Chest pain and shortness of breath symptoms and conditions

I am a 37 year old woman who was prescribed Avelox for acute bronchitis and sinusitus ( unconfirmed bacterial) . I ended up in the ER after taking only two doses with severe shortness of breath, pounding and fast heart beat, heaviness and tingling in my legs, feet, and hands, mental confusion, going from freezing cold to hot, tremors and more. The ER could not diagnose this and told me I was having a "Panic attack" even though I have no history whatsoever. I kept questioning if it may be an adverse reaction to the Avelox and they told me it was doubtful and that Avelox was widely prescribed and safe. After about six hours I got better but had vision problems, short-term memory loss, mood swings, depression, bizarre suicidal thoughts, joint pain, muscle pain, heart palpitations, and more for days afterward. I still have memory loss, mood swings, mild depression, and I have since had two more episodes of rapid heart beat, chest pain and shortness of breath for unknown reasons that come out of nowhere. I can't even walk up a flight of stairs or lightly exercise without major fatigue, chest tightness and pain, and shortness of breath. I have since been referred to a cardiologist after having an abnormal EKG at my primary care doctor. Last week I had an Echo Cardiogram and a heart CT scan among other tests and will find out the results on November 30th. This has been stressful and scary for my whole family. I fully blame and believe the Avelox adverse reaction is to blame. I did have a random "fluttering" in my heart for about a year prior to taking the Avelox but never experienced any trouble like fatigue, shortness of breath, or chest pain until after the Avelox. I am a single mom of a twelve year old and this has turned my life upside down. There have been at least two times that I wondered if I would ever make it home from the ER to see my precious child again. Hopefully whatever the heart trouble is will be minor and easily treated and I can get back to normal. I now warn everyone I know about the potential danger of Avelox and the Fluoroquinolone class of drugs. Take care all and thanks for listening.

I was on the Yasmin pill for 5 months and suffered severe health problems for 3 years. It almost took my life. I actually heard popping sounds in my head when I first went off of it and on it. My symptoms were digestive, head aches, numb limbs, weakness, tired, severe menstrual bleeding, clots, depression, instability, low immune system, heart palpitation etc. In short I was very sick all of a sudden for no other reason than taking this pill If this has happened to you I advise the following which saved me. You need to do the following. Find a doctor that will take you seriously and understand that your problems started with this pill. My OBGYN resisted it for a long time until I was so sick it scared her. Seek an endocrinologist and neurologist if needed. Make sure your blood work checks the following: Any issues with blood clotting including protein c antigen. Mine was low which left me at risk of a blood clot after this pill. Also the pill can lower and this one more than others your b12 levels in your blood which is very dangerous. Research b12 deficiency and see it the pill did this to you. B12 levels should be no lower than 500. Also have your vitamin D levels checked in your blood. This pill depletes b12, vitamin D, causes clotting, affects the liver and so on. It took me 3 years to fully heal. Once I was on b12 shots, Vitamin D daily and had other blood deficiencies corrected after being on this pill I began to get better, but that took 3 years and I was so sick at one point I could hardly do anything and my heart so affected I almost had a heart attack. My blood pressure was uncontrollable. I am currently involved in a class action suit. You can be a part of it too. Good luck with your health first. I can say I am finally on my way back to health fully. Some have not been so lucky after taking this pill, but it took me personally 3 years to get back to the healthy woman I was before this pill. In the process I also lost a pregnancy due to the severe health problems. Don't lelt anyone tell you it is not this pill. If you know it is, no one knows your body better than you!

Last Christmas (07) I was diagnosed with pneumonia in the the right lung and x rays ordered. Xrays revealed an "unknown mass", or so they thought... they decided to redo - confirmed them and ordered CT scan... mass was gone, but there was PE in both lungs... so started the coumadin. I am type 2 diabetic as of Jan 07... have been managing my diabetes with healthy diet and regular exercise (A1C 7.4 to 5.4 in 9 months) ... no drugs... so the prospect of coumadin for life bothered me. However, my doctors all made a great case about how safe it is compared to other drugs... I lost 35 lbs in 07 after changing my lifestyle... and felt great. I am here today because I gained 20 lbs in 4 months of coumadin therapy (no change in how I was living), have aching muscles, chest pain and shortness of breath, and thinning hair.

After 2 days on the web I find only doctors and pharmacies say no side effects, but the hundreds of testimonials of actual coumadin guinee pigs like myself are finding a lot in common. For me, Im off it tonight.

This is a total nightmare and i need advice! I was on Lamictal for a year and about six months into my health began to slowly deteriorate. It started with shortness of breath and heart palpitations and eventually attacked every system of my body. My symptoms are muscle pain, spasms and knots to the point that i can't turn my neck sometimes, joint pain (mostly knees), stabbing floating pain everywhere, headaches, frightening tingling in my extremities and a few times my entire body, sore throat, flu-like feelings, stomach cramps, bloating and heartburn. The list goes on. I have been off of it now for two weeks. My psychiatrist has never seen this type of reaction before and is not convinced it is the Lamictal. I have been to every single type of doctor and the ER twice, had extensive lab work, CT scan and two MRIs. I have been off Lamictal now for two weeks and am not feeling much relief. I am so scared and frustrated and please need advice. Has anyone else experienced this? Does it ever go away? I feel like I am literally living a nightmare with no-one to turn to for advice because no-one seems to know ANYTHING!!!!