Bone muscle symptoms and conditions

Dealing leg pain and swelling fpr over 6 months - having 2 DVT test and 3 MRI's they finally found that I did have a DVT in my left leg and now I am taking Warfarin as of May 30th 2008. I now have severe joint pain, sore skin/sensitivity, my vision is going I can hardly read anything all of a sudden, so exhausted, sleeplessness - even after taking an ambien and getting some sleep, I can take a shower dry my hair and I am ready to go back and lay down because I am so tired. the doctor says thin blood does not carry oxygen as well so this is why I am tired. I am not anemic as I just had that checked. I can feel my muscles getting weaker. From reading what everyone else says it must be this drug, but I don't think I could live without it since my clot is so massive. I feel like my life will end soon I am getting weaker by the day...is this just my imagination? I know I am depressed but I do think all of the symptoms I am having is from the warfarin(besides the pain from the DVT which is still very painful)

I work in a health care system and we have used levaquin for this last cough, cold and flu season. It has worked wonders for the various upper respiratory infections.

No one has developed rashes, boils, or bone/muscle pain. After reading the first response, her abnormal reaction sounds more like a bad case of shingles.

Then, I read the last post where the person drank two glasses of whine to help with the blah blah blah. Mixing alcohol with any type of medication will not help with Your sypmtoms were a "full fledged panic attack" as you stated from the beginning.

Nothing but idiots posting here!

Hi! I am a 36 year old female and have been on this HORRIBLE HORRIBLE drug (prednisone) for 2 1/2 years now..... Hopkins doctors still arent sure exactly what i have. My immune system is attacking my liver so to speak. My body is basically looking at my liver like it doesnt belong and is attacking it with large multiple lesions that is eating it away... the good thing is that it hasnt interupted the functioning of it yet but is leaving horrible scar tissue. I have been in and out of the hospital 13 times, have had just about every test imangable, 12 liver biopsies and they STILL have NO clue! They are leaning towards Church Straus desease and Wegners but the weird thing is i have half symptoms of both. The first year they had me on 80 mgs of prednisone a day which had seemed to put me in remission for about 4 months and then they came back even worse so i was put back on the prednisone, 80 mgs a day AGAIN along with 100 cc's of Methotrexate, another not so nice drug... i had EVERY SINGLE BAD SIDE EFFECT OF BOTH DRUGS!! This second time around was ALOT WORSE for some reason!!! My body DID NOT LIKE IT!! Nausea, hair loss, moon face, gained 40 pounds (and i was in great shape, worked out, i am 5'4 and was 110 pds!), EVERYTHING was swollen, legs, ankles, arms, neck, face, had the camel hump, fingers and especially my belly!!! UGH!!! Have bone, muscle, and SEVERE joint pain! Kaliedescope vision, dry eyes and then had mucus discharge (kindof like pinkeye), headaches, intestinal problems.... VERY CONSTIPATED and then the opposite!!! I literally felt as if i had turned into a man in my behind!!! Sorry to be so gross but thats how bad it was!!! Jaw problems, teeth and gums as well, skin sensitivity and have little bumps all over my skin (kindof like tiny little moles), itchy, broke out with acne and pretty much NEVER had more than 1 pimple a month, had facial hair (VERY DISGUSTING!!!! HAD IT WAXED EVERY WEEK!!!!) and then on top of all of that the swelling of my liver not to mention the PAIN! I was recently in the hospital again with 12 new lesions, pneumonia, and 104 fever. My doctors said the Methotrexate was the cause and i was having a bad reaction to it so they now have me on 100mgs per day of Azathiroprine. I am now finally down to a maintenance dose of 5 mgs of prednisone cause my body was starting to reject that as well. I thank god that i am now down to that dose!!!! It as only been 2 wks and the withdrawl symptoms are horrible worse then they were but i know what is to come =) loosing all this fluid and all of the HORRIBLE side effects i listed above. I will have to be on the maintenance dose of 5mgs the rest of my life and can live with that cause when my body gets back to somewhat normal i wont even notice that im on this CRAP!! I will be on the high dose of Azathiroprine for a few years and then on a maintenance dose of that as well for the rest of my life to keep whatever this is that i have under control.... the scary thing is is that they arent even sure that all of these meds will even work...... im a guinea pig..... The only thing that i am on out of all 25 pills/meds that i take everyday that works is my pain meds. Oh and i also forgot to mention that i had to be put on some "HEAD CASE" medication (thats what i call it =) ) for depression. Its a low dose but it does seem to help... I am terrified of what the future holds but continue to be strong and have an amazing support team... my fiance and family =) I dont even want to think about how i would be without them. I go back on the 25th of this month for my MRI so please who ever reads this keep me in your prayers as for all of you are in mine. I feel for each and everyone of you that has to endure this horrible drug everyday and i hope that everything works out you. =)

Sue =)

I have been on Lupron for 9 months. I go to the gym regularly (3 times a week) to counter bone/muscle mass reduction. I feel sore and achy all the time, and have regular hot flashes. I never sleep the night straight through anymore. I drink a lot of water to handle the flashes, so I am urinating all the time, it seems. The biggest problem is the 25 lbs I have gained. Fortunately my PSA has stabilized and I will go to an interval without the injections to see how long the 0.0 PSA will hold. I hope to lose some of this weight to bring my blood pressure back down to my 110/70 from the current 120/90.

I started Advair 250/50 approx 6 months ago. I had immediate relief from the asthma and also immediately had the following symptoms:
-Frequent urination, up at night every two hours
-Yeast infection
-Bladder infection
-Sore bones/joints and muscles
-Blurry vision with occasional dancing silver spots in peripheral vision and dizziness
-Slight weight gain
-Dark circles around eyes
-Overall dry skin with cracking skin on fingertips
-Excessive sleepiness
-headaches
-Gravelly voice (I do a great Elmer Fudd and Marge Simpson)
-Sinus infection/itchy ears
-Severe muscle cramping in calves and feet

I was waiting for it to get better, ha ha, and then in the second month of usage, the biggy -- severe depression. That is something I've never had a problem with and for one week I was total doom and gloom, could not shake it. I did not ask my doctor about it. I called and told the nurse to tell her that I was having severe side-effects and wanted the lower dose, prepared to tell them goodbye at the slightest disagreement but no problem. Like everyone else's doctors, mine refuses to listen to what is actually going on with my body. Amazing, isn't it? They just can't be bothered. Must rush on to the next patient and ignore their reality also. The first time I was given prednisone several years ago, I called the doctor's office about the fact that I was in severe pain and could barely walk. As I stood there reading the pharmaceutical insert that included bone/muscle problems, the doctor denied any such side-effect. But I digress.

While waiting for the new Advair diskus ordered from Canada at half price since I have no insurance, I got on top of the depression by taking supplements of B-complex (the B's keep us sane), Adrenal Support tabs, Vit C to help fight infections, and plenty of water. DON'T FORGET TO DRINK LOTS OF WATER, FRIENDS! Always and especially when on any medications. The poisons must be flushed!

I'm still on the 100/50, the worst of the symptoms lessened, still having some irritation of urinary tract, headaches, sinus mess, and the Advair Voice. If I forget to take the supplements, I can feel the depression trying to creep back in, like the devil knocking at my door -- which reminds me of a line from a musical ... "You knew darn well I was a snake before you let me in!" Well, yeah, *now* I know! I've just decided today to take Advair once a day and recalled finding this site while searching in the grips of doom and gloom. Now I have a very good idea what people are dealing with when suffering from clinical depression. Awful, just awful! And not something you can think your way out of. My heart goes out to anyone dealing with depression ... or Advair.

GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE! DON'T LET THE DOCTORS BULLY YOU -- REMIND THEM THEY WORK FOR YOU! TAKE YOUR SUPPLEMENTS! DRINK WATER! GET THOSE PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED!
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