Brusing symptoms and conditions

Hi there... I have just found this site and I'm very grateful to everyone who has taken the time to sit down and tell us their story mine is very similar. BELIEAVE me I feel like I am pushing my family away and I'm losing my relationship with the one person who used to make me feel like I was the most beautiful woman in the world.
I'm a 40 yr female have or maybe had a great job that I loved... On April 12 I noticed a small red rash on my lower right leg no big deal went to the Dr. gave me some cream and sent me home well I went to work and by the afternoon things just seem to get bad my legs began to swell and little blisters started to pop up so I went to the E.R. they had no Idea what was wrong with me got me an appointment to see a skin DR. so I went home but the pain from the swelling was so bad I could not walk any longer went back to the E.R. they gave me some pain meds and called in some other DR. things had gone from bad to worse my feet had gotten to big I could not put on shoes and I had bruised completely across the bottoms of my feet they put me on 30mg of PRED. and it seem to be under control sent me home after 3 day in the hospital things were good for about a day or so I thought I would go back to work well that was not a very good idea.... My sister had to come and take me back to the ER where they did 2 biopsies and still have no idea what is wrong with me. so now they put me on 60mg of PRED the rash has gone, lots of scaring on my feet because of the blisters once they broke and dried out but I can live with that....
It's the side effects that they don’t tell you about,
MOON FACE I can't look at myself cause really that’s not me anymore,
WEIGHT GAIN I have always been thick but I can't handle the extra 30lbs I've gained,
MOOD SWINGS are unbearable,
PAINFUL JOINTS, CAMEL HUMP, BLOODY NOSE, BRUSING, SORE TEETH/GUMS, DRY EYES, FAITIGE, and worsted of all
I don’t have a support systems in my life so I'm fighting this by myself everyday, I have 3 kids that I have tried to explain all this to but they don't get it and well my boyfriend he tells me he understands that its the meds pushing him away but if I can't figure away to control this I will lose every thing including my job. I cant even get the energy together half the time to make it up and down the stairs which also comes with the pain of just trying to lift each leg up to climb the stairs, I also have the camel hump which I find very painful, The acne and the hair growth that I have to get wax off once a month cause I feel like a man I feel like a loser and as of the last couple of days I just want to give up I am now down to 20mg per day but I find that I am feeling so sick I cant think straight I hope and pray for each and every person out there that has to take this MED that you get better and I do hope that my symptoms wont come back. Thanks for being here and I’m glad I found this site. I know now that I’m not losing my mind completely. Elizabeth.

I have been taking Advair for 4 years. I have had reoccurant viral infections, bronchitis, Dizziness, brusing, stomach issues such as gallstones, and GERD. Headaches and now Candidias Infections of the digestive tract. Weakness, fatigue and Muscle weakness. My MD refuses to listen to me, and tells me that they are not linked to the medication Can all these things be attributed to the Advair? What are the adversions and complications if any of stopping this medication?

I started Advair in November 2006; within days I started bruising on the inside of the thighs, calves and tricep area. One bruise developed in my sleep (!) that was about 6 in. long and 3 in. wide on the inside thigh. It was brilliant red and blue! But I chalked it up to getting accustomed to the new drug. Well about 5 months into this I noticed I could no longer sing or hold a note for any length of time without losing total breath. In the morning I would call out for one of my animals and nothing would come out of my mouth! Alarmed I stopped the Advair for about a week. The brusing stopped; my voice returned. I decided to try Advair again and yes, the bruising returned in the same areas and the voice issues started back. NOW I've been diagnosed with anemia in just 5 short months! Nothing changed except using Advair and Fluctonase. I'm now off Advair by my own choosing, my voice is returning, the bruises are gone but I still have to get my iron count up. Has anyone had anemic issues using this drug?

Today is Friday, I took my first Fosamax tablet this past Monday and I have severe brusing and a burning sensation in both legs. No more for me.

I'm a 36 y/o female battling the side effects from Kenalog. I developed Cushing Syndrom (moon face, hump on back, easily brusing). I had my 1st shot in Dec 05 and 2nd Jan 06. I bleed heavily for three months straght. I still have the moon face and this horrible hump on my back. I ended up having to get a hysorectomy. I plan on getting a lawyer, but the Doctors I spoke with never heard of these effects with a shot. The more support I have the better chance I have. I'm constantly depressed looking this fat. Plus I gain 20 lbs in 1 month. This drug sux and I would never recomend it to anyone.

high CK levels, muscle wasting, extreme brusing, after nearly one year off of the drug still have muscle spasms, leg cramps, and arthritis like symptoms attacking different joints intermittenly

I take predisone to keep the arteries in my head open. I have alot of brusing all over my body. Is this a side effect?

While taking Aggrenox following a stroke, I am having stomach problems "Gastroparesis" a condition in which the stomach moves porly, and is delayed in its emptying of liquids and especilly solids. I have underactive thyroid after having pituitary surgery to remove a tumor. I stopped taking this drug because I kept seeing bruises on my arms that I could not remember brusing.

Had 60 mls. of kenalog injected into painful scar tissue on my lower abdomen. I was not told of any side effects by my doctor, he said he had never heard of side effects from kenalog. At first I saw alot of what appeared to be brusing around the scar. Then the tissue all around the scar began to shrink away, I was left with a large hole in my stomach. I went back to my doctor this month, feb. 2005. He said he had never seen that happen to anyone before. I asked him how it could be fixed, he said he would cut out the damage tissue and repair the hole. I went back to have the procedure done last week, I wish I had not let that doctor touch me again. He did not cut out all the damaged tissue and now the incision looks horrible. I feel like a freak. I also ended up in the emergency room the night of the surgery because the doctor did not close the incision completely. I am going to go to a lawyer to find out what I can do. He should not be allowed to treat his patients this way. The day of the surgery he told me that he had talked with other doctors about my case and none of them had ever heard of any side effects from kenalog. He even said he talked to a doctor from Harvard medical school. It appears to me he is a liar. After reading the letters posted on this website I feel sorry that most of the letters were about the negative effects of kenalog. I believe we had the right to know about side effects before we were injected.

i have been on prednisone, and other types of steroids for 6 years now,, i have all the side effects, hair thinning, skin thinning, moon face, weight gain, stopped my menstrual, rashes, legg cramps, brusing, mood swings, and on and on, , i compare this drug to cocain,,,THE BIG LIE! It will make u feel good at 1st, then sap!...anyway,, i take them, because i have constant hives,,, steroids only covers the problem up for awhile, it doesn't cure,,, honestly,, of there is another way, take it,,, try to stay off the steroids,,this is what i was told,,,depending on how long u have been on steroids, it can take up to 2 years to get out of your system, and that long to get that weight off,,it is not water weight,,, IT IS FAT, because you put it on eating,,this drug will make ur skin thin,, will bring your young body down FAST!!!! i personally have come to the conclusion to keep the hives and swellings and stop the steroids,,,,oooooo VERY IMPORTANT,,,STEROIDS, WILL AME U HEAL VERY SLOW,, SO IF U HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY,,,DENTAL WORK,,MAKE SURE U SAY SOMETHING...

I have been on and off of pred for about 15 years in fairly low dosses, for allergies and nasal poloyps. Some of the side effects were swelling, soreness, warts on the hands, mood swings, night sweats, itching, flushing, when I was on higher doses severe night mares!! every night. A couple of years ago I had a bi cranionomy surgery for a sinius mucecell in the frontal sinus. Two polyp's had grown togather in the top of my nasal passage and the sinus couldn't drain. Any way they cut me from ear to ear across the top of my head and peeled the skin down and took a about a 3" by 3" section of skull out to remove the mucecell.
Since then I have had another polyp removal surgery thru the nose, that will make 4 all togather. PREDNISONE is the only thing that seems to work, I don't have to take high dossages, I take like 10 mg every 3 days maybe, but I still get side effects. Brusing, mood swings, itching, One wierd thing is the thinning of the skin that shows my scaring from the bi craninomy really bad. You can actually see the outlining of the brackets and screws where they put my skull back togather.
I need another surgery where the doctor has told me that the bony tissue that seperates the brain from the sinius' behind the eyes may be gone from the polyps eating away over a period of time, and they may have to open my head again, It really scared me so I didn't follow back up with the doctor and got some more prednisone from a primary care visit that I claimed that I have a sinius infection. It will carry me for a couple of months. It has been 8 months since I seen that doc that wants to open my head again (same doctor)this is a specialist from Duke Hospital in North Carolina. I'm doing ok with only 10mg every 2 to 3 days. Problem is tring to keep getting prednisone from doctor to doctor.

This follows my posting of Jan.9th - I have stopped taking the fosamax and the brusing has subsided. no longer pain in right foot upon awakening. coincidence?
now i need to find another medication to replace.

WOW! Am I the only one who thinks Paxil is great? I am 61 years old and I emotionally hit a wall about four months ago. I had taken Zoloft several years ago and had bad headaches from it, so the Dr. tried me on Paxil. I feel great and my sex drive is still strong. Sleep well, but have weird dreams. Not bad dreams, just weird. The only real side effect I have encountered is aching joints, leg cramps and brusing. From what I have read, other people are experiencing the same side effects. I take two 10 mg. tablets a day. Don't plan to stay on them for ever, but they sure are helping me now!

I've taken 500 mg of Levaquin for 13 days; cut back to 250 mg. Joint pain started about 7 days after start. Gotten so bad, have difficulty walking. First side effects consisted of short term (hours) of rash, intense heat, itching. The pain has gone from knees and elbows to fingers and ankles. Also brusing in legs. Suppose to be on for 7 more days, but have called the doc and told him I'm done with this. I took this med last year for a urinary trac infection and had to get off it then. Told the doc this but he didn't listen. Next time I listen to myself.
Pat