Bones symptoms and conditions

Both my husband and my son have had Kenalog Injections for Hay Fever for quite a few years. I heard recently that long term use of this injection for hay fever can cause osteoporosis in the bones. My husband has spinal trouble and my 40 year old son has trouble with the joints in his elbow. Does anyone else have any similar problems

HI there I took Prednisone for most of my life till 19 because of Asthma. I am now 33. At 22 I had Osteoporosis in my my back and leg. I have not been on prednisone for many years and have been asthma attack free for 10 yrs. I am now trying my best to get my bones in shape. I am fairly healthy despite depression, anxiety and low thyroid my weight is a slim 120lbs at 5'7. I don't regret taking prednisone from a child as I needed it. I do get dressed that my body is tired and aches but who knows if this is from prednisone or not. It saved my life many times.

Hey Guys,
I'm new to all this but just wanted to share my story with everyone so I feel like i'm not so alone! I'm 23 and was diagnosed with SLE 3 years ago.
It started in my joints and then moved to my kidney's real fast. I now have stage 4 nephritis, finished 6months of cyclophosphamide in Feb and have been on no less than 40-20mg of pred for about 2years. Just when things were starting to look better it has stared in my blood so they are trying to up my dose again. It has thinned my bones so I am on special meds for that now too.
I know taking the pred is something I need to do to live but it comes at a really high price. I don't even look like the same person I used too because of the moon face. I know it's shallow but at 23 it is almost as bad as having to live with this disease. I now have really low self esteem and get anxious all the time, which is affecting my job. As much as I want to come off I also worry that I would have to stop work again as the pred is what keeps me going. All I want to do is get off it though! Anyone know any alternatives? Also, just wondering if you guys are still drinking alcohol while taking pred?
Thanks for listening guys!

I have been on Fosamax for eight weeks. I had joint and muscle pain especially in the neck right from the beginning. I went to the pharmacy and asked about the effects. She told me to just continue to take the medicine.
After the second refill I also have been having stomach pain that wakes me up from sleep. My neck seems to feeling worse. After reading all the other blogs I am stopping this drug. All of my joints are painful and also there is a lot of clicking!! I hope that it hasn't done too much damage.

i had my mirena inserted February 2009 for the first 2weeks i bled heavy,had abdominal pain and a bloated stomach as time went on it got better but now i get a brown discharge which is horrible and i feel nausea often. i don't know what todo as ive had the pill and fell pregnant and i also fell pregnant on the implant,the injection made my bones weak and i really don't want anymore children two's enough for a 20yr old.

I've been prescribed Prednisone since April and just recently experiencing hair loss (I'm Female)

I'm so frustrated with the Depo injections in general. I received my first injection Nov '03...I was 19 years old it was highly recommended to me at the Health Dept because I'm a lazy pill taker and at the time I questioned the side effects, but the general pamphlet I received mentioned NOTHING of bone depletion being a side effect... and after the first few months of constant irregular bleeding, things were great, no periods, no pill, I was okay with gaining the 20lbs for it...about one year in one of my molars just randomly chipped, my dentist told me it wasn't anything to worry about, it didn't need a filing...less than two months later the tooth cracked down the center... I needed a root canal...one year later during my routine visit my dentist found 5 more molars that needed root canals.... 6 months later all my filings began coming out one by one... My dentist said I wasn't taking care of my teeth, but I brush 3 times a day and floss!! It's been 6 years since I started Depo injections, last year in Sept '08 during my yearly, the OBGYN looks at my file and says "oh I hadn't realized you've been on the Depo 5yrs, you need to take a year off, let your body rest" then she handed my some pill packs and a jar of calcium supplements and sent me on my way. I never even knew about the Depo Black Box Warning, now I realize why my teeth are falling out... I need a filing or root canal on every single tooth in my mouth, they are rotting from the inside out....I've put 7grand in my mouth so far... I can't even afford to keep up with it anymore... I wish I had known what not having a period was going to cost me. I'm 25 years old and I look like I've been doing Meth since I was 19.

Wow, I'm so glad I found this site!
I was diagnosed with pleurisy 2 and a half weeks ago following a virus, a few weeks before, so naturally, as my asthma nurse has always told me, I've doubled up my Advair (or Seretide as it's called here in the UK!) for that entire time.
Previously I was taking one puff once a day in an evening which I never had any problems or side effects with, it just controlled my asthma really well. Now I'm taking 2 puffs twice a day (morning and night) and for a few days now I've been having terrible joint pains in my hands, feet, elbows and knees. Have been searching the internet for what it could be and think I might have found the answer! Hopefully if I decrease my meds back down the pain will improve!
Like a lot of people on here, though, I was NEVER told about any potential side effects to Seretide, just that it was a wonder drug.

I was given 500 mg of Levaquin a day for 10 days for pneumonia, which I later found out I didn't have. Anyway, before he ten days were up, I started couldn't lift my arms above my head, then my joints started to pop and crack and all my joints ache me, ore severe pain in my knee that hasn't gotten better. It has been over a month and I am still in pain and don't know how to get relief. I tried Motrin, but this doesn't help. I also tried Tylenol and this doesn't help either. I tried going to the chiropractor and it helped a little, but the pain came back after the icing wore off. I don't know which way to turn with all this pain. It feels like my bones are falling apart.
If anyone has any remedies that work to get rid of this toxic poison in my body, please let me know. Thank you, Antoinette

Foot pain, to the extent that I cannot touch the bones in my feet. I had moderate heel spur pain which became extreme when I tried to resume the synthroid, even a minor 25mcg dose of synthroid. Bone and joint pain in the past made me stop taking the synthroid, especially shoulder and upper arm weakness on one occasion, and leg weakness and foot pain on the second occasion. This third time was related to heel, ankle and the bones in my feet. These problems went away within 5 days of not taking this medication.

I was placed on Topamax, off label, for suspected bipolar illness (now disproven). My cognition, word finding abilities, memory has been so adversely affected that I am now on disability. I had 5 kidney stones due to the development of Renal Tubular Acidosis, nearing renal failure (a side effect doctors don't warn patients about). This in turn led to osteomalacia, softening of the bones, only discovered after I broke all three major bones in my leg and snapped off my foot stepping off the lowest seat of a bleecher. I've suffered tingling in arms, hands, legs & feet (nerve damage), lesions in the brain, muscle spasms, heat & cold intolerance, insomnia etc... Although I lost weight, I gained it back (then some) as soon as I reduced the dosage of 800 mgs. Upon stopping the drug to save my kidneys, thus my life, my kidney function returned to almost normal within a few months, although there is residual damage. All other side affects remain two years later. Losing weight is not worth dying! Beware of this drug being used off label! I would never trust this drug!

I have p. neurapathy in my feet and legs and it "may" be happening to my hands. I say "may" for I'm thinking it's ANOTHER side effect from Lyrica (150mgs, twice daily). In aprox. 8 months I've gained about 50 pounds which has cracked bones in both my feet! My fingers hurt and are so swollen it's very difficult to play the guitar, something I've been doing for almost 30 years. I'm also take Tylenol 325 2X daily. AM / PM.
These are the same doctors on the Pain Management clinic I attend who also prescribe 80 mgs. of methadone. Okay, the pain only lasts an hour every morning but all these side effects are making me lethargic from all the extra weight. I'm 240, up from 190 - big difference! I've got to find another way! All contacts welcome. ******

This is the second time i'm writing on here. I posted my Mirena side effects a few months ago and thought i'd update my side effects....

before i had the mirena put in i was doing GREAT losing weight right after my 4th baby. i actually lost 15 lbs and weighed less then when i got preggo. within a 3 week period of getting the Mirena put in, i gained 11 lbs! and my dieting and exercise wasn't doing much good. my doc recommended that i watch was a eat a little more carefully and exercise MORE.... how much more do i have to watch was i eat and exercise?? anyhow, its been almost 6 1/2 months since i had it up it and im just experiencing more and more side effects. now i had what looks like a really bad case of eczema all over my body. especially on my knees, elbows and my knuckles. my scalp is really itchy, i've GAINED 30 lbs, my hair is falling out like crazy, by bones are killing me especially my lower back, ankles and shins, my mood swings are horrible i feel like im PMSing all the time and when i get my period which is still messed up and lasts for 2 weeks i get even moodier! i am always really tired, i feel like my chest is about to explode, whenever i eat i get really nauseous, i feel depressed all the time and have bouts of crying spells.... i've always had migraines but the mirena seemed to make them EVEN WORSE now. IDK, i've just about had it with the IUD. the only good thing about it is...im not pregnant!! and i don't understand why doctors keep brushing all these symptoms off as if we are all crazy when we say we are experiencing something that we know wasn't there before the IUD...

Toes, foot and leg cramps here too !

I have been on prednisone for 11+ years due to having had a heart transplant. The prednisone keeps my heart from rejecting.
I have not taken it for 2 days and I am in the process of passive suicide.
I am driving out west into the desserts to sit and die. I can no longer
be around people for I am afraid I may kill someone or at least significantly hurt them. I have been homicidal and suicidal for 11 years due to this med. I would enjoy killing everyone and everything. I hate myself and I want to die.
Prednisone made me become "Evil"; Hell incarnated. I don't want to live
in a mental institution and my doctor will only give me Seroquel thinking this will help me. I tell him it doesn't help me but he thinks it does. Stupid fucking doctor. My transplant docotrs won't even listen to me when I talk about "mental" issues. Everything pisses me off. It is raining outside and this makes me so mad and stressed.
I have been in this psychotically angry and agitated state of mind for 11 years. I have punched myself many times in the head and banged my
head against walls trying to get homicidal and suicidal thoughts out of my mind to no avail.
I would like to try ECT (electro-convulsive-therapy) but I won't even
mention this to my doctor because he will literally laugh at me and make me so god dam mad that I would enjoy killing him right then and there. I'm sick and tired of living in hell everyday.
Do not take prednisone no matter what, unless your life depends on it. And then what type of life will you have? Maybe a life full of hate, rage, anger, homicidal and suicidal thougts even when you dream.
Fuck life!
Arthur X 1968-2009

My poor Mother was prescribed this medicine 2 days ago and she's not slept for 2 days and has had horrible pains in her legs. I just found out today that she started taking this and I looked it up only to the horror of all the complaints on this medication. DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION, IT'S POISON! It's so sad what people have to go through in taking some medications. I never take a medication without looking up all the side effects. I wish my Mother would have called me before taking this, but she trusts in her Doctor. I don't think Doctor's check complaints on medications, at least some don't. I had her STOP taking this right away and contact her Doctor tomorrow.

I have endometriosis and would like anyone with the disease to contact me so that I can find out more information, etc. My email address: ******

I've been on levothyroxine 150mcg for about 3 months before that it was 100mcg and so on. I have gain lots of weight and tired all the time. depression also, headaches. I hate this gaining weight, sleepy all the time and depression is from gaining weight. I thought this med is to up boost my thryiode but it doesn't seem to be working. my dr. said I'm on the highest dose there is. I don't know what to do any more. I was thinking about taking myself off this but not sure what will happen if i do. I hope there is someone out there that might be able to let me know if they are going through the same things what they are doing and how they feel now.

Hi!. if you are still on the mirena... take it out I was on it until yesterday March 20/0, for 3 full years,the fact that you do not get your period,like it one should is enough reason, I was depressed , with pain on my bones I am only 29! always healthy , the spots in my face from all the acne I had using this method are horrific!. the acne is painful and lasts forever.
I had a total 38 pounds weigh gain, bad mood with my kids, husband , and low energy. the headaches were too much !... I changed doctors, and explain them my concerns .. they removed it yesterday !. I am in pain still since I decided to get a tubal ... please consider all this before you put it on , this people have professional sellers telling doctor is the best thing ever , but it isn't . It is hard out there and your loved ones need you all together not in pieces...!I lived like that for 3 years is just not worth it if anyone has a link to sue them let me know!
Good luck everyone and God Bless
J

I was on Abilify many years ago for a few days and I got severe akathisia. It is a movement disorder where you become extremely restless and are constantly moving and pacing. It felt like my body was alive and it was this intense internal restlessness and a constant need to move. It was severe restlessness. I couldn't sit down for more than a couple minutes, I couldn't sleep, my body just kept moving. I went off the Abilify and it took weeks for the akathisia to go away completely. I became extremely restless. I was young when I took the Abilify and the akathisia scared me. Abilify causes severe restlessness and severe akathisia. The akathisia from the Abilfiy is the worst, most uncomfortable, horrifying feeling in the world. I was a teenager when I was on it and this movement disorder was scary. severe internal restlessness, akathisia. Extreme restlessness, constant internal need to move, felt like I had the jitters, it was terrifying.

I am on prednisone frequently for respiratory infections as I have a chronic lung condition. I was just hospitalized for a week and on 80 mg per day IV. I have tapered by 5 mg every 3rd day. I have a rash in my hairline and actually in my hair. I have blurry vision, insomnia, cravings for food, weight gain, puffy face, swollen stomach, and pain so bad in my left hip joint that I can hardly bear weight.
In Aug, 2008, I had my right hip replaced from avascular necrosis caused by steroid use for my lung condition. I am worried that AVN is now also in my left hip. The steroids take the swelling down in my lungs so I can breathe, however they are destroying my bones. I am so scared of another hip surgery. I realize that I need to be thankful that my joints can be replaced, but it is a horrible side effect of this drug.

Started NR three weeks ago and yesterday was the day to take it out and have decided I wont be replacing it. At first I noticed a lower sex drive. I am in a long distance relationship and typically when I have the odd weekend with my boyfriend I want to jump his bones at any moment possible but this last time I was just not interested.

And this last week has been the worst of my life. Incredibly depressed, irrational, unpredictable, irritable, no appetite, suicidal thoughts and for the first time in my life I self harmed. Granted I have had some stuff going on in my life as well but everyone I have spoken to has been confused that i have not been able to deal as I usually would. I doubt the depression was entirely the fault of NR but I strongly believe it contributed and i wont be risking having another week like that again.

I agree with the post on here that says that doctors prescribe things pushed by the reps. My OBGYN (first time of meeting him) was more interested in selling me NR than discussing my abnormal pap result.

NO SIDE EFFECTS: POSSIBLE HELP WITH SUPPLEMENTS had very serious sinus infection. two weeks of anit-biotics with no result, symptoms got worse, before taking levaquin for an additional two weeks. within three days was back on my feet. i previously have taken the supplement MSM for continual joint pain in past years, and was pleased to find a wide array of other health benefits from taking it. Having two kids, building a home and busy work schedule led to neglect of my heath supplements. (not smart) Resulting in immune dysfunction, chronic sinus infections over the last two years. After realizing that my health was was in ruins, i decided to start taking my supplements again around the time of my course of levaquin. started taking my multi's again and more importantly my MSM ( similar to chondroitin or glucosamine) Note: I recently read that MSM has been proven to help the body fight infection, as it is required to be present for the body to fight infection. MSM is simply (organic sulfer) found in everyday food we eat. with processed foods and preservatives this element is removed. To make a long story short, after first taking levaquin, I did have some minor joint and back pain (among other things) started taking MSM and effects were diminished, and then gone. After reading what others went through, i made the correlation between the two, and with my previous history of joint pain i would think that i would be a prime candidate for these symptoms. It worked for me, it may work for you, and the worst case scenario is that is doesn't work but you become stronger and healthier from taking it. Brief History. I use to love to play basketball. after joint pain and swelling could only play once a week, and couldn't even walk up stairs the next day. after taking MSM continually for a couple of weeks i was able to play daily, for as long as I wanted. a true miracle. The good news: its at the health food store, it's really cheap, and its a completely natural supplement. take 1000 mg daily with meals or without. its worth a shot for no symptoms.

I got the Mirena September of 2007, after about a month or so of having it put in I started having problems going to sleep and then had problems getting up in the morning with my children cause I had no sleep the night before. I have been VERY moody to where it's ruining my marriage, I was never moody before I got the Mirena. My headaches started about 4 months ago, When I first started having them they were so bad I had to go to the ER and now I have had weekly visits to my Dr. They have done a CAT scan MRI and an X-RAY to try to figure out what is going on...and now I am thinking that the Mirena is what is causing all of these problems. I have crying spells now this has been going on for about a month, I am very depressed and sometimes feel like I hate life...again that was not me before. I am gaining weight...I am not intimate...and my bones just hurt so bad sometimes...I think it's about time to take out the IUD.

Pain so bad I could not sleep or concentrate. All bones in my body ached so bad they felt like they were cracking. After finishing the medication the pain has never gone away. My hands are so bad I can not hold on to anything. It's as if my hands were hinges and the hinges are sprung now. The pain in my thumb area is so bad I can not do much. I have all over pain and it feels if the tendons in my body are going to snap. I can not stay up at night any more. I have to go lay down by seven o'clock because my body is so exhausted. My neck is in constant pain, my hips have severe pain, I don't think there is a spot anywhere on my body that isn't in pain. I haven't taken it for about two years. I will never forget the night this started. I even called the pharmacist at three in the morning to ask him if it was the Levaquin.