. Recently he has been bleeding from his butt. He went to the doctors, it is not hemirroids, its not a sexual transmitted disease. What I want to know is: I have heard that acetaminophen causes liver damage and damage to other organs. It is possible that him eating these pain pills could be causing him to bleed? Maybe the pills are deteriating his organs or something, maybe making them bleed. Do pain pills have these serious effects? I would really appreciate a response. Thank you.
Shannon @ sissyshay143@yahoo.com

I am a registered nurse in an emergency room. In an effort to be taken seriously regarding your pain,by a healthcare professional - keep a pain journal. Note the time, the severity (on a 1 to 10 scale), location, duration, what you were doing when it started, any treatment you completed for the pain and the outcome of that treatment, MD visits and treatment, etc. It can just be a little notebook. Bring that with you to your MD appointment. If you start changing doctor's, visiting different clinics and emergency rooms to obtain the "correct" medication for your pain - you are addicted, and need to seek help for that. Of course you should seek second opinions on your continued pain, just don't expect to always get the specific medicationn that you would like. Yes, healthcare professionals scrutinize closely people who come in requesting Vicodin, or any other narcotic. The drug-seekers in the community have forced us to be more suspicious - especially if you say you have been on Vicodin (or any other narcotic) for 6 months(???!!!)
No-one should be on narcotics for extended periods of time. If you are taking them for longer than a couple of weeks, on a pretty scheduled basis - you are addicted. Period. Narcotics have different levels given to them for dependency issues. Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Vicodin), Demerol, Morphine, Valium - are all at a pretty high addiction rate. Tramadol is at the lower range.
I am amazed at the number of people who are having a paradoxical effect to Ultracet. It is a narcotic - a "downer". There might be more than just that specific medication causing the euphoric effects. Perhaps a pain journal would also clarify this.
I am not a physician, but an experienced ER RN - take my advice for what it is worth.