January 30th
2008
9:50 AM
For anyone having digestion problems while taking lisinopril....please read this!
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/446546_3
I am hoping this is what my problem is, as I'm to the point of not being able to eat anything, even bland food, without being in horrible pain. Cat scans and upper scope ran and all came back normal, regular blood tests are normal...but the pain I have after eating is not NORMAL! I go back to my regular dr. tomorrow and will let you know if he takes me off the lisinopril. My stomach problems started after starting 40 mg of lisinopril in June of 06. I will try to keep you posted on if it is the medication causing my problems.
I also have the anxiety, red rash on my neck, shortness of breath, lethargy, lack of concentration, etc. etc. It's scary to think medications can cause more problems than the actual health problem they are treating you for!
September 6th
2008
6:14 AM
I started taking birth control when I was 19 because i had severe cramps since i was 11 and also found out i had an ovarivan cyst... First I tried Kariva but I got TERRIBLE headaches everyday, so the doc switched me to Necon 1/35. I took the necon for 3 months, and each month right when I was supposed to get my period I would start throwing up all night, I ended up in the er each month cause I could not stop throwing up. So then the doc switched me to tri-nessa, I was on tri-nessa for 3 months again, first month was fine, no cramps no throwing up nothing....until the 2nd month... I started throwing up horribly again. I finally went to see a real gyno cause my pcp said she doesn't normally handle bc so she couldn't help too much. Once I saw the gyno he suggested the lowest dose bc ever or nuvaring.. Since so many pills made me sick I said Nuvaring. BOY WHAT THAT A MISTAKE! First month on nuvaring I broke out in hives. My doctor said nuvaring couldn't cause that so I continued with it. 2 weeks later, 1 week after having my period and starting the 2nd nuvaring, I was laying down and got really bad chest pains, I felt like I was having a heart attack. My bf & his mom rushed me to the er. I was there for hours and they found nothing, sent me home with painkillers...next day i started throwing up and still had chest pains, went back to the er and they said there was nothing they could do... continued to throw up all day....3am the next morning went to a different er and they said i had chestwall compressions....sent me home with the same painkiller as the other er except this one was extra strength.. continued to throw up for 4 more days and in pain...couldn't eat sleep...just kept throwing up... Finally my best friend and her bf took me to a er 40 minutes away and they said my kidneys were malfunctioning due to the 3 catscans (i told each hospital i got them done at the other er and they still decided to do them again)... got admitted to the hospital, 4 days into being there it was time for the nuvaring to come out, as soon as i took that out my kidney function levels went down, they continued to go down for 2 days and they sent me home... I called up my pharmacist and asked about all this and sure enough NUVARING can cause chest pains AND hives!!! It also says to not use if you have kidney problems... all the er docs told me nuvaring could never do that and not to take it out... if i had known I would have taken it out day 1 instead of being in & out of hospitals for 2 weeks... I WILL NEVER EVER USE NUVARING AGAIN!!!! Since I stopped using it I spot for a week then get my period for a week and every month im 2 weeks late.... birth control sucks and i will never use it again..... every month I just sit here , call out of work, and scream & cry from pain.... :(
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