Astonished symptoms and conditions

I am simply astonished by what I am reading my 8yr old son has been taking singulair off and on for about a year he too would complain about his legs hurting to the point where I would be in tears just watching him. Most recently we started him on meds for add/adhd i noticed the days when he would not take the singulair he would do wonderful in school,however when he took the singulair he would have low attention span, disruptiveness,etc. now after reading this post I'm wondering if he really has add or if it was the singulair. --Thanks lgbeaumont

I was a healthy 59 year old woman until my doctor prescribed Levaquin for a minor eye pain. I was taking 500 mg. a day for 6 days and on the seventh day I broke out with thousands of hives all over my entire body.I also had severe chest pains and a terrible pain in my back and jaw. I thought I was having a heart attack. The doctor examined me and took an EKG. I had a normal EKG it was not a heart atatck. My physican precribed benadryl and sent me home. A few days later I started with a terrible burning in my esophagus and stomach , and the terrible hives continued. I went back to my doctor and he precribed Zyrtec. The Zyrtec helps the hives to "sleep". I find that 22hours into the 24 hour pill I start to see all of the hives popping out and itching. The doctor gave me a fat free .diet and sent me on my way. Two days later back to see my physican. I told him I was still in severe pain. My stomach and esophagus were on fire and that I was having terrible pain in my diaphram when bending over. I insisted that he refer me to a gastointerstional doctor as an emergency or I was going to the Emergency Room now. He sent me to a Gastro Doctor and upon examining me he said I had GERD. He also precribed a Fat Free Diet, and gave me a pill called Zegrid. This did not help at all. I than made an appointment for an Endoscopy. The findings are acute inflamation in the stomach and inflamation in the esophagus. I also have a hiatal hernia. The doctor told me to double up on the Zegrid.. The Biopsy will be back in two weeks. My pain continued so I called the gastro docor and he gave me Carafate. I continue to have the burning, the hives, pain in my diaphram and back, and now a feeling that I have something stuck in my throat. I never had any of these issues prior to taking Levaquin. I am going back to the doctor today as I have added naseua to the list of my complaints. I eat very lightly and drink very little as when I drink I sometimes get terrible pain in my diaphram. I have been to my primary physican 8 times, gastro 2 times, I have had about $500. in prescriptions, EKG's , Sonograms, Endoscopys, and Biopsys. I am starting to wonder if the medical profession set me up. Levaquin is poison to some people. Why did my doctor give me this medication for an eye ache.? It may be too late for me to debate the use of this medication that I took blindly,but maybe someone out there will read my story and think before they blindly take a medication that may change there life forever. Does any one out there have any of the same issues from Levaquin? Thanks for reading my story. Cheri

Hi,
I am so astonished to have found this site. I have just started taking yasmin, and have been bleeding for 3 weeks straight. I thought that may be my body just needed time to get used to this particular pill, as I have been off the pill for a few years. Since taking Yasmin, I feel very nauseated and tired, and am not in such a good mood. I have been getting overbearing migraines......and can't get up sometimes because my head hurts to much. Positives were that my breasts grew a little (i am very small) and my skin cleared aswell. I'm not sure whether to keep going with it or stop it completely and try something else. I am under a bit of stress at the moment, so was thinking that may be that was the cause of my symptoms, but now am starting to think it is the Yasmin.

Guest #8165 states: "I have been reading your site with interest and am rather astonished at the level of hostility to this drug."

The only "hostility" you see is from individuals, such as myself, who were healthy but after taking Lipitor now have muscle problems in various parts of their body, and in my case, tininitus in the left ear. Granted, the relationship between Lipitor and these problems are, at this time, anecdotal, but that does not mean they are not true. There are entirely to many people who, after taking Lipitor, started experiencing these problems, and after stopping started improving.

You state that you have not had any negative effects. So what. That does not mean that everyone else is a liar. There are some people who smoke all their lives and die of old age. I suppose in your world that means that smoking is harmless.

I have been reading your site with interest and am rather astonished at the level of hostility to this drug. I have no affiliation what so ever with the company that makes Lipitor. I wouldn't ordinary write anything to such a site but thought just in the interest of equality I would state that I have no side effect what so ever from taking Lipitor other than having by cholesterol lowered to normal levels. I have been taking the 10mg tablets for over 3 years. Most of the people of this forum are on 20 or 40 mg and some have been increased after only a very short time on the drug - get a new doctor before you quickly ditch the drug. I strongly believe that into the future, people like me will be living proof of what early preventive intervention will mean to the quality of our lives 20 years from now.

Michael 43
Sydney Australia