September 21th
2008
10:51 PM
I had Implanon inserted in June 2008, I just had it removed Sept 17 2008. The first side effect was that I gained weight. My appetite increased and I felt like I was constantly hungry. Within the first month I got an Urinary Tract Infection, the infection was so bad that it transferred to my boyfriend through sex.. After a month I started bleeding and it lasted 4 weeks, not spotting just bleeding. I lost my drive for sex, I felt bloated and was too tired ALL THE TIME!!! I was crying over everything, I felt depressed and stressed about everything, my head hurt all the time. My whole body just felt off. I wasn't myself at all. One morning I woke up with a horrible sore throat. I went in for strep test and tested negative. They said it was just a viral infection. A few days after that my muscles started to hurt. My left knee and hip joint began hurting so bad that it was hard to walk and get up out of bed in the morning.(The Implanon was inserted in my LEFT arm). Occasionally I felt tingling in my left arm and fingers. I then notice my left ankle was getting swollen and at that point my whole body felt like it was shutting down.I started to run fevers and thats when I looked up the "possible side effects of Implanon" online. As I read I realized that I had every single side effect even the uncommon more severe ones, but it seemed like my symptoms were multiplied by 100. I called my doctor and she immediately had me come in to have the implanon removed. Today is Sept 22. I have been on bed rest since the implanon was removed. It turns out that my body had rejected the Implanon, treated it like was a foreign object.
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September 20th
2005
9:30 AM
I have been taking Toprol XL 50 since August 24,05.
For the past week, I do not have enough energy to take a shower hardly. I am so sleepy and drowsy that I almost fall asleep at my computer.
I am having chest pains, arm pains and my mouth has a horrible dry taste and I can't seem to get enough water. I have panic attacks and they are worse. I am easily depressed and my moods change quickly.
I love to walk but my legs feel like they are going to fall off now. I get what feels like restless leg syndrone when sitting with my feet up. I have to constantly rub them.
I have creepy feelings ( that is the only way I know to explain). If I could stop suddenly taking it, I would.
I plan to see a Cardiologist shortly. GP gave me the meds for high blood pressure.
December 31th
2004
5:26 PM
extreme pains in arms particularly the right arm. Pains worse at night.Aching elbow joints.Sore wrist joints.Short term memory loss.
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December 16th
2004
8:50 AM
w/o taking Statins by total C level is 300-320
I first tried Niacin, but the side effect had me with "burning" for many hours and I look like a cooked Lobster, so this was dropped.
I first tried Zocor several years ago in several doses, but total C did not fall below 240.
I then moved to Lipitor 10mg than 20mg and then 40mg . My total C dropped to 250 then 200 then 195. My doctor a couple of months ago advised a move to 80mg. I protested because was concerned that over the last couple of years I had developed Arthritis in my hands and major muscle pain in both my upper arms. he was skeptical of the linkage so we devised the following empirical experiment.
4 weeks off Lipitor and the Arthritis and Muscle pains had subsided 75/90+% rerspectively.
4 weeks back on 40mg I was back to the previous high levels of Arthritis and upper arm pains.
5 days off Lipitor again and both side effects have been reduced by 50%.
The good news is that I have seemingly found the cause of my Arthritis and Muscle pains. The very bad news is, to what medicine do I turn next. I am NOT over weight. I exercise 6 days a week min averaging 5-6,000 Calories a week. B4 I turned to Statins I was on an almost Vegetarian diet + fish, no fried foods, no butter, margarine, cake, biscuits little meat, no potato chips. In fact my diet was excellent so it seems the Cholestrol is a natural state for my body. Well natural in its production, but I need to keep it at 200 or lower to be happy.
My HDL is aroung 66-70 of that 200 while taking 40mg of Lipitor. But Lipitor seems bad for my body. I hear Crestor is coming under scrutiny as well.
No idea which direction to take next.
April 21th
2009
6:18 PM
i have been on zocor for a month and a half, after taking the drug for about i started getting small leg cramps and numbness of my hands i also have had blurred vision and i don't sleep very well waking up with leg and arm pains and very very dry mouth. i only take 20mg a day. i called my doctor today and she told me to stop taking the zocor and to come in so they can run some labs
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