Back spasms symptoms and conditions

I received dilaudid after having shots in my back for pain due to degenerated discs. After the 6 shots I experienced serious back spasms, while still at the hospital. The doctor told me that could happen to some patients. Well the pain was so severe (from the spasms) and the invasion of by back from the radio frequency wave shots to deaden the nerves that I couldn't leave. He ordered the dilaudid and they put it in my I.V. and in about 10 minutes the pain was gone the spasms stopped. The only problem was that I didn't have my wits about me and some bad itching. A shot of benadryl fixed that, though.

Thank God I found this site. My doctor thinks I'm mad, she has a Mirena herself and thinks it's wonderful. I had the Mirena put in because of severe blood loss anemia two years ago. I've had a headache on the left side of my head for 18 months. Heart palpitations right before my unpredictable periods, chest pain, serious stomach upsets, numbness and tingling that made me think I had MS or a brain tumor, and countless other frightening symptoms. I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma when I was 23 which was successfully treated, this Mirena has had me concerned daily that I had relapsed and that it just wasn't being picked up. I've been so frightened of what's been happening to me, but now I will INSIST that the thing is removed right away. Thank you so much for you honesty about your symptoms, I no longer feel alone.

I am 38 years old and had Mirena put in on Nov. 26th. The first two months I felt pregnant and was nauseous all the time. That seemed to go away and now I can't stop gaining weight. I am gaining about a pound a week. It is all heading toward my stomach area and it's uncomfortable. I have also begun losing hair, having yeast infections, headaches, acne and pain during sex. I wish I found this site before and wonder if anyone has had similar symptoms and do they go away. I have scheduled to have it removed in 3 weeks. I am afraid to have it removed and feel like should I give it more time. Does anyone have any advice?

Took a few tablets over a few days. Slept excessively. Extremely Mental Grogginess for a few weeks. Went Back to the Doctor & Explained the negative effects. He said, "That feeling of stupidity you had, some people don't come out of it. We don't prescribe it anymore." I feel it took about 6 months to regain sharp memory & mental abilities. I was prescribed Flexeril for cronic muscle ache & spasms. It did ease my back spasms & aches, but not worth it due to the side effects.

Soon after I started taking 5mg. daily I developed a productive cough, severe back spasms, now both elbows are getting tendonitis. I feel anxious, worried, moodiness that is greater than normal and I can't get back to the gym. By the way, my bp is not down much. I wonder if it's the drug.

I have been on Prednisone for the past few months. I started off at 40 mg per day, and have tried to gradually wean down every few days. In doing so, I have developed excruciating rib cage muscle spasms, back spasms, shortness of breath, and leg weakness. Everytime I try to go down off this drug, I become so sick that I have no choice but to go back up. I have been told by my dr. that I will have to go down VERY gradually and it may take several months to do so. I am at 40 mg per day still trying to drop down by the week. Is this dangerous? I mean being on this drug for so long term? I already have osteoporosis from prednisone and have broken many ribs while on it. Would it be too dangerous for me to just go off of it all at one time and be done with it? I know I will be very ill if I choose to do it this way..but I don't want to put myself in a very dangerous situation either. Help! It's causing me panic attacks also. I just need to get off this medication! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

I was prescribed this medication for back spasms. It was my understanding that Ultracet was a non addictive muscle relaxer. It has been my expeirence that this drug is highly addictive. I would get samples from my Dr., and they would seem to run out unusaully fast. When I would stop the medication, I would go through withdrawls for about three days. Irritalbility, not wanting to be in social situations, and not sleeping, are the withdrawls I expeirenced. I would take two to four Ultracet a day. They eliminated my back pain, and allowed me to feel outgoing and social. I had no problem driving, or getting my work done. In fact, it helped me maintain a positive attitude in my stressful world. Well, anything that makes you feel unusually good will eventually do the opposite. I have now been on Ultracet for three months. I finished my refills yesterday, I and not planning on using it again. I have been in AA for four years, and decided to change my sobriety date. The withdrawls for Ultracet are brutal. If you have an addictive personality, and have abused pain medication, I suggest not taking this one.

used for 4 weeks
- thrush
- joint pain that i never knew was attributed to this until reading this board
- back spasms from playing basketball after playing for years with no problem
- weight gain ~7lbs
- muscle cramps in calves, hamstrings that were not exercise related
- jaw tightening up
- stomach aches

Been on Singulair since 98. I am 53. I too get heart palpitations and difficulty breathing for a short period a few minutes after taking it but only once in a while. It helps my asthma but if I go off of it for a while my breathing is quite impaired for 4 or 5 days then improves but not to the level achieved with the Singulair. I dream more and have some nasty nightmares especially if I take ibuprofin at bed time. The reason I go off of the drug periodically and take Ibuprofin is that I am much more succeptible to muscle cramping, spasms, hip pain and tendonitis while on this drug. I used to be a runner/racer but had to quit race training because my back and neck would cramp up. I get tendonitis easily in my forarms from activities that never bothered me before. I have had back spasms for 2 months that did not improve with ice, heat, Ibuprofin, chiropractic or physical therapy until I remembered the Singulair connection two days ago and stopped taking it. Today I am noticing improvement for the first time. Once my back heals up I think I will try reducing the dosage to 5 mg and see if it is enough to help my breathing without the muscle problems.

After taking ovcon50, I have experienced several back spasms. I have been taking ovcon 50 for 3 months. The severe back spasms started about 2 weeks following beginning the drug. I have never experienced anything like this before. Has anyone else had this problem?

Well, I'm on my second week since I started taking Yasmin. My OB/GYN's nurse practitioner wanted me to give it try before switching from a standard 10-year copper IUD to the new Mirena progesterone coated IUD which is supposed to help with the heavy cramping and heavy periods that are common with the copper since a local dosage of progesterone is delivered directly to the uterus. I've never done well on BCPs but was encouraged to try the Yasmin as it was different than all other pills and it could help with the resurgence of acne in my 30s, mood swings and heavy cramping due the IUD.

I started taking the pill on day 1 of my period. Plus, since I'm still on the IUD, contraception isn't an issue. Two days after starting, my husband and I took off for a five day vacation drive to celebrate our 10-year anniversary so I wasn't sure if some of the symptoms I was experiencing was due to spending a lot of time in the car and hiking in high elevations. However, many of the symptoms I experienced and continue to experience even after we've come back are:

- headache (have one right now)
- tightness in the chest with corresponding back spasms, which I originally attributed to increased acid since I've had these before, although I haven't been eating any types of food that would normally aggravate it nor have I been highly stressed.
- indigestion, heartburn and bloating
- moodiness (small things made me break into tears, and that's very out-of-character for me.)
- continued bleeding with no hint that my period is about to end, so essentially I'm on my 9th day and the flow seems to be increasing rather than decreasing.
- light cramping and backache
- nausea

I haven't been on Yasmin long enough to see if it has helped the acne. But I was already moody before and it certainly hasn't helped in that department. And granted I had 5-7 day heavy periods on the IUD, but usually by day 5 it would taper off considerably. I'm not seeing any improvement on that end either.

After reading the various posts on this site, I'm seriously considering just stopping the pack, it's not like I'll start my period since I haven't stopped yet. I think I'll stick to my original decision and go for the Mirena. I know that spotting is really common for the first few months, but it can't be any worse than the copper IUD so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.