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***AstraZenaca Phone Number 1-800-236-9933***
CALL & REPORT YOUR PROBLEMS DIRECTLY TO THEM if you hope to maybe help make a difference, please. I have been having so much grief while on this medication I finally broke down and called this number to ask for more information. During the conversation I told the lady I was talking to that every time I try to cut back on this medication I have increasing sharp chest pains. She replied that since I mentioned a problem she needed to report it to their 'safety control division' and asked me to answer a few questions. I don't know if doing this makes any real difference or not, but I believe in strength in numbers, and I would hope that more who read here might also call and express their concerns.

Good luck to anyone who might read this...and take care, JC

I was prescribed 20 days of Levaquin 500mg for a post surgery leg infection. I quit taking Levaquin after just 6 days. I had horrible hip and joint pain, depression and fatigue. I wanted to sleep all day and night. It worked and the infection was cleared up but the side effects were not worth it.

Hi Everyone,
I am a fourth year medical student and recently I started having horrible panic attacks, I feel like crying all the time and I actually feel depressed. I am a "hypochondriac" generally (I guess it comes with the territory of knowing about different diseases out there), but I have been feeling like I am going crazy. I started Yasmin in November of 2006 and I was fine for a few months. Lately, with stress at school and exams, I started feeling like I've just crumbled. I get anxiety/panic attacks (the latest one was at the movies), horrible heart palpitations, nausea, I am sweating, I can't sleep, I feel this knot in my stomach. It's horrible. I thought it was me cracking under pressure, but I was never like this before I started Yasmin. Recently, I was placed on an antidepressant because everyone assumed it was depression, but after reading this post, I really think it might be the pill. I got off it a week ago, so I hope I will see a difference. Thanks guys!!!

@ guest3468:

If you have read all the posts here, you should know, that mostly all women here have experienced these problems you've mentioned! And in many cases this was only the beginning of an endless story.

At 3 months ON Yasmin I didn't have any problems either! I thought this was a real wonder pill without any side effects. Well, 2 years later I should have known better, when the first problems hit me every month a bit more. My biggest fault: I went on taking Yasmin another 3 long years without noticing, what that pill already had done to me until I completely broke down in December 2004 after 5 years on Yasmin....

So please, if you have the slightest suspicion, that this pill is not good for you or you feel that you're somehow "changing" in mind and your feelings: Get off it asap!!

The little benefits this pill may have are not worth the nightmare it CAN cause in many women!!

yesterday may 23rd i found myself at the emergency. I could no longer stand the pain and was terrified to see that i had lost 2 inches off my right thigh. I was desperate at this point and broke down in tears yet even at the hospital the staff didn't care...after waiting over four hours and being told it wasn't life treatening i left and returned home in tears. Nobody cares and I am so scared of finding myself in a wheelchair at 49 yrs old. I am already house bound and depression has set in for every doctor i talk to brush it off as if it's nothing. This is my life we are talking about I am a somebody and I do matter, we all do. Someone please help us I beg of you, someone has to still care about human beings instead of money!!!!! God bless you all

I am so thankful that I found this website! My 9 year old daughter has been taking Singulair for 2 1/2 months now. At first we were so relieved that she was hardly ever having to use her inhaler for asthma and thought this medicaton was a God sent blessing. Previous to taking Singulair she was a bit spoiled, but much easier to control and I don't recall her having an 'outburst' of anger before the medication. She is normally a very outgoing, likeable child. As of lately however she yells, throws things, cries, hates everyone most of the time (lately even says she hates herself), is scared to death to go ANYWHERE with just me and her without any apparent reason and just acts miserable. My husband and I finally broke down this week and admitted there was without a doubt a change that had to be taken in her attitude. We went to the therapist for an evaluation and a referral to a child physiologist. We are just getting more and more afraid that there is truly a problem that isn't going away. We just couldn't seem to get her under control no matter what we did. We took things away, spanked her, put her in time out and grounded her. Nothing worked. She has been totally unemotional when it comes to punishment. We had convinced ourselves she was a spoiled brat and didn't know where to begin in unspoiling her. When, discussing her behavior we let them know it started getting A LOT worse 2 1/2 months or so ago. Later in the interview, they asked what medications she was on and how long she had been taking them. It was then that it clicked that it was about the same time. I came home and started researching Singulair, since obviously they don't disclose this at this time. I am shocked at the number of people reporting the same side effects, greatful to have this website and hopeful this is our main problem. Today is Monday and she has not taken it since Friday, so it's just been a few days. She has had a couple of instances of 'brattiness', but hasn't had an explosive fit, throwing things, yelling, etc. since Thursday night. I'll keep a close eye on things and re-post once I see how she does. Usually her fits are every day or every other day. She even called me at work today to complain her dad wasn't being fair and wasn't yelling like she has been. I was off of the phone with her within 2-3 minutes and haven't heard from her again. This is VERY unusual for her as of the last couple of months, so maybe we're on the road to recovery!

My mother took her first dose of Fosamax last Thursday, Friday her legs had swollen up, her right more so than the left. The doctor advised us to go to the ER to make sure it wasn't a blood clot. All her blood tests were fine, checked for heart failure, it was fine, ct scan of her chest, all fine, next day we got an ultrasound on her legs, that was fine too. It's been a week later and they are still swollen, she has NEVER had this problem in her whole life and usually avoids doctors but she pulled a muscle in her back and finally broke down and went to a doctor. Since she is 70 he immediately wanted her to take Fosamax. She will not take it anymore and he is at a complete loss as to why she swelled up, but I know the Fosamax caused it. But I'd like to know who is going to pay her medical bills from all of the testing she had done...Merck? She's on a fixed income and Medicare doesn't cover everything. Perhaps Merck rushed and manipulated research on this medicine to get FDA approval?

PLEASE READ: I have read all the captions regarding the use of Ultracet and the group can or could be broke down specifically into two groups. Those with Chronic Pain and those with Pain. The ultracet probably will not work well for those that experience just enough pain and see relief from an uncomfortable feeling. On the other hand, I for instance, have been in almost constant pain after having a benign tumor removed from the interior of my spinal cord 01/23/1994. The tumor had itty bitty fingers that wrapped itself or entertwined into my cord. It was removed but unfortunately, the area affected "between my shoulder blades" somehow interupted a nerve that runs under my right arm pit down tricep area of my arm to my elbow. The pain is described as a hornets sting where you actually feel the insect pumping venom into you. On a good day, the pulse of pain accurs about 2-3 times a minute. While on a bad day the pulse of pain occurs about every 2-3 seconds. I went over 10 years trying stimulation, physical rehab (5) jogging ect.. Where I have tried everything you can imagine to remove this pain, in Aug of 2003, I elected to use narcotics. I went a year on lortab and decided to stop. It was a bad 3 days but I survived it. My doctor then put me on ultracet about 6 months ago and I really like it. I take enough to make my pain stop, I dont care if its 4 of 10. I've had all the pain I can take. I am a Policeman and have been for 24 years. I dont like the idea to being addicted to ultracet, but it could be a lot worse. Those of us in the category of Chronic Pain must come face to face with the realization that addiction is a major result of our treatment. IM SORRY, but thats just the truth. Im willing to deal with it at this point because like I said, I just cant take the pain anymore. Like I said before, I went 10 years before taking pain medications because I was a Police officer and I had to work and raise 3 kids. Well, Im ready to retire now and all my kids are gone. I hope I havent bored anyone but I just wanted my Chronic Pain people to know, IT"S OKAY to be addicted. IT's NOT GREAT, BUT, IT's OKAY. Use your medication as your doctor prescribes it and remind him that you want kidney and liver check up's about ever quarter. That should prevent you from damaging your vital organs. PeAcE...