Buttocks symptoms and conditions

the samples from the doctor worked great! started a new bottle of another 3 months supply, and BS went to 400! a week ago, started to get hives every 3-4 days.now, every day at night, 12 hrs. after taking Januvia, hives break out on back. waist, buttocks, arms.was in ER yesterday, they said rash from Januvia unlikely, because they HAVENT SEEN IT BEFORE. After insulin injections, BS only got down to 295. Afraid to eat, 9 hrs. later had a tomato and cucumber sandwich, and BS went back up to 360. My doctor added Metformin to Januvia, and I am now once again with horrible diarrhea, after only one dose of 500mg Met. BS is still sky high, and the ER didnt seem too concerned. Anyone ever hear of hives from Januvia? HELP!!

I received a shot of what I thought was my regular prednisone steriod in November 07. Obviously, that wasn't the case. I must have received this Kenalog shot because now I have a golf ball size dent in my upper buttocks. It is not going away and I think it could be getting worse more than 9 months later. I would be interested in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer of this product and/or my allergist. Please contact me with possible ways to make this look less obvious. ******

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Tori C.

I regularly got steriod injections for my allergies. This last time I went to my allergist to get my "regular" injection, I noticed that it stung pretty bad going in. I didn't think anything of it and left. About 3 months later I noticed a small indention under my skin at the injection site. Now, 9 months after my last injection I have a huge golf ball size dent in my upper buttocks. It is not going away or getting any better. I would be interested in a class action lawsuit against the company and any advice to possibly take action against my allergist. You can reach me at ******

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Hello all,
I'm in the same boat but near the end.... I was given Bactrim for a UTI. I woke up after 2 days with horrible aches in my joints and muscles. I was immediately taken off the Bactrim and put on Doxycycline. I was then put on Prednisone for the aches (which helped). I developed blisters and a rash after a few days. My aches went away after about two weeks but now I have itchy, sore and peeling feet, buttocks, mouth, and genitals. Stomach upset as well. I have been tested for everything (STDs, Lyme Disease, West Nile, etc, etc) and everything has come back negative. I was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome from the allergic reaction I had to the Bactrim. It has been 3 weeks since the first dose and I am finally starting to feel better (except for the insane itching). Good luck to everyone. Never again!

Hello All, My Levaquin nightmare began on June 18th, 2008. The side effects I had were so unbelievable, most of you, if not all of you will believe this. I had severe night sweats which would transfer over to a extreme cold chills, which would allow me to sweat like crazy. Bathed in Sweat. I thought there were small needles all around me and poking me everywhere. My feet, toes, knees and buttocks tingled like there was no tomorrow (and still are to this day). When and how can I make these side effects go away. I'm sick of them. I no longer have the night sweats or the bitter chills, I'm now totally aware of want is going on around me, while taking the med and several days after I couldn't even tell you my name. The bridge of my nose, and running across to my ears tingled like crazy and my ears rang all the time, and they still ring once in a while still. I need to know when this feeling of tingling in my hands, feet, knees, legs and humming in my ears will go a way. Help! I think this drug needs to taken off the market. I took a total of 17 pills. My first scripted was for 15 days and by not knowing any better less then a week later and another doctors appointment, and one more script, which I filled. I took two pills from that bottle. My husband called the doctor and she told him this wasn't normal. She told him that I was to stop the med asap, which I did and I'm still having these awful tingling. If anyone, anyone has any suggestion of how to get those med out of my system I would certainly appreciate it. God Bless each and every one of you. May you all find relief.

I had a Kenalog shot about 8 months ago. Now I have a silver dollar size indentation on the right side of my buttocks right where they gave me the shot. My question is, is it going to get any bigger or what. I just found this site the other day and now I know that it is from the Kenalog shot no question in my mine. Patty

my friend has been on geodon for about 3 years and is experiencing some very strange things! She gets cramps, like seizures in her legs and can't walk when this happens. Her doctor says there is nothing wrong. She gets neck and leg twitching and recently, the leg things have come with shortness of breath. Does anyone know anything about these side effects?Please reply! Thank you.

I am 24 years old and I had a pulmonary embolism last month. I was on the birth control YAZ for only 3 months, and that's what doctors seem to think caused it. My insurance only paid for me to be in the hospital for three daysand I was sent home with lovenox shots and Coumadin pills.

One month later, my INR is still unstable, fluctuating so much that they are checking it twice per week. My dosage is constantly changing. I have a red, painful rash on my buttocks - it hurts of sit for more than a few minutes. I am losing clumps of hair. I have lost my libido. I am very irritable and snap at my husband several times per day. I have a headache almost daily and frequent nausea.

I hate these side effects!

I do understand that this medication can be helpful for some people and for them, the benefits out-weigh the side effects. For this reason, I don't think that this med should be taken off the market, but I DO think that we, as patients, deserve to be explained these side effects before we are just injected with such a powerful drug!!
I went in to a walk-in clinic with allergy symptoms that were not relieved by OTC drugs. Nothing super- severe that I couldn't stand, but I was looking for something to make me feel better and the Dr. prescribed Kenalog. No side effects were mentioned/discussed. A nurse came in and gave me the shot. A few months later, I noticed the dent on my left buttocks area. I was very worried because it looked SO bad! The dent has increased in size and depth over the months. My PCP told me that it was most likely from the Kenalog injection but I have an ultrasound scheduled to find out how extensive the atrophy is! She says that it only destroys the tissue and fat but I know for a fact by feeling the area that the muscle underneath is completely gone!! How can this shot be given to patients without a verbal description of possible side effects and a written consent!!
I've read that some people have been lucky enough to have the "dent" go away! How long did that take?? I am only hoping that I am as lucky!!! It is such an UGLY site!! Luckily it is covered by a swimsuit and my fiance doesn't find it as ugly as I do!!

Hello All, First let me say that I am sooo sorry for everyone's symptoms and that they are likely a side-effect of the Miracle Drug Januvia! I am on Glipizide which I fought my 'ex-physician' about continuing to take for several years, since I am a nurse and through research had found that this drug is really only an initial medication used for the new Type II (2) Diabetic. You don't want to know that I've been on it (in one form or another - Glucotrol & Glyburide also versions of same drug) for nearly 15 years! I had retired from nursing and wasn't exposed to meds-dispensing and was just trying to live and deal with DM with the dubious 'care' by physicians who just didn't give a hoot about me or my status. I'd tried Metformin when it first came on the market again, over a decade ago, it made me so violently ill that I would have to stop and vomit out the passenger side of my vehicle, on the shoulder of very busy California freeways. My doctor had told me that it must've been IBS - noooooo, it was the Metformin because within 24 hours I wasn't vomiting, in 48 I no longer had severe abdominal pain/bloating/diarrhea and within another couple of days I was no longer severely nauseated. The nausea reminded me of 'pregnancy-related' nausea which for you ladies out there, remember that it is worse than average nausea that is relieved by vomiting. So when my new physician who is a Kidney Specialist, Endocrinologist and Specializing also in Diabetes wanted me to go onto Januvia ~ well, I was skeptical to say the least. Having said that I found myself blythely going ahead without checking the known side-effects and taking first half a tab twice a day and then one tab twice a day. I was delighted that my blood sugars begin to drop immediately; however, also immediately, were the following symptoms on JANUVIA: severe all-over-body muscle cramps/spasms which include my trunk (body), limbs including hands, numbness in my hands (I type a lot in my work but have NEVER experienced anything like this in my hands) - of course the doctor said that I must be getting carpal-tunnel syndrome! In within two (2) days? No, that is impossible. I have spinal injury from a horrible surgery gone very bad 10 years ago and with it I experience very intense muscle cramps/spasming which generate from my spinal level of injury, encompass my hips, entire pelvic girdle, buttocks and into my legs - culminating in my feet. They are so severe as to cause me complete incontinence from the intensity of the abdominal pressure on my bladder and sometimes feces incontinence as well. While these are horrible and irreversible outcomes from this surgery-induced injury - I have learned the factors that cause them to happen more frequently i.e. sitting on unfamiliar surfaces and especially without my pressure-relieving seating cushion, flying - from the unfamiliar/cramped seating, difficulty standing immediately when I feel one coming on (when they do I know to come to a standing position immediately and pressing my weight against my feet at a 90 degree angle from my legs and NOT moving an inch from there for up to one hour and until they subside) well, yes, as you can imagine, these horrible cramps/spasms are no longer an intermittent event but occur Daily now and sometimes up to four (4) times a day along with the cramping in my trunk (in various locations around my back that aren't related to my surgical injury, upper extremities and hands - oh wait! I've had them in my jaw and front of my neck as well! What I haven't mentioned is the following: initial weight loss then recent weight GAIN, after about two weeks. Many are unaware that 'controlled' Diabetes Mellitus Type II (2) results in weight-gain due to the circulating blood sugars being metabolized by entrance via the receptor sites on our bodies cells and the storage of excess glucose into stored fat. I attribute this to the fact that I became less active with the depression coming on and the extreme tiredness from interrupted/lost sleep making me much too exhausted to exercise as per my normal activities. Additionally I've had Severe Nightmares, Sudden Shock-like awakening from deep sleep stages, Night Terrors as reported by boyfriend and family, Headaches that are so intense that I can barely stand them and usually upon awakening during my very Interrupted Sleep and at the end of my sleep, when I just give up and can't stand them or the intense cramps/spasms any longer. The depression has been truly disturbing as I have taken meds for it for about three (3) years. I was on SINGULAIR, another horrible med which I discontinued after only a week and a half from beginning it because I developed significant anxiety (I'd never had anxiety before), a period of five (5) days of No Sleep at all despite OTC sleep meds and a pronounced increase in feelings of depression, irritation (I'm usually very easy to get along with and patient), agitation, mental confusion, and very fast talking and racing thoughts/ideas. I'd never experienced these symptoms either than the depressive lows and insomnia being the reason I was initially started on Wellbutrin. I knew that I was otherwise feeling very well, prior to starting the Singulair to better control Asthma, and certainly quite as 'normal and content' as one can be, so it was evident that it was the Singulair. Against my doctor's initial directions I stopped taking Singulair (he'd not been completely apprised of my symptoms by his nurse and had admittedly not studied any of the increasing reports of adverse effects and side-effects of Singulair since a few years back when it hit the news, apparently - he thought that those were the only problems) after reading the many, many, many posts, HERE, from all the poor folks who were suffering as I was and worse! Within one day the symptoms began to disappear and within four days they were gone and I was back to my 'normal'! This without any change, addition or increase in anti-depressives or anti-anxiety meds (which I don't take). I began JANUVIA about a week before the Singulair and was accepting the symptoms and confusing them with those from the Singulair. If you go back and re-read this you will see that the symptoms, side-effects I've had from taking JANUVIA are not at all like the ones from SINGULAIR except for the increase in depression. The depression did resolve quickly when off of SINGULAIR but when a few weeks ago I began on JANUVIA the depression and related neuropsychological symptoms/side-effects returned and increased. I stopped taking the JANUVIA four (4) days ago and am already feeling much better. Additionally, I was at my hairdresser's 10 days ago and after only a month of being on JANUVIA I was thinning and losing hair enough for she and I to comment on it! I do not want to lose my already fine hair! I am going to wait out an entire week then begin on the JANUVIA again for a few days to see what occurs so that when I return to my Endocrinologist/Diabetic Specialist physician I will be armed with a pattern.

In closing, I would like to say that Pharmaceutical REPS make high six-figure incomes by pushing these drugs! Don't do as I did and not 'read and research the side-effects/adverse effects and opinions of existing 'guinea pigs' (all of us) on any meds! Please, review the SINGULAIR section of this board and pass the information on to others and especially to the parents/guardians and physicians/health-care workers enlisted with providing care to children! SINGULAIR is a dangerous, dangerous drug - having read hundreds and hundreds of posts and hearing the heart-wrenching stories of many children taking this drug from the tender-age of two (2) years on up, and their being starting on anti-psychotropics and other meds for all types of 'early-onset' depressions, anxiety, oppositional and impulse control disorders and ADDHD, I am convinced that it is a poison we can live without. Many children have been long-term affected by it with all the concommitent psychological effects of being 'branded' as psychotic, hard-to-handle, out-of-control, ADDHD and more ~~ they've suffered needlessly at the hands of Pharmaceutical companies and the physician's who are so easily 'swayed' into trying a need 'quick fix' drug by some very unscrupulous Reps in the industry. Merck Pharmauceticals is again under forced investigation by the FDA for SINGULAIR - but, please, go read the reports for yourself and see that they've been ordered a nine-month (9) period of time to SELF-investigate! The FDA doesn't have the money to investigate any longer - they spent countless millions on VIOXX and CELEBREX and they can no longer afford to do the costly investigations they used to do. They, instead, rely on 'clinical trials' by whom? The Pharmaceutical companies themselves! Hey sign us all of for that lack of responsibility! Please, spread the word: in the grocery store, doctor's office, gas station, hairdressers, to family, neighbors, friends and strangers and do them all a huge favor, please? Give them the LINK to this wonderful site and it's message boards!

Thank you for reading and may you have much improved and a wonderful health-conscious life!

I agree with everyones comments on here. I have had all of the side effects associated with Kenelog except for the tissue deterioration in the buttocks. However I have found I new side effect that I can only contribute to Kenelog. I am a father or a wonderful little girl who is now 7. I have stayed active my entire life and at 31 I have never been on any other medications other then kenolog for the last 7 years. My wife and I have been trying to have a baby for over two years and have been unable to. After going to the fertility specialist I have found out that I know suffer from azoospermia, which is basically that I do not have any sperm what so ever being created. I will keep you updated as I get more testing done, but I may never be able to conceive a child again because of Kenalog.

My 12 year old son gets poison ivy every summer and about a year ago we took him in for a shot. The shot left a dimple in the upper part of his buttocks. Not a big deal at the time. Now almost a year later this has grown to the size of a half dollar and skin looks pinkish in the center. Does anyone know how they treat this, if at all? Poor kid, you know he won't be wanting to undress in the locker room. We need to do something about this. I also was not warned of any side effects let alone a disfiguring problem.

I've been on this drug for almost two weeks. About one week in I noticed my ankles were swelling. They look like an egg has been cut in half and applied to each side. I rarely have any swelling. It's not painful but looks bizarre. I've also been having tingling/numbness on the bottom of my feet - mostly the ball of my foot and up into my toes. In addition I'm having tingling in my forearms and hands, also my thighs, and a bit in my buttocks. It's bizarre. At first I just thought I'd pulled a muscle somewhere but as it has progressed I've decided it must be associated with the doxycycline. I have two more pills left and I'm hoping everything subsides once I'm done with it. The only painful thing was a neck crick, which I'm not sure was associated with the drug, but could have been. Also, I've had charlie horses in my legs probably a half dozen times since I've been on it. I haven't had one in probably 10 years prior to this. I've never noticed this kind of side effect with a drug. It has certainly cleared up the infection that wouldn't go away and as long as all these side effects go away it was worth it - no question - but these are odd side effects.

A grateful thank you to Adele and Oldcarpetcleaner-
I am so sorry that you having such problems- but it is reassuring to know that I am alone-
I am going to the U of Miami Liver Institute next week- and I will ask about CO-Q10; I have had a muscle biopsy-and I will make every effort not to have a liver biopsy-
I will try to find out what the time frame is for muscular pains- weakness-
even AFTER discontinuing Lipitor.
The bizarre thing -for me- is that the pain and weakness travel- not always in the same spot- but almost always reamin in my buttocks. The reason I ignored it for a couple of monthes as I was so actively doing squats aand weights- and thought it was the exercise. This drug seems to have had bad consequences for so many otherwise- previously healthy people.I will repost after I attend the liver Institute- -by the way- finding a true Liver Hepatologist- (NOT a gastroenterologist- they have liver and I have to travel to Miami . Good luck everybody.

I took Lipitor for about 2 years- 5 mg.
Leg cramps-soreness throughout my muscles- very sore buttocks-
my legs are shaky- if I use them too much; (as in walking 3 miles)
I am (was ) an avid body builder that could squat with 100 lbs- and now ( I am a health conscious -non drinking- NO other medication 104 lb slim female) have quivering legs if I stand for too long. I even had a muscle biopsy- and it cam back negative- I have not had a statin for 6 months- but I still have cramps- and abnormal liver values- and I have NO other conditions-I have been scanned from head to toe - open MRI- closed MRI -but the muscle stiffness- soreness- especially legs- continues-
does anyone know how long it lasts? I have also been tested for liver cancer- thank God-negative.
I really feel that Lipitor did this- has anyone else gone from fit as a fiddle to a quivering -achy person- I have gone through 5 doctors- internal - gastrointestinal - neurologist- hematologist and all is negative- just high liver values and muscle pain. Thank you so much.Maxine

I am a 54 year old male who was put on Lipitor by my Dr to treat cholesterol levels of 6 to 6.5 around august 2007. I used the drug through until early Jan 2008 when I started to notice continuous muscle pain and injuries especially in my lower back buttocks and arms. I constantly had tingling/burning sensations in my large leg muscles, finger tips and hands. My eyesight was deteriorating rapidly and I had a constantly fuzzy brain which was hard to focus and concentrate. I thought that I had rapid onset Alzheimer's or similar. I was finding difficulty controlling/getting nerve instructions to muscles such as bowels, prostate, mouth. My Wife accused me of slurring words and my balance became unstable and I had a series of minor falls.
I started to wonder about my medication and as I only used two and Lipitor was the newer one of the two I stopped taking it. With in Five days most of the symptoms were disappearing or rapidly improving. After ten days I decided to reintroduce Lipitor and within four days they were all rapidly returning. It was at this point that I started to do a lot of research and found all of the sites highlighting the varied side effects attributed to this drug. None of which had I been informed of by my doctor or Pharmacist and most of which I was experiencing. Needless to say I now no longer take the drug and most things have returned or are returning to normal including the eyesight, balance and nerve control. This drug needs to be withdrawn from use before too many people suffer lasting debilitating damage or even worse, death.

I also did not mention in my previous post that my injection was in the upper left arm. I didn't watch it, but it felt like it was in the tricep. The doctor said the injection could be given in the buttocks or the arm; he chose the arm without revealing why he thought that would be any better.

I had two shots of Kenalog 80mg. three months apart for a sinus infection.Both shots were in the upper left buttocks,lower back.I have a huge disfiguring crater where the shots were given.I have noticed it has worsened over time,and wonder if its still growing.I received the first one 2/18/07.I want my tissue back, and cosmetic surgery will cost $4000.00.I'm a young mother living pay day to pay day.I prey that someone will start a class action suit so I/we are able to feel comfortable in my/our skin again.

I had two shots three months apart for the same sinus infection.Both shots were in the upper left buttocks,lower back.I have a huge disfiguring crater where the shots were given.I have noticed it has worsened over time,and wonder if its still growing.I received the first one 2/18/07.

Hello everyone,

Just like all of you, I too googled this strange indentation in my left buttocks and found this site. I suspected when it first showed up that it may have something to do with a shot from my Dr. because the indentation was strangely in the same spot as my last shot. I have received several Kenalog shots over the past couple years for chest congestion and sinus related symptoms that typically drive me to calling my family practice doctor. Although he regularly administers Kenalog, I have had know reason to doubt his treatment as my history with him has been relatively good. However, he is not the one administering the shots, his young nurse it the one (less than a year out of school). Anyway, I too, like many of you am going to look into a class action lawsuit and/or my own legal counsel. If there is anyone out there who has gotten any positive feedback from a lawyer willing to take this on, please contact me for testimonial. This is not flattering and moreover, after reading the many previous entries, I am downright scared. Also, please advise is there is any known treatment to help reduce further reduction of tissue in this area. Thank you very much for reading and for the continued entries after this one.

Curious what to do about this Depressing problem......
I too am going through what everyone else is explaining. On September 25, 2007 I was given an 80MG Kenalog shot in the right buttocks, for what the doctor thought was an allergy. I now have a huge crater in my rear where the kenalog shot was injected. It doesn't seem to be getting any better either. I was wondering if there was a class action lawsuit on this or NOT??? Or if anyone has contacted a lawyer, and what the lawyer might have told them to do? If someone would please contact me the help would be greatly appreciated.

I've had a "dent" for about four years now, and had no idea what it was until now. I'm relieved to find out that it isn't anything like cancer.....but will it ever go away? Are there any known treatments or cures?
I'm very upset that my doctor gave me no warning of side effects of the Kenalog shot. I was only told that it would aid in my relief from allergies. I have now received the shot for five years in a row, and have two "dents" on either side of my lower back. Any advice on legal action?????

I to have a huge dent in my right butt cheek. I would be interested in a class action suit. This is ridiculous! It has been about three months since I received the shot. Has anyone noticed their dents getting better with time?

Prior to having surgery for my sinuses the ENT wanted to give me Kenalog to calm things down. I was injected in my buttocks. A few days later I noticed that the injection site was black and blue and I had a 6 inch area that was running down my leg, swollen and black and blue. I called the doctor and they said they must have hit something when they gave the shot. It went away, but about 2 months later I too noticed a crater sized indention was forming in my buttocks. I can't believe that a shot would do this. If I would have known, I would NEVER have had this shot.

Hello`!
What you are all describing is exactly what is happening to me.
It started out as a small dent in my buttocks, and now it is growing.
I would certainly love to join a class action lawsuit, this must be stopped, and information should be given as to the side effects before administering this injection.
Please let me know if anyone has contacted a lawyer.
Jennifer